Happy Festivus! Airing of Grievances

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by raulus

I’ll second that motion.

Does complaining about complaining verge on hypocrisy?

Yes, yes it does.

[Ray Van]

Am I still allowed to air a grievance on Dec 24?

For me, a Canadian collector, it's eBay's Global Shipping Program. It adds unnecessary costs to me as a buyer and I am 98% likely to pass on a seller's item if shipping is from the GSP. Lose/Lose situation.

My most recent example was an item won from the UK that cost 9.99 GBP, then the GSP tacked on an additional 21.30 GBP!!! My mistake for not noticing but I actually won three items from the same seller - the first two were sent together via regular post for a combined 9.00 GBP shipping charge (not unreasonable), the other went through the GSP where I got charged the ridiculous shipping cost. And guess which package arrived first and which one I am still waiting for? Does not make sense.

[Stampsfan]

Originally Posted by Ray Van

Am I still allowed to air a grievance on Dec 24?

For me, a Canadian collector, it's eBay's Global Shipping Program. It adds unnecessary costs to me as a buyer and I am 98% likely to pass on a seller's item if shipping is from the GSP. Lose/Lose situation.

My most recent example was an item won from the UK that cost 9.99 GBP, then the GSP tacked on an additional 21.30 GBP!!! My mistake for not noticing but I actually won three items from the same seller - the first two were sent together via regular post for a combined 9.00 GBP shipping charge (not unreasonable), the other went through the GSP where I got charged the ridiculous shipping cost. And guess which package arrived first and which one I am still waiting for? Does not make sense.

Agreed. However, I will buy using the GSP if the card plus the ridiculous shipping remains a fair price for the card. Otherwise, I am in agreement, I simply pass bidding on the item.

I will add the discrepancy on the amounts charged for GSP makes zero sense. I cannot find a pattern on neither shipping (source) location nor value shipped. It seems to be a random shipping price generator.

[Yoda]

Ebay's authentication program. Humbug!

[ullmandds]

Turn signals…USE THEM!!!

[brianp-beme]

My pet peeve is our pet peeves all over the place inside the house.

Brian (and we have to clean it up, not him)