I've admittedly not actually bought anything off ebay in quite a while. But when browsing listings, some time over the last few months I started noticing under the shipping costs another line item called "Import Charges (Amount confirmed at checkout)", and I'm wondering WTF?
Has Ebay gone and done something that now makes it automatic that we must pay all customs and brokerage fees, etc. UP FRONT on a purchase? (Assuming Canadian buyer, US seller)
Is this an option selected by the seller or by Ebay itself? It doesn't seem to be present in all listing i've looked at but certainly a good portion.
(What's somewhat bothersome is I can't seem to find a way to view the breakdown of how they come up with the numbers. I'm seeing import charges in some cases being triple or more of the actual shipping cost.)