Kirby,
Germany only charges an import tax for movie posters, but no custom duties. Since I run a business, those import charges are fully refundable for me.
Yet, when you ship through ebay‘s GSP, I pay those duties to Pitney Bowes and they are not refundable to me. For all I know, they simply vanish. In fact, I have always wondered where that money is ending up. I very much doubt that the German government ever sees any of it.
I don‘t know what legal loophole ebay and their partners have found here, but the whole thing feels like a major scam to me.
Helmut
Gesendet: Samstag, 27. Juni 2020 um 17:16 Uhr
Von: "Kirby McDaniel" <[email protected]>
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Betreff: Re: [MOPO] I just said good-bye to my ebay store
Von: "Kirby McDaniel" <[email protected]>
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: [MOPO] I just said good-bye to my ebay store
We use the Ebay Global Shipping program, and it is very easy for sellers. Plus my inventory travels insured, so everyone's money is protected. Plus I don't have to fill out a lot of customs forms. Ebay Global Shipping is run by Pitney Bowes for Ebay, and yes, it is more expensive. Yes, it takes some time. When shipping internationally becomes easier, we will consider using the Post Office here. Meanwhile, in the U.S. the Trump administration wants to abolish the Post Office.
This is the TRUTH.
Secondly, almost all governments add duties to purchases of old movie posters. Many buyers want to buy a poster for $150, and have ME tell the authorities that they bought it for $20. These buyers may not know this, or appreciate it, but this puts both the seller and the buyer at risk for significant fines.
It's dishonest, and I won't do it.
International buyers can buy from our own website, but insurance is limited. Buyers may SAY that it OK for posters to travel entirely at their own risk, but when
something actually gets lost, it's a different story.
Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt.com
On Jun 27, 2020, at 9:22 AM, Michael Greenwood <[email protected]> wrote:Good for you!I've had a couple recent transactions on ebay that have been awful. Mainly it's due to the global shipping program, a great excuse for ebay to take a little more out of buyer's and, I assume, seller's pockets. It's terrible and it takes forever and the tracking is completely useless. The odd seller who still does things the old way is wonderful to run across in these days when shipping is almost a deal breaker, especially from the US to me in Canada. If shipping continues to get even more ridiculous, I guess it will be a strictly US thing...maybe that's their goal?Anyway, always happy to see someone leave that site if they can.All the best,M
From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Helmut Hamm <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 4:29 AM
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Subject: [MOPO] I just said good-bye to my ebay storeebay has once again been pestering me lately, telling me I need to ‚adjust‘ my store listings to once again ‚comply‘ with their ‚new rules‘.Today, I received another message from them, informing me some adjustments will soon become ‚mandatoy‘ and others will be ‚optional‘.Their decision to introduce mandatory ‚automatic renewal‘ some time ago already pushed me to the edge and I thought about canceling my store subscription back then.Now they are at it AGAIN. Whatever their new rules might be, I don‘t even want to know. My yearly subscription would‘ve ended in three days anyway, and after that I would‘ve been stuck with them for another year.Not anymore. I just canceled my subscription, so on July 1, my ebay store will be history.I was still making a little bit of money, but not nearly enough to take up with yet ANOTHER set of new rules and regulations. On top of their ridiculous fees, that is.Also, in recent months, my quota of non-paying buyers has increased dramatically. That sellers are not allowed to leave appropriate feedback for deadbeat bidders is yet another thing that has bothered my since the day they introduced that policy.I‘m buying and selling on ebay since 1999, so I have watched pretty much all of their so-called ‚improvements‘ over more than two decades by now. So far, I could still convince myself to stick with them, but not anymore. Enough is enough.Helmut
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