Strongly suggest that you not only leave negative feedback but also send a note to ebay, stating the circumstances. I had the same experience a year or so ago, did both those things, and got an email back from ebay stating that "they would communicate with the seller." I anticipated he would give ME negative feedback but he did not.
Bill On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Will Matney <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I thought I would share this, as it could save you some hard earned cash. > > I just won a piece of equipment off ebay, and I knew what it weighed, and > it's size, when I bought it. It was to be shipped from Colorado to here in > Ohio. When the auction was over, I sent in the payment, but the next day, I > get an e-mail saying that UPS wanted more to ship it, than they had > figured, at $16.00, and that they required $9.95 more. Well, the first > thing I did was go to the UPS Stores website, and there, you can put in > both city names, and zips, along with the package size, and weight. I did > this, and the total came to $16.14, as I first thought, and was what the > auction listed it at $16 even. I sent a message back, and stated that no, I > would not pay it, and that that was against ebay rules, and if they didn't > want to abide by the auction, they should refund my money, and that I would > leave appropriate feedback. > > Two or three days passed by, with no reply from the seller, and just > yesterday, I receive the package via the mail, or USPS, which I know it > costed less to ship the package with. They may have saved $5 to $6 dollars, > but not the $9.99 they wanted, and I still got it as quick as UPS ground > estimated, but the point is, it didn't cost the $9.99 more to ship it, and > it did not arrive by the requested shipper, with insurance. I didn't check > with USPS to see what rate it would be, but that's what the seller pulled. > > I have only had this happen two or three times out of around 500 purchases > from ebay, but you will run into this with some. At any rate, if they > request extra money, look into it, and I can assure you, ebay don't allow > this. It could possibly be true, that the seller did indeed mess up, but in > this case, nope, they just wanted extra cash for what they sold. > > Best, > > Will > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
