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Ugh, eBay. Still hasn't solved ~10 % of buyers blatantly abusing "buyer protection" to get stuff for free. I don't know the current state of GSP but a few year
by formerly_proven 6y ago
Ugh, eBay. Still hasn't solved ~10 % of buyers blatantly abusing "buyer protection" to get stuff for free.
I don't know the current state of GSP but a few years back it seemed like it was just a scam betting on customs not inspecting ~99 % of packages. GSP claimed to collect duties and import taxes (calculated... how exactly? It's not like an American seller is providing a TARIC code to eBay). Anyway, if the package eventually arrived, you'd notice that there was zero documentation attached apart from the usual sticker saying that customs didn't randomly pick this package to check. Some people reported that when customs randomly picked their fees-supposedly-paid-through-GSP-package, they had to pay duties and taxes a second time.
- CodeWriter23 6y ago> Ugh, eBay. Still hasn't solved ~10 % of buyers blatantly abusing "buyer protection" to get stuff for free. Yes they have. They’ve decided that transferring the expense of protecting their own reputation to their sellers is a winning business practice.
- atatatat 6y agoAre they incorrect?
- CodeWriter23 6y agoIt’s a market reality, they can employ what I consider to be abusive practices like this because enough merchants accept it as a cost of doing business. But I wouldn’t call it “incorrect” exactly. If a merchant wants to submit to that, it’s a free country (thus far).