Going to ship to the US & bypass the Global Shipping Programme - no tariffs applied by eBay?

[jjambadger27]

Whilst there seems to be no certainty with regards to how eBay is applying tariff charges re the Global Shipping Programme, I think I'm going to resume sending to the US and use Royal Mail International Tracked instead. 

The item I'll soon be listing is a music DVD which is exempt from tariffs, with only a 50p charge via Royal Mail Click & Drop. I'm well aware that this is a stupid question, but I presume eBay will not apply any tariffs as I'm not using GSP?

It's been a while since I've posted to the US without going through the GSP, but I presume that eBay would still collect the sales tax from the buyer?

[style_wise]

Your plan sounds logical. eBay has a legal obligation to collect Sales Tax, so I can't see how they could stop now. And by currently having GSP to USA turned off, I think eBay has made it clear that they currently have no provision for collecting / remitting tariffs... otherwise they would be increasing their profits by doing it with GSP. Good luck and let us know how it goes, please.

[gjalp]

Ebay still collects sales tax. As a business, I do not us GSP ever as I like full control of shipping choices. I sell to the US via RM online so I just fill everything in there and pay what needs to be paid (although I can add/deduct on invoices before payment is made) 

[cobwebcottage]

GSP is not turned off for the USA.

[anne.craig]

I just spoke to CS who said GSP was not available to the USA - I had an offer today from a US customer for a SD item and I couldn't tell if GSP would take it.  They said they could make and I could accept the offer and it would be via GSP BUT they would not be able to pay because it's currently suspended.  I had to decline the offer.

[cobwebcottage]

I dispatched a parcel on the 12th and it is now at the hub being processed by PB.

GSP to USA. 

[rainbowtrax]

Yes, I can confirm that it's all working as normal, sales tax collected but no tarriff. We've just increased our postage to the US to cover the 50p admin fee and ebay's fees on that 50p. On C&D website, everything is as before apart from the 50p and you can still select either tracked or untracked services.