@ev-530680 wrote:
Yh i spoke to a agent on 0hone yesterday & he was absolutely baffled & said there should be Absolutely NO REASON the charges were that high. & that he had already dealt with a order tyat day that sent a load of swimming diving equipment which was a heavy bundle for only about £30. There is NO excuse for trying to charge $200 to ship a piece of clothing weighing less than 1kg and in portable envelope. Even if my used items were made in China. Which nowhere have they been declared so..absolute rubbish or Royal mail and all the other couriers woukd ve doing the Exact same thing
@ev-530680 respectfully, I'd suggest going back and reading my post as it answers several of your questions/concerns.
GSP charges duties upfront whereas Royal Mail and other providers may not, so no they would not be doing the exact same thing.
As to the $200 charge, again read my post - the executive order that just went into effect provides that for items coming in through the postal system, either a 120% tariff or flat $100 fee will apply and my understanding is that it is the carrier which gets to decide whether it goe with the percentage or flat fee.
Importantly, that has nothing to do with the size/weight of the package and, in the case of the flat fee, it has nothing to do with the value of the item in the package either - so yes it is entirely possible for a small item that used to not be subject to duties to now be showing a GSP price of $100+ representing the total for the import fee and shipping cost.
It's also possible that if eBay believes the shipment won't reach the US until after June 1, they may already be using the $200 flat fee amount that will be in effect then.
It's been a mess with a lot of flip flopping back and forth by the current US administration over the last few months, but here's a decent article detailing the change that have been made and where things currently stand.
https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america/2025/02/how-to-handle-us-china-tariffs-de-minimis.html
As to your last statement "Even if my used items were made in China. Which nowhere have they been declared" - that's preciously the problem.
If you have nowhere declared where your items are made, eBay has no way to know they are not made in China.
In this scenario, that could make literally hundreds of dollars of difference on any given item, so eBay has to make a decision for what to do as a default - they could simply block all items from GSP that don't have Country of Origin/"made in" information added, but then buyers and sellers both would complain about items being blocked and it would guarantee none of those items could be purchased.
Defaulting to assuming made in China/duties & fees apply in the absence of other info is not ideal either but it does at least keep the items available to be purchased through GSP and allows the possibility for them to still be sold to a US buyer if that buyer is willing to pay the costs.
Unfortunately, decisions being made by the current US administration have created a difficult situation for all involved - buyers, sellers, and eBay.
The only suggestion I can make for sellers who find themselves in the middle of this is to make sure your listings have that information clearly stated if it is not made in China, so that eBay can pick that up from item specifics and (hopefully) properly calculate GSP prices without the extra costs added in.
