Dear Arachnids,
It looks to me like some ebay sellers do hide a mark-up in their postage charges, even in the US. Granted, it might be difficult to predict exactly what it would cost to mail to a certain destination. But recently, I bought a skirt, which after receiving it, I commented to the seller I felt was overpriced and misrepresented as antique Edwardian, when, in fact, only the bottom border was old lace, and the entire top of the skirt had obviously been replaced in recent years. She was wonderful about taking it back, and sent me the link to the original sale at which she had purchased it. Then I could see how she covered the original purchase price she had paid by understating the "buy now" price by about $5 and adding a little extra padding (about $5) on the shipping charges. She did refund the shipping charges that she had charged me as well as the purchase price, which I appreciated, but I did have to eat the $5 it cost to send it back to her. She is apparently now trying to get her money back from the original seller, because it was misrepresented to her, and she didn't realize it. The clincher was that she knew how much it would cost (approximately) to ship the item, since she herself had recently had it shipped to her, AND the fact that adding on the extra shipping costs brought the total up enough to cover her own purchase of that item. As an aside, I hadn't returned anything before, and was a bit disappointed to find out now I only have eBay credit, instead of a return of the funds to my credit card. Hidden costs disguised as shipping charges is something I've also seen happen in other contexts besides eBay, of course. I wonder, does eBay have a policy on accurate shipping charges? Does it expressly allow people to add on charges to pay sellers for their time and effort to mail the item? Regards, Ricki in Utah ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
