Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years

Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by chongli on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:41PM (#34822176)

Isn't it up to the seller to choose the GSP or some other means? You can always contact the seller and negotiate to use a more direct shipping route instead.

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Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by Scoundreller on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:49PM (#34822341)

I think eBay was just opting in sellers into GSP.

But for whatever reason, a lot of US sellers have an aversion to int’l shipping.

Int’l shipping was a boon for business when I was actively selling.

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Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by jstarfish on Thursday February 16, 2023 @03:35PM (#34825610)

> But for whatever reason, a lot of US sellers have an aversion to int’l shipping.

For good reason. You could point to domestic USPS tracking information as proof of delivery (which occasionally worked in your favor) during PayPal disputes.

For international shipments, the tracking is lost as soon as the item crosses the border. Whether the item was delivered or not cannot be contested by the seller, who then has to pay out on 100% of claims brought against them.

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Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by Scoundreller on Thursday February 16, 2023 @10:13PM (#34830246)

> the tracking is lost as soon as the item crosses the border

That's variable and (often) not the case for shipments to Canada. USPS International First Class would yield a tracking number that has delivery confirmation to the destination.

https://community.ebay.ca/t5/Buyer-Central/Does-USPS-First-C...

> Electronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International service — abbreviated E-USPS DELCON INTL — is a tracking service available at no charge for First-Class Package International Service items to select destination countries (see 252.22)

Those ~50 countries listed here: https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_022.htm#ep2686878

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