[Lionheart]

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Provisions regarding Global Shipping Program. We added provisions describing the Global Shipping Program, through which we may make your domestic U.S. listings available to international buyers. For items that are located in the United States and that you sell through the Global Shipping Program, you will simply ship the sold item to a parcel processing facility located in the United States, where a third party global technology and shipping provider will oversee the processing, customs clearance, and international shipment of the item to the buyer. Buyers will pre-pay all applicable shipping and import charges during checkout and will benefit from international tracking of the item from the parcel processing facility through delivery.

As a buyer, I just skip the Global Shipping Program sellers when I see them. The fee calculations are way out of wack. I've even seen customs fees on items that are under duty value. Not only that, but they restrict the type of shipping available. Customs fees are a total crap-shoot, all eBay has done is guarantee buyers lose.

I agree eBay's flexibility gave it an edge over everyone else, but now it's tightening too much. As a wise woman once said; "The more you tighten your grip, the more buyers will slip through your fingers." Something like that...