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| artag:
No, it's ebay doing it. The seller has investigated this and changed the item to another category. UK then appears in the allowed country list. It may be that the seller chooses to some extent, but ebay appears to control the global shipping list. If it's any help to someone else you may find that your part that has no reason be covered by CE/UKCA legislation will not have it misapplied if advertised in "Consumer Electronics>Radio Communication>Parts & Accessories>Coax. Cables & Connectors" Note that ebay are quite wrong to do this : if the equipment was being shipped to the EU before 1995, or if it was after 1995 and it was shipped with CE marking, then spare parts will also have been certified. Accessories may not have been marked, but will have been if they were originally shipped with the item. UKCA grandfathers everything marked CE and will continue to do so even for new goods until december 2024 (and probably forever since it would be stupid to make the certification rules different). There is a requirement on secondhand electrical goods sold by organisations such as auction houses to perform an electrical safety test (PAT). This is not related , however, to CE or UKCA marking. Conceivably it could be applied to personal imports but it seems unlikely, and CE marking wouldn't negate it if it were. |
| artag:
--- Quote from: coppice on August 28, 2024, 06:17:53 pm ---E-Bay has some weird shipping prices for users in the UK, that make decent prices for small items from outside the UK end up rather pricey. A small used PCB from the US at £21.34 has a shipping cost of "£62.46 Standard Delivery from outside UK". A small used PCB from Germany at £19.20 has a shipping cost of "£51.65 Standard Delivery from outside UK". --- End quote --- Yes, this was the orignal subject of this thread. Comments earlier suggested it was due to VAT and duty being applied at source (and some other countries have also started doing this) and this explains the different listing prices but not postage for small, light items being double the item cost. |
| Hydron:
I had a Keithley 228A refused shipping to the UK by eBay last year, seller looked into it and the best they could tell was that eBay had decided for some crazy reason that it was covered by ITAR or something similar. Might have actually been the same thing that others have found with equipment categories, insane either way. Very annoying as the seller was happy to ship and the auction had UK in the list when I bought it (then subsequently removed it when I went to pay) and the international shipping was very reasonable on what is a pretty chunky item. Had to ship to the US office then collect in person on the way to NZ and back, used up half my luggage allowance on a single item :(. |
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