CRAZY GLOBAL SHIPPING COSTS TO EUROPE, FOR SMALL ITEMS THAT WEIGH NOTHING.

[bolt087]

Hi all,

What's the story with this stupid Global Shipping Programme? I was looking for some laptop screws for my sony laptop, and found a seller in the US, but he can't ship them any cheaper than the **bleep**py Global shipping he has set up on his page. How does it cost roughly $27 to ship a bag of screws (about 10-12 of them), or plastic hinges, or other small laptop parts, that would cost almost nothing to ship, to Europe? This is totally a rip off. Even if you were to track package, and add customs charges, which i doubt would be on worthless items like these, it still wouldn't come to $27. This is unbelievable. Would be interested in what other ebay users have to say about this. Cheers.

[bolt087]

Hi John1297576, That's true. Well said. I suppose some sellers are afraid of being ripped off by the buyers, so they leave it in the hands of GSP. Also, Ebay doesn't give a hoot about buyers from across the pond either, so we have to either suffer these stupid shipping costs, or go elsewhere. I spoke to customer service here a while ago, and they said they never had any complaints about this shipping programme. I find that hard to believe!!! Lol. Cheers.

[bolt087]

Hi RubyTuesday, I wish it was that easy. Most of the parts i need for my laptop, sellers in the US are the only ones i can find, and they are mostly using GSP. Having said that, i have seen some stupid shipping costs, on this side of the pond also. There should be some regulations on what people can charge for shipping. One can see that some sellers, are bumping up the shipping costs to make extra money, when the cost of item is small. Shipping costs shouldn't vary that much.

[john1297576]

Sellers using GSP are generally afraid of doing the work of postage themselves.

Any seller wanting to improve sales overseas, the last thing to do is use the GSP.

If on a listing it says "Posts to xxxxx (the sellers home country) and many other Countries" that means Global.

Another of ebay's money making ventures which serves no really useful purpose.

[ruby*tuesday]

Find a Seller who isn't enrolled in the Global Shipping. No it is not Cost effective for Small Items.

[61stephenuk]

Surely you can buy laptop screws/parts closer to home?