And of course, this 15% built into the prices is also charged to out-of-country buyers, when GST/HST/PST are not actually due on the sale. So the rest of the world sees a price that is 15% higher than it should be, and any taxes/import duties on their end will also be calculated on top of this tax!

It's hilariously stupid, if it's not affecting you. It's tragically infuriating if it is.

So... Canada accounts for a tiny slice of my sales. It makes sense; Canada's population isn't that big, so most of my sales are to the USA, Europe, South America, Australia, etc.

I'll just stop selling to buyers in Canada, with a note in my shop explaining why.

New #problem!

While Etsy lets you control which countries you ship to, "You must ship to your own country". I cannot turn off delivery to Canada in my shop settings.

I'll see what Etsy support says about this. 103.9% certain they won't know what I'm talking about, and when I finally get them to understand, they'll say "Dunno, I can't do anything about that".

In which case, I guess I shut my Etsy shop for good. If there's a sales platform company out there that makes it harder for sellers to actually sell goods to buyers, I would be fascinated to hear about it.

3/3

#stupidity #Etsy #arggh #support #CustomerSupport #idiots