Why Some Items Ship Through Global Shipping Program From US to Russian Federation & Some Not?

[antiquevintageusa]

Why are some of my collectible items allowed to be sold here in the USA and shipped through the Global Shipping Program to Russian Federation & some of my collectible items do not give that option?

[mudshark61369]

@antiquevintageusa,

Without knowing specifically what items do not have the option, we cannot answer your question.  Just making some guesses, but is it possible the items are proscribed from being shipped to the R.F, at all?

Some of your items may be too large or delicate to be shipped there or there have been many problems with items of those sorts being damaged in shipping. 

The GSP does repack items they deem are being shipped in too large of a package, without regard to the fragility of items and safe delivery.  

To be honest, I will never use the GSP to ship abroad, nor will I buy from sellers who use the GSP to ship internationally.  The costs are ridiculous, customs fees are often charged when none are needed, shipping can be slow,  They can repack items, and trying to collect on an insurance claim for missing or damaged items is next to impossible.  

[antiquevintageusa]

So if the item is of great value or fragility then eBay's GSP will not insure? We're talking about collectible porcelain & glass, some expensive and some inexpensive. 

Here's what raised a flag for me...I've had inquiries on a couple of old collectible porcelain figurines from folks in the Russian Federation asking me to give them a quote on shipping and my reply is always "I only ship through eBay's GSP and sadly the Russian Federation is not on the International list to ship to."

But then yesterday I sold a $35 figurine to someone in the Russian Federation through eBay's GSP.  So I'm guessing if it's not worth much then they'll take a chance on it?

Does this make any sense?

[nh7235]

While there is not an escargo @antiquevintageusa on antics, not sense the last time we attacked them, There is steel a $550 limit on GSP shipments to Russia.

[antiquevintageusa]

May I also add...I've been shipping through eBay's GSP for years with great success, just never to the Russian Federation until now. I'm wondering what has changed, or has it?

[nh7235]

Through the Global Shipping Program, you can sell to the following countries:

Aruba
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany

Gibraltar
Greece
Grenada
Guadeloupe (French)
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guiana
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kuwait
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Martinique (French)
Mexico
Monaco
Montserrat
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua

Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Reunion (French)
Romania
Russia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Vietnam

[nh7235]

Your item's sale price, excluding shipping and handling, must not be more than

Dominican Republic, El Salvador $200
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Turks and Caicos Islands $500
Russia $550
Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago $1,000
Colombia, Kuwait $2,000
All other countries $2,500

If an auction-style listing ends with a final sale price, excluding shipping and handling, of more than the maximum allowed for the country to which you're shipping, you're responsible for arranging alternate international shipping, and compliance with applicable auction laws in that country, even though an auction-style listing is not an auction.

[pjcdn2005]

I don't know why the gsp will ship some items but won't ship other similar items to the same location. In some cases it probably is that the items are priced higher than the maximum but you also have a number listings under $100 that don't ship to Russia.

Right now buyers in Russia are seeing your listings with a shipping price as not specified. That means that they can still purchase the listing but not pay for it so you might want to block countries that  the gsp hasn't included for that listing. To do that, go to accounts/site preferences/ buyers requirements and block buyers with a primary shipping address in a country that I don't ship to.