Alternative eBays

[Somer]

Private sales via Ebay should not cost that much, commercial is different, 10 percent in that case I think.

Vic

Well , I sell a lot on eBay and by the time the dust settles, its 21%.

 

[oexing]

My last info was that private sales are 10 percent for Ebay. Commercial sales are 12 percent plus 19 percent VAT in my country.

Vic

 

[Somer]

Maybe in UK but this is my experience after doing numerous sales.

 

[LoneStar]

The thing with "Global shipping program" is that shipping costs PLUS customs duties are charged on sales bill so basically no customs will be involved in your country. So it is the import tax that you see mostly, not money Ebay puts in their pockets.

That may be true in some scenarios; it appears the rules for VAT and import duty differ between many pairs of countries in which buyer and seller might reside. But in the US, I've never been charged VAT or an import duty on items sent from the UK via Royal Mail - so I conclude that in these cases at least, Ebay is indeed pocketing the considerable extra charge from GSP.