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chairry · ‎12-04-2025

I think this has happened before, but the GSP shipping to the USA has just gone wild. Seems to be affecting all my listings (though iits not easy to check - i was alerted by US buyer)

The cost to send a print in a tube is £1,500 on one of my items

contacted ebay but to be honest it does not appear to be being treated with any urgency,. They said I would hear back in 5-7 days!!

They also said I could send outside the GSP if its cheaper BUT with the new payment rules (for private sellers) I dont get paid until its delivered in the USA if I send direct

I just dont think ebay cares about it's small sellers any more

marco@ebay · ‎14-04-2025

Hi chairry, thanks for your post.

Was this order placed in the end? If so, could you please confirm the item number? This could be related to tariffs unfortunately, if it isn't related to tariffs, then we will be able assist you with this one no problem.

Thank you,

Marco

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hot**chile · ‎14-04-2025

Hi Marco

No the order was not placed, anyone would be mad to pay this sort of postage

The tariff to the USA are 10% (just over £300) I already removed this from the GSP charge of over £1800, leaving £1500 for shipping

I did a quote from DHL to compare. Next day shipping is approx £100 fully insured

There is a serious problem with GSP charges. Friends have checked and they are seeing the same thing, massive shipping charges of over £1000 to the USA (Note: that the shipping to EU charges look reasonable)

I suspect its due to the incorrect application of tariff rates between the UK and US

I also cannot understand why this is not being take more seriously by ebay from the contact I made a couple of days back. If this is affecting all ebay sales to the USA it should be being treted as a priority issue with priority turnaround.