Ebay suspend all UK Global Shipping Program purchases by US and Canada bidders

[petewatson66]

The winning bidder on one of my items that finished yesterday (May 15 2025) was based in the U.S.

He messaged to say he was unable to complete his payment through the Global Shipping Program.

He received a message from ebay stating the seller does not currently ship to his  location.

Just spoke to ebay Uk representative, Liam, today 16 May, 2025.

He stated that ebay global shipping program has suspended all shipping to US and Canada in the last '2 or 3 days'  due to ongoing concerns regarding US imposed tariffs.

As a result, any buyers from US or Canada, who win a UK seller's auction that ships through the GSP, will be unable to pay for the item and will receive a message telling them the seller does not ship to their location.

Unfortunately, any bids on UK items by US or Canadian buyers placed prior to this decision by ebay, will result in the winning bidder being unable to complete their purchase.

Liam stated this was a business decision taken by ebay to protect itself, as the GSP is supposed to take full responsibility once the item is received at Lichfield, Staffs.

Ebay do not want to be responsible for having to fund the additional import tariffs. 

He stated ebay purposely haven't communicated this to UK sellers as it is an 'ongoing situation'

So, the first UK sellers using the GSP will know of this is when their buyer is unable to pay for their item and will have to cancel their order.

Interesting.......

[jackthebordercollie]

I’ve a GSP going out tomorrow to the USA she’s paid for it and happy to send it to her 

[happy-mondays]

Surprised they never asked if the back of stamps were made of horse glue & would not be able to import as it's part of an animal! LOL

[happy-mondays]

I lost thousands with Ebay & Royal Mail with lost & damaged items arriving at the destination, believe me Ebay will do everything to get out of paying & Royal Mail is even worse than Ebay, unless the buyer pays via instant bank transfer to your personal account before shipping don't do it!

[ultimatejezebel]

If the global shipping programme to the US has been suspended, can ebay please remove the option from listings so prospective US buyers/bidders don't waste their time sending offers or bidding. A seller had to message me to tell me they can't ship to the US anymore.

[gjalp]

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@happy-mondays wrote:

Surprised they never asked if the back of stamps were made of horse glue & would not be able to import as it's part of an animal! LOL

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True story, I once was contacted by UPS about my shipment that customs were holding in the US, I had to tell them what stamps were and what they were made of. I had 24hrs to respond to their request. I told them that the shipment was of over 100 year old bits of paper that were used to send letters from one place to another and thats all I could tell them about the contents. They accepted the explanation 🤣

[smplfyi]

Why is Canada being lumped into this Discriminatory measure?

Canada has not levied any extra tariff to the UK