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Some of the recent threads have got me thinking...
I've had some disappointing deals on Ebay lately, so I'm opening a 'Court of Public Opinion' question to see what others would do in a similar situation, and if necessary, any additional actions.
At the end of last year, I was high bidder in an auction for a loose, non-Star Wars toy that closed a little below market, though the shipping charge listed was out of sight (within the U.S., $21 for an item less than 1 lb). Generally speaking, I don't get concerned about overcharging for shipping as long as the total amount is within my target.
The story continues by picking up another of the sellers items, ending within minutes, with the same overcharging of shipping.
I hit 'Request Invoice' and wait for the seller to update shipping (figuring it's still going to be overpriced, though expecting a little break). Over the next couple of days and several messages back and forth, the seller claims to not know what 'Combined Shipping' is, and eventually saying they won't do it.
Kinda miffed, recognizing $42 for shipping, plus the cost of items is above market, I'm considering backing out of the deal when the Seller files a 'Non-Payment' claim. Rather than trying to fight, I took the easy route and paid, figuring the deal was lousy, but not unbearably lousy.
The package comes a couple weeks later, parcel post, wrapped in sheets of plain paper taped up around it, and absolutely no padding or packing materials. Unbelievably, the toys are not damaged, however, I'm even beyond miffed, thinking of past occurrences where sellers didn't take responsibility for poorly wrapped packages. I'm still mystified that the post office even accepted this wadded up mess.
I'm not a big 'negative feedback' person. My sour grapes made me want to blast this guy, so I get on and see that a few people have already done so, since I'd done my deal. Checking out the address, I see they are a pawn shop, so figure there's not a point and the seller doesn't care. At the end of the day, I'm not out anything unreasonable (spent just around $70, delivered, which is about $20 above market) and have two undamaged toys I was looking for.
As I said, I was just going to walk away, but reading some current posts, thought I'd put it out there for discussion.
Summarizing the scenario 'offenses':
1) Shipping Overcharge
2) No Combined Shipping
3) Not Packing with Care (which probably irritates me the most, even though it worked out...)
I've had some disappointing deals on Ebay lately, so I'm opening a 'Court of Public Opinion' question to see what others would do in a similar situation, and if necessary, any additional actions.
At the end of last year, I was high bidder in an auction for a loose, non-Star Wars toy that closed a little below market, though the shipping charge listed was out of sight (within the U.S., $21 for an item less than 1 lb). Generally speaking, I don't get concerned about overcharging for shipping as long as the total amount is within my target.
The story continues by picking up another of the sellers items, ending within minutes, with the same overcharging of shipping.
I hit 'Request Invoice' and wait for the seller to update shipping (figuring it's still going to be overpriced, though expecting a little break). Over the next couple of days and several messages back and forth, the seller claims to not know what 'Combined Shipping' is, and eventually saying they won't do it.
Kinda miffed, recognizing $42 for shipping, plus the cost of items is above market, I'm considering backing out of the deal when the Seller files a 'Non-Payment' claim. Rather than trying to fight, I took the easy route and paid, figuring the deal was lousy, but not unbearably lousy.
The package comes a couple weeks later, parcel post, wrapped in sheets of plain paper taped up around it, and absolutely no padding or packing materials. Unbelievably, the toys are not damaged, however, I'm even beyond miffed, thinking of past occurrences where sellers didn't take responsibility for poorly wrapped packages. I'm still mystified that the post office even accepted this wadded up mess.
I'm not a big 'negative feedback' person. My sour grapes made me want to blast this guy, so I get on and see that a few people have already done so, since I'd done my deal. Checking out the address, I see they are a pawn shop, so figure there's not a point and the seller doesn't care. At the end of the day, I'm not out anything unreasonable (spent just around $70, delivered, which is about $20 above market) and have two undamaged toys I was looking for.
As I said, I was just going to walk away, but reading some current posts, thought I'd put it out there for discussion.
Summarizing the scenario 'offenses':
1) Shipping Overcharge
2) No Combined Shipping
3) Not Packing with Care (which probably irritates me the most, even though it worked out...)