FYI, the bids currently stand at 409 USD, to which the shipping global program adds a whopping 161 USD (42 USD for shipping and 119 USD for import fees).
If that is not enough to deter bids from abroad, the system is actively blocking me from bidding (I am from Spain), mentioning some "Seller shipping restrictions, country specific import/export or other relevant restrictions."
Frankly, the global shipping program is the best possible way to restrict sales to the US.
FYI, the bids currently stand at 409 USD, to which the shipping global program adds a whopping 161 USD (42 USD for shipping and 119 USD for import fees).
If that is not enough to deter bids from abroad, the system is actively blocking me from bidding (I am from Spain), mentioning some "Seller shipping restrictions, country specific import/export or other relevant restrictions."
Frankly, the global shipping program is the best possible way to restrict sales to the US.
Sorry folks, had to discontinue my omega waffle 2736 eBay auction. Reason being I've had 3 int'l bidders message me this eve stating that eBay has rejected their bids. So called eBay again, they claim my account settings are correct for accepting int'l bidders and problem most likely on the bidders end. 😕
It seems to me the import fees are added by your country's import tarifs, which is not ebay's fault...
If an ebay auction says "Customs services and international tracking provided", I ignore that particular auction.
Sorry folks, had to discontinue my omega waffle 2736 eBay auction. Reason being I've had 3 int'l bidders message me this eve stating that eBay has rejected their bids. So called eBay again, they claim my account settings are correct for accepting int'l bidders and problem most likely on the bidders end. 😕
It should be like that (and then the problem would be that with that system I would have to pay import tarifs in every article I bought abroad, while if you leave it to the post office you only have to pay tarifs in one out of ten), but it is worse.
Pitney Bowes opens the parcels, removes what they consider excess packaging, consolidate all merchandise, send it to a logistic centre somewhere in UK, and from there they distribute it to Europe.
I don't receive a single piece of paperwork stating that I have paid the relevant tarif (VAT in my case), probably because I haven't. In every other instance I have had to pay tariffs, I have eventually received the official paperwork and the relevant receipts.
Not to mention the fact that if we (foreigners) are blocked out of the bid, we can hardly buy the watch (and sellers [and ebay, come to think of it] are left without our bids).
Predictably, at buyers' end, ebay says restrictions are probably imposed by the seller.
