and he notes -
Both PayPal and eBay prohibit adding credit card fees to a payment
and it is illegal in many states. Since they have no way of knowing
that the seller is tacking on a fee, they rely on buyer complaints to
stop sellers from doing this.
They're also cracking down on a lot of excess shipping because it
does inhibit bidding, even though the total price may be within
reason. There are several categories where shipping fees are limited
and auctions are canceled or if the seller ignores the rules
repeatedly, he or she gets NARU'd.
But the best way to handle high shipping is either avoid the auction
or bid low. The item (or something similar) will come up again. Over
the nine or so years I have been on eBay I've seen this happen more
times than I can count. When I see something I want but it has an
obviously high shipping charge, I just wait a while - sure enough it
shows up again and usually at a reasonable start and shipping price.
Raleigh in cool and sunny Maine...
At 01:16 PM 9/17/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Re eBay, Bill Roberts writes:
>
> > ...I've noticed two trends that are discouraging from
> > the buyer's point of view: [1] a seller adds exorbitant shipping
> > cost, such as $3 to mail a set of
> > decals and [2] a seller asks buyers using PayPal to
> > add 3% to their successful bid.
> > ...
> > As an occasional buyer, when I see exorbitant
> > shipping and extra costs for using PayPal, all I
> > can do is decline to bid.
>
>That's certainly one option. If you pay by credit card, tacking on a
>surcharge is a violation of the agreement that the merchant has with
>the credit card company. I don't know whether that's also the case
>with PayPal -- but you could check it out with them.
>
>As to the exorbitant shipping/handling charges (which are indeed
>absurd), you can just take it into account in deciding how much to
>bid. If there's an item I'd have bid $25 on, and there's a $10
>"handling charge", I won't bid more than $15.
>
>JR Hill
>
>
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