Ebay International Shipping?

BillyCoxDodgers3B · #1 02-05-2025, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Costs that I was completely unaware of, because Ebay doesn't even let me send my own invoices to International customers anymore. They won't even let me SEE the invoice, until after the customer had paid.

This can be avoided. It's just a matter of learning how to correct the issue so that you change the entire process to doing it manually, yourself, as opposed to using the eBay Global Shipping program. They don't force you to use Global Shipping. That still may not get rid of their gouging your buyer on import fees.

Does anyone know for certain if import fees are only applied by eBay when a seller uses Global Shipping?

Balticfox · #2 03-13-2025, 06:48 PM

So I'd asked the seller to send me a combined invoice for fifteen or so lots. He agreed. Well five weeks later and I'm still waiting. I guess he either can't figure out how to do so or he can't be bothered to take the trouble.

sb1 · #3 03-13-2025, 09:27 PM

The benefit to US sellers is that they only pay postage to the US based mailing center which is normal postage rates. While mailing from Canada to the US is relatively cheap, mailing from the US to Canada is pretty expensive, even for a small package so the ebay sellers benefit from very little out of pocket and none of the risk of non-tracking as well, as ebay is on the hook if something goes missing. Added, I buy a lot from Canadian sellers and pay low shipping, just have to endure the wait, which is not a big deal.

MooseDog · #4 03-17-2025, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Balticfox

So I'd asked the seller to send me a combined invoice for fifteen or so lots. He agreed. Well five weeks later and I'm still waiting. I guess he either can't figure out how to do so or he can't be bothered to take the trouble.

I tried to do that for a UK buyer...apparently eBay won't let a seller send a combined shipping invoice to a non-US buyer. I imagine that it's the same when the seller is not in the US.

So the fix was to create a special auction listing just for the buyer and adjust the price in the new listing. One lot only, though. Send the buyer the item number and cancel the previous individual sales. Make sure the title is something that won't get picked up by searches though...something like "special listing for jqpubliczz"

BillyCoxDodgers3B · #5 03-17-2025, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MooseDog

Make sure the title is something that won't get picked up by searches though...something like "special listing for jqpubliczz"

Yup, and/or list it for $3 billion OBO.

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