3 Feb
2014
3 Feb
'14
5:30 p.m.
Not surprising, I won a tail light for my car on an ebay auction, for the
starting bid of $0.01. Paid like $26.01, the win plus shipping. No
notifications, no tracking number, nothing. Three weeks later, I sent the
seller a message, and without saying anything, without explaination, he
sent me the money back, basically he was mad that he didn't get more than
$0.01 for it.
That's the beauty of modern ebay vs old ebay, if a seller backs out on you,
or is crooked in any way, you can leave them negative feedback without
fearing retaliation, which lets others know not to waste their time, and
after enough strikes gets their selling ability revoked.
On Feb 3, 2014 4:00 PM, "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
My $0.02 on this...
Having said that, the best option would have to
be asking up front
whether the seller will combine postage, if they don't explicitly state
one way or the other. At least that preempts any issues of that sort.
Agreed.
My take is that the buyer should have bene prepared to pay the spearate
shipping charges, after all, that's what was specified in the auction
lising. But that it is entirely reasoanble to ask if the seller would
combine shipping (and and they said they won;t then that's the end of it,
the buyer has to pay the full separate shipping charges).
Bu the seller should not cancel an auction because a buyer asks for this.
Period.
After all, if I go into a shop and buy 100 of the smae item, I might feel
there should be a 'quantity discount' and it would not be unreasonable
for me to aske if that's the case. If the shop says no, I should be
prepared to pay the full price. The shop should bnot refuse to sel lto me
for asking though.
-tony