Christopher Morris 2 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Do Americans get charge the same fee's as us Brits on an ebay sale?. Now, many Brits were trying it on & trying to sell “!let's say a £5 item” for 1p & £7.50 P&P. So the seller only paid a commission on 1p. Now ebay stopped this & now charges a commission on the sale price & p&p added together. Do the Americans still have the old system, or does the USA just charge a lot for P&P, as i see many items for sale at “lets say” a $50 & a further $50 P&P. Must be some of the highest P&P prices in the world as I can send to Australia for half that price. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I suggest their p & p is so high as to deter business from outside the US. Tower Hobbies is quite reasonable for postage. I’ve been quoted over $70 for a $30 cowl. By the way AliExpress has just charged be about £3.50 for a large carbon fibre undercarriage from China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 p and p from the USA is high, as Cymaz states. I negotiated a spare wing set to $70 from a fellow flyer there But the best carriage broke the deal at $69 Small parts can be reasonable by airmail, but packages are prohibitive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 As Denis says, P&P from the American continent is a killer on large packages and then you have to factor in HMRC charges which will include carriage in as part of the value for taxation, plus the UK delivery company will charge around £12 to collect customs duty on behalf of HMRC. One has to wonder if ordering from European suppliers will be as bad after Halloween. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Dance 1 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Postage from the USA to the UK using US mail is expensive. I wanted an IC for my Ace TX earlier this year.The IC cost about $10. Post to the UK $30. Post within the lower 49 states $7. I have a friend who has a property in Florida. Guess which shipping option I took? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 You think U.S. postage is expensive ? Try Canada !!! It will get more expensive since Donald's latest "teddy throw" regarding international postage. My advice if you are considering buying anything from abroad is to do it sooner, rather than later. particularly if it is from the far East. Their postal rate advantage won't last forever and prices are slowly rising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Lester Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I must have recently had the best deal going when I bought some bits from Bangood! An EDF unit with ESC and a set of servos were dispatched pence for insurance but P&P and delivery were FREE! Royal Mail want about £3-50 to move a parcel that size from the next county Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Morris 2 Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Nice "or not" to see we are all in the same boat. You can get around some of the import duties if you can get the sender to NOT put an invoice in & send as a sample. Or, if you have an American friend to send it as a present. But either way, its still expensive. But even the UK is getting more costly. I just sent a 28Kg vice to Scotland "with a cheap post code" at a cost of £42 P&P "Ouch". Problem was that only a very limited amount of couriers would touch anything over 30Kg & my parcel was 39Kg with the box i had to make for it to transport. The odd thing is that if this person had brought the 2 that i had for sale, i would of driven them up there & had a break in the lake district on the way back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave parnham Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Just been looking at Plans and kits from Balsa USA.com and they want $100 dollars as shipping deposit. So a $40 dollar plan could cost 140 dollars total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Posted by dave parnham on 29/09/2019 17:13:15: Just been looking at Plans and kits from Balsa USA.com and they want $100 dollars as shipping deposit. So a $40 dollar plan could cost 140 dollars total. The cheapest way to get plans from abroad is to buy pdf, or jpg versions and have them printed over here. Although not all sellers will oblige. However there are a lot of plans out there that are not as expensive (or are free), so it is worthwhile searching the internet, or asking on forums like this one. RC Groups is another very good site, where people are happy to share information. What plans are you looking for ? I might be able to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave parnham Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Thanks Kevin itchy credit card syndrome which is always dangerous. I was looking at the 1/4 scale Nieuport N11 plans and the Third Scale DR1 plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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