Never MSRP
Anyone bought from them before? Were you charged taxes/duties?
Jul 31st, 2018 4:15 pm
Jul 31st, 2018 4:22 pm
Jul 31st, 2018 4:30 pm
They are an ebay store
Jul 31st, 2018 4:46 pm
If they use the global shipping scam then you will be charged for sure . Otherwise If they use a shipping agent other than USPS then you have a good chance getting charged duties and taxes and brokerage
Aug 1st, 2018 12:02 am
Feb 27th, 2019 2:43 pm
How much were you charged for duties and taxes do you remember? How much was your phone including shipping and how much extra did you have to pay?Jucius Maximus wrote: ↑ I bought a phone from Never MSRP's eBay store.
I found the seller was quite helpful and responded quickly.
Very happy with the phone.
Yes I was charged taxes and duties. This was through Fedex.
Feb 27th, 2019 8:26 pm
The phone was US $299 and shipping US $12.99.
Feb 27th, 2019 8:46 pm
What scam? Global Shipping out the door (including taxes) is less than the fees alone from couriers.
Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet
Feb 28th, 2019 12:13 pm
I'm going to speculate and suggest that GSP is more expensive than when USPS shipments 'slide through' the customs lottery without getting taxed.death_hawk wrote: ↑
What scam? Global Shipping out the door (including taxes) is less than the fees alone from couriers.
I barely buy anything that isn't GSP any more unless it's from China.
Feb 28th, 2019 1:23 pm
Could be, but in my experience USPS shipping is actually more expensive than GSP's shipping fee with taxes. So even if the package doesn't get taxed, it's already more expensive on the front end.Jucius Maximus wrote: ↑ I'm going to speculate and suggest that GSP is more expensive than when USPS shipments 'slide through' the customs lottery without getting taxed.
Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet
Mar 12th, 2019 5:07 pm
Never have I experienced this. In my experience the GsP charge is just additional to the usps shipping chargedeath_hawk wrote: ↑ Could be, but in my experience USPS shipping is actually more expensive than GSP's shipping fee with taxes. So even if the package doesn't get taxed, it's already more expensive on the front end.
Obviously it's dependent on the item. This usually applies to stuff that's at least somewhat sizable.
Mar 12th, 2019 5:12 pm
It definitely is, but USPS US->Canada is usually significantly more than US->US+GSP especially when the package is larger.
Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet
Mar 12th, 2019 5:15 pm
Why would you be paying for global shipping if it’s domestic?death_hawk wrote: ↑ It definitely is, but USPS US->Canada is usually significantly more than US->US+GSP especially when the package is larger.
Mar 12th, 2019 5:23 pm
Because GSP ships it to a domestic (US) access point, drives it over the border and relabels it for domestic (in Canada) shipping.
Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet
Mar 12th, 2019 5:30 pm
I’ve yet to come across an auction where global shipping wasn’t just an added on cost to what the actual shipping charges are for the package.death_hawk wrote: ↑ Because GSP ships it to a domestic (US) access point, drives it over the border and relabels it for domestic (in Canada) shipping.
Mar 12th, 2019 5:41 pm
It's packed into one (technically 2) charges like you said.Red_Army wrote: ↑ These are typically 2 separate charges in my experience. Is what you’re referring to that the “shipping” charge is just for the package to go to the GSP location? I have yet to encounter this. From my understanding is the shipping charge is for the entire process of the package travelling and the GSP charge is just prepaying the customs/duty brokerage
Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet
Mar 12th, 2019 5:45 pm
Not sure what you’re buying but like I said in all of my experiences the shipping charge is the same whether or not the GSP is added ondeath_hawk wrote: ↑ It's packed into one (technically 2) charges like you said.
US->US shipping is one charge.
GSP+taxes etc is the other one.
Either way, both those together is generally cheaper than USPS US->Canada.
That's not to say it's always cheaper. Extremely small items tend to be cheaper shipped direct without GSP.
Mar 12th, 2019 6:13 pm
I'm not even sure how that's possible because on one side you're paying US->Canada while the other side is US->US.
Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet
Mar 12th, 2019 7:50 pm
Then you have items such as a t shirt. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nike-Sportswea ... 3441117783 11$ shipping plus 9$ import GsPdeath_hawk wrote: ↑ I'm not even sure how that's possible because on one side you're paying US->Canada while the other side is US->US.
It also doesn't help that USPS is one of the more expensive options to get out of the US.
Here's an example:
GSP:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/282696739600
$13.91 ship + $13.12 taxes
Direct:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/202617026455
$27.30
https://www.ebay.com/itm/312209117263
$39.95
https://www.ebay.com/itm/123241440127
$60!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/233096474211
$21.17 (FINALLY found one that's cheaper total, but you're probably gonna pay taxes when you get it)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183683783078
$25.43 (Also cheaper, but again taxes)
There's a few options for UPS/Fedex which are about the same price as GSP, but you're gonna pay at least $15 (or more with UPS) for brokerage.
GSP is essentially free brokerage.
The only viable option is the $21.17, and they don't even specify shipping method. You'd better pray that it's USPS.
Even if it is, based on the dollar value, Canada Post is going to collect taxes at the door which means you're totally screwed.
You're basically betting $6 saying they will collect if you ship via GSP.
If you're playing the odds, you basically have to not pay for 3/4 packages you receive in order to break even.
In my experience, packages from the US have a MUCH higher "loss" rate than this, especially ones with value.
I'm totally happy paying the $6 gambling fee.
Mar 12th, 2019 7:57 pm
*ahem*
I see blanket statements that GSP is terrible when it's not.
Nope. That's why I'm on the internet arguing with strangers. If I had anything better to do I'd probably be doing it.Do you not have anything else to do rather than argue with strangers on the internet