NIGHTMARE EBAY

[petethesweet1]

Hi All, what a nightmare I have had the last few days with ebay & their new global shipping. I sold a matchbox on Monday it only went for £11.00 I had to send it to a unit in Derby then they charged my customer £10.00 to send it to Germany. Apart from being banned for another month, I sold a toy cap gun on Wednesday for £15.51 I lose £3.20 sending a parcel to Derby again, once again they charged my customer £10.00 to send it to him WHAT A GREAT MONEY MAKING SCAM. I wasn't very happy. I have emailed both parties saying how sorry I was & I will be returning their extra postage. I have now opt out of the global shipping. Had another kick in the teeth at lunch time under paid postage which cost me an extra £13.50 ten pounds of that was post office handling charge Pete

[motorman]

It is infuriating and even more so given that a lot of sellers are not aware that they can opt out of this scam!!

[Idris]

I try to avoid buying anything under the Global Shipping Programme. Occasionally I see something I really want and, in spite of my objections, end up buying it. However, in such cases I never leave positive feedback, only neutral, mentioning the GSP as being the issue. When I do that, I always PM the seller to explain why I cannot give him positive feedback and carefully explain what the issues with the GSP are.

[fixer]

although I sell only one or two items over a few months I've just received an email telling e how I am to be enrolled in the GSP scam in a few weeks
guess what i'll be doing

[petethesweet1]

Hi All I have felt like dumping ebay more than once but we have all got use to it & rely on it, Ebay dose bring a few things out of the wood work & tends to keep the price down but it is getting very expensive to sell on there now I am glad I have only got a few more things to put on there Pete

[johnboy]

I made sure my account was "opted out" of the gsp sometime ago, I didn't change anything on mine because the gsp indicator has always been set to "No"

Ebay quote:
"To opt out of the Global Shipping Programme at an account level:

1.Go to My eBay > Account > Site Preferences.
2.Click the Show link to the right of the Postage Preferences section.
3.Click the Edit link to the right of Offer the Global Shipping Programme.
4.Click Opt Out.
5.Review the information. If you still wish to opt out, click Continue to opt out.

To remove a single active listing from the Global Shipping Programme:

1.Go to My eBay > Activity > Sell > Active.
2.Select the listing you'd like to change.
3.In the Edit drop-down menu, select Edit selected.
4.In the Add postage details section, click the Edit selected policy link.
5.In the International postage section of the Edit postage policy dialogue box, clear the Send it to the UK Shipping Centre, and the rest will be taken care of for you box.
6.Save and confirm your changes.


To remove all active listings from the Global Shipping Programme:

1.Go to My eBay > Activity > Sell > Active.
2.In the Edit drop-down menu, select Edit all listings.
3.In Edit listings, select all of your listings by checking the box at the top of the left column.
4.In the Edit drop-down menu, select Postage policy.
5.In the Edit business policies dialogue box, select Change to from the Postage policy drop-down menu, and then click the edit link next to the postage policy name.
6.In the International postage area of the Edit postage policy dialogue box, clear the Send it to the UK Shipping Centre, and the rest will be taken care of for you box.
7.Save, confirm, and submit your changes"

[motorman]

Thanks JB for submitting this guide, hopefully some of our international members who have inadvertently signed up to this con will now follow your guide and opt out, and as a result see an instant increase in their international sales!!!

[johnboy]

Thanks JB for submitting this guide, hopefully some of our international members who have inadvertently signed up to this con will now follow your guide and opt out, and as a result see an instant increase in their international sales!!!

Let's hope so. Those instructions are from ebayuk, but I'm guessing it maybe the same or similar on other sites. Are there any .com or euro account holders that can check?

[shockwavediecast]

Got both my accounts out ASAP & never buy from anyone who hasn't opted out.

How long before you have to be opted IN to qualify as Top Rated/Premium????

And of course, now we have Click & Collect through Argos......

What wrong with the Post Office/Parcelforce? A company that ONLY delivers parcels....

[motorman]

How long before you have to be opted IN to qualify as Top Rated/Premium????

I think you have hit the nail on the head SWT, it is only a matter of time before E bay starts to pressure it's Top Sellers to conform to it's way of trading!!!

This has got to backfire on e bay at some point in the future!!............surely........please.........with any luck!!