DaveVoorhis
Addicted Member
Welcome to the new "good business".
Heads-Up about eBay Global Shipping and old gear
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vwestlife
Super Member
Report the seller for copying your pictures and text without permission:
https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/images-text-policy?id=4240#section3
https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/images-text-policy?id=4240#section3
Justgotohm
Super Member
I bought a very rare Porsche many years ago that had been confiscated by US Customs. The German fellow that had it shipped to the US had not done the correct paper work so it was seized. The car sat in a warehouse for about five years collecting dust and forgotten. I was approached at the time to buy the car for parts, at the time I was parting out German cars instead of screwing around with audio.
The seller, owner of the warehouse, told me there was no way to get the car titled so it went really cheap, like the value of the wheels cheap.
I used the legal process instituted by my local county government to get a clear state title and tag. I had the car running in about three days and passed it on. Only after I wallowed in my success did it hit me how unfair it was for the poor fellow who had the car taken from him. It’s just an example of unfair business practices and laws. That warehouse was slap full of Skyline GTR’s both coupes and sedan models, turbo awd Nissan Pulsars, early EVO’s , Supras, Sylvia’s, you name it.
The seller, owner of the warehouse, told me there was no way to get the car titled so it went really cheap, like the value of the wheels cheap.
I used the legal process instituted by my local county government to get a clear state title and tag. I had the car running in about three days and passed it on. Only after I wallowed in my success did it hit me how unfair it was for the poor fellow who had the car taken from him. It’s just an example of unfair business practices and laws. That warehouse was slap full of Skyline GTR’s both coupes and sedan models, turbo awd Nissan Pulsars, early EVO’s , Supras, Sylvia’s, you name it.
Archguy
Official Roiurama Factory Rep
Well that's an understatement. Incredible. Only I do believe it.
blhagstrom
Mad Scientist, fixer.
I ship GSP all the time.
Brazil bound vintage would get stopped.
Buyer gets refund, I keep proceeds.
I think Ebay dropped Brazil from GSP.
The have dropped Russia.
International laws are whacked. Much worse than local, state and federal US idiocy.
If you EVER cross the border into or from Canada, answer EVERY question with NO.
Trust me, I hit some BS once that was mind numbingly stupid.
One thing I’m finding out, Ebay GSP seems to screen out bad postal system countries. If there is no delivery confirmation, Ebay can not determine if the package arrived. So if foreign crooks claim non-delivery, they would need to eat it. I think they are starting to not like the taste.
I tell buyers that ask for direct ship because Ebay doesn’t support their country, that I can and will ship direct IF they pay by MO. I’m tired of Ebay fingering my money. So far that blows them away like a bad smell.
I’ve sent a lot of stuff out through GSP.
I continue to do so.
As long as I get paid, I don’t care where the stuff ends up.
Ebay or Pitney Bowes probably has a shill business selling the blocked stuff. To recoup costs of a busted sale.
Hey, if you spot your gear, buy it back and get it back and then file not-as-described. See if they will pay to ship it back. I’m thinking they will just refund it.
Brazil bound vintage would get stopped.
Buyer gets refund, I keep proceeds.
I think Ebay dropped Brazil from GSP.
The have dropped Russia.
International laws are whacked. Much worse than local, state and federal US idiocy.
If you EVER cross the border into or from Canada, answer EVERY question with NO.
Trust me, I hit some BS once that was mind numbingly stupid.
One thing I’m finding out, Ebay GSP seems to screen out bad postal system countries. If there is no delivery confirmation, Ebay can not determine if the package arrived. So if foreign crooks claim non-delivery, they would need to eat it. I think they are starting to not like the taste.
I tell buyers that ask for direct ship because Ebay doesn’t support their country, that I can and will ship direct IF they pay by MO. I’m tired of Ebay fingering my money. So far that blows them away like a bad smell.
I’ve sent a lot of stuff out through GSP.
I continue to do so.
As long as I get paid, I don’t care where the stuff ends up.
Ebay or Pitney Bowes probably has a shill business selling the blocked stuff. To recoup costs of a busted sale.
Hey, if you spot your gear, buy it back and get it back and then file not-as-described. See if they will pay to ship it back. I’m thinking they will just refund it.
vwestlife
Super Member
Due to Brazil's prohibition on commercial import of used consumer goods, only new items are allowed to ship to Brazil via eBay's GSP.
phantomrebel
Serial Tapist
Yeah, I sold a lot of tubes and shipped them all over the world. For some reason the ones to S. Korea were always confiscated. I even tried using different countries of origin on the bill (e.g. Telefunkens from Germany) but it didn't make a difference. No trouble shipping same to areas of Japan just over 100 miles away.
Archguy
Official Roiurama Factory Rep
That is nasty. Makes you wonder. And I found this post by searching "The listing you’re looking for is no longer available. Check out this similar item we found for you." Takes me from the McIntosh amplifier I was bidding on to a Topping DAC. Yeah, that'll work!
Why not, I wonder? Would they take over the site like some kind of ravenous sci-fi monster? Probably.
ivan100000
Active Member
Me too.
I just sold a high-dollar LP to a Japanese buyer, and a few days ago after shipping it off to Erlanger I got one of the "restricted item/buyer will be refunded and you will keep the $$ but item will not be forwarded through or returned" notices. Will they throw the LP in the trash, or will they attempt to re-sell it? I cannot believe that eBay is in the business of eating multi-hundred-dollar items like mine on any sort of frequent basis.
Really strange.
I just sold a high-dollar LP to a Japanese buyer, and a few days ago after shipping it off to Erlanger I got one of the "restricted item/buyer will be refunded and you will keep the $$ but item will not be forwarded through or returned" notices. Will they throw the LP in the trash, or will they attempt to re-sell it? I cannot believe that eBay is in the business of eating multi-hundred-dollar items like mine on any sort of frequent basis.
Really strange.
vwestlife
Super Member
eBay's Global Shipping Program is run by Pitney Bowes, who reserves the right to liquidate the item in that circumstance. "Liquidate" can mean anything from discarding the item to relisting it on eBay using your photos and description, as members of the Vintage Computer Forum exposed recently:
https://trixter.oldskool.org/2018/0...-do-not-use-the-ebay-global-shipping-program/
"If you sell rare, unique, or otherwise irreplaceable items on ebay, do not use eBay's Global Shipping Program. Doing so grants eBay's partners the right to effectively take your item and resell it without your knowledge."
(read the link above for more)
