:facepalm: GSP intra-EU. What next...
The GSP started in the USA on Ebay.com. Money making scheme it is, but government authorities were
claiming Ebay was practicing smuggling and the legal time bomb was ticking. They saw an opportunity
to gain more control of the supply chain and reduce Paypal Claims.
My experience of GSP from the USA to EU; Pitney Bowels were supposed to re-pack
the item properly and do the formalities for export according to a status I received. What
they actually did was remove all packing material and make it as light as possible for shipping
the *uckers. NOS BNIB £120 leather Ti rail saddle was instead just knocking around in a badly
taped up and stickerd box without the original box. I put in a Claim towards the seller, but Ebay just decided
to close the issue all by their own accord. They argued the seller did his part to post to the Putney Bowels
center and he even produced photos of his original packing. Ebay and their preferred shipping contracter
were simply not willing to pick-up the tab. That was the death nail of GSP for me.
The GSP started in the USA on Ebay.com. Money making scheme it is, but government authorities were
claiming Ebay was practicing smuggling and the legal time bomb was ticking. They saw an opportunity
to gain more control of the supply chain and reduce Paypal Claims.
My experience of GSP from the USA to EU; Pitney Bowels were supposed to re-pack
the item properly and do the formalities for export according to a status I received. What
they actually did was remove all packing material and make it as light as possible for shipping
the *uckers. NOS BNIB £120 leather Ti rail saddle was instead just knocking around in a badly
taped up and stickerd box without the original box. I put in a Claim towards the seller, but Ebay just decided
to close the issue all by their own accord. They argued the seller did his part to post to the Putney Bowels
center and he even produced photos of his original packing. Ebay and their preferred shipping contracter
were simply not willing to pick-up the tab. That was the death nail of GSP for me.
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