GPSR Compliance

[bojangled]

This is as clear as mud to me. Been to the gov. advice website and various others.
How does a 1972 poster fit in to this process?

It's not an exempt category. 

Advise buyers this item is for viewing only ? 

My initial reaction, sadly, to to switch EU and NI off. 
Jo

[a45heaven]

Whilst most of my sales are / were UK based, i stopped all overseas and Northern Ireland listings as ebay provided less than minimal help in this change on GSPR.

Other platforms provided much more assistance and solutions, hence thats where i continue to perform my overseas business.

[superchallenge]

I am so confused.

I've had one sale from the EU since the GSPR came in back in December. Exactly as expected, as I made no changes and provided no GSPR info. For reference, I was previously doing about 30 a week.

I've signed up with Webinterpret, who provide GSPR compliance, but you have to add the data to each item manually. I've updated ONE item - Falcata for the PlayStation - and published via Webinterpret. My friend in Finland, with his address correctly set as being based in Finland, sees it in the search as below. The new GSPR Responsible Person/Manufacturer info shows on the listing. All good.

But then, just for a test, I thought I'd get him to search for an item that I have made no changes to - Doraemon 2 for the Super Famicom - and which has NO GSPR information attached.

He's able to go in and purchase that item without issue, seemingly.

So...I don't know what's happening.

1) If my items don't have GSPR info, why do they show to EU customers to buy?
2) If my items ARE still showing to EU-based customers, which they evidently are, then why have I only had 1 EU sale in three months, down from 30 a week?

Maybe I'm being thick, but I just don't understand it.

[houseoftheyuccas]

If they aren't new items and have previously sold in the EU you don't need GPSR compliance

[superchallenge]

The problem is that they haven't previously sold in the EU.

They were made and sold before the GSPR deadline, but only in Japan. They're imported retro video games that were for the Japanese market only.

Then again, when I said that to eBay, they had no idea if that meant they needed GSPR documentation or not. Either way, my sales from the EU and NI are non-existent (barring one) since December 13th.

[bzmotman]

I've got a private account registered on Ebay Germany so I thought I would have a quick look. I was using a German address and everything seemed OK but I couldn't see your LUCID number which might impact visibility in Germany.

There is an exemption under GPSR for certain collectors items & antiques which I rely on. As you probably know Ebay have put "I certify that all my selling activities will comply with all EU laws and regulations." on all listings. My guess is that they will let listings appear then if anything goes wrong they will rely on the comply phrase to try and shift the blame/liability on to the seller. 

In the GPSR disclosures section there is the opportunity to make an additional disclosure. That is the only disclosure I make where I state that GPSR does not apply because It is an antique as defined in Annex IX of the VAT Directive or It is a collectors item of sufficient interest to justify collecting.

I have no idea whether that is effective but I make 20 or so sales per week to the EU so it might be worth a try.

Sorry I can't be more helpful.