dinomitesales, I don’t think any seller will offer to pay tariffs out of pocket. However, I will check it out because if they don’t have additional fees it might work if there is no duty owing. Even couriers don’t charge brokerage fees if no tax or duty is owed.
Yes, eBay International Shipping has been charging me duty for about the past year, but not only EIS. I’ve been paying duty on a lot of shipments from the States and every shipment has been assessed.
If others, which are much smaller than eBay are doing it, then it can’t be that hard to put into place. Pretty much the same as charging tax and eBay (and others) should have been prepared for this. Everyone knew it was coming.
lotso……….. In response to your question: I’m not sure why anyone would alter how they’re doing things because of duty (other than finding a fix for eBay's failure to have a way to bill buyers for duty in place). If Americans are buying their items now in any quantity, they’ll likely keep doing so. Sellers who are dribbling out a few low cost sales to the U.S. might have a problem, but maybe not.
I always had to wonder why the US had this big break of $800 de minimis while almost everyone else had $20. As a buyer I envied that, but as a seller I thought it was just fine, but every time I heard them (the Americans) go on about how they needed $ I’d look at this and wonder why they didn’t change their de minimis. I am the furthest thing from being a Trump fan that one can be, but I get why it’s being done. We (Canadians) have had protections for on line sales in place for a long time.
I’m curious to see how Americans react because this might be the first time they get a taste of what these tariffs mean for them. They might not even notice or care much, but it could really get under their skin. Could go either way, but I’m pretty sure that the best option is to watch, wait, and see what comes of it.
