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Buying stuff from ebay

Postby Sarc » 14th Jan 08, 02:38

How do folks

Bit of a quandry here regarding buying stuff from ebay and I know some of you cheeky little blighters are known to dabble in a bit of ebay trading from time to time so i figured I'd ask you lot.

Ive bought a fair few things from ebay in my time and never once had any problems up until today when i bought two Soul Asylum t-shirts from a guy in the states, his rating seems pretty good so I figured it'd be okay to do business with him so to speak, so i bought them with the buy now choice and paid 29.97 in US dollars through paypal, got the email to say the money had been recieved fine, no problem there

Now Ive just had an email from the guy saying he wants an extra eight dollars for combined packing and postage but there was nothing on his page saying that this would be required, i know 8 dollars is only about four quid but surely thats not the done thing surely combing the orders would be slightly cheaper and the price your given at the end through the buy now option is the price you pay as its a binding contract,

I've emailed the guy back saying that it wasnt shown on his page that extra money would be required for combing the orders, is it really necessary and if it is I'm not happy that it wasnt clear.

The only thing i can think of is that he's trying to pull one over on me as he may think im new to ebay as I had to sign up a new account as i couldnt remember which email address id signed up with or what my login name or password was as it'd been about six months since i last used it.

Now what i need advice on is.........., took me long enough to get to asking the question didnt it............do i wait for his reply to my email, see what he says and then contact ebay/paypal about it to cancel my order and get my money back or just give him the money?
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Postby blackdeathcrew » 14th Jan 08, 11:25

Wait for his reply. If it didn't say anything about it in his listing you're in the right here. If he won't budge, inform ebay, and they'll sort it
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Postby Ean » 14th Jan 08, 11:34

Noo! Always, always demand an invoice from the seller, even with a buy it now, that way it's entirely down to them if they fuck up the amount they expect to be paid, and you have written proof.

Can you bung up a link for the auctions? (I'm assuming there were two since you talk about combining)
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Postby Sarc » 14th Jan 08, 16:23

GOt a reply from him this morning he's saying i should have emailed him about combined shipping before, anyways here's his reply

ts $9.99 per shirt
it costs 16.00 to send to shirts to the UK and you should email the seller before bidding about combined shipping i know you are new to ebay but you do not set the shipping price
it is posted in the auction as soon as you send the $6.00 we can complete the auction
i am not losing money because you are not happy


and here are the links

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290197389269&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290197389276&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019

cheers all
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Postby Sir Euan » 14th Jan 08, 17:04

I think you might have read the descriptions wrong.

The first auction says 9.99 for the shirt plus 16.99 for international shipping, the second says 9.99 for the shirt plus 9.99 for the shipping, so that works out at $46.96, so yeah unless you contacted him before about combined shipping you do technically owe him about $16.

I think him asking for 8, now 6 more is perfectly fair, that's a fiver less than the description says.
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Postby lemon & ginger » 14th Jan 08, 17:32

Yeah, it seems he has done everything right. He may have been more explicit with shipping but it is in there.

I'd pay up or get into trouble with ebay.
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Postby Sarc » 14th Jan 08, 19:01

fair does cheers guys, Id already paid the thirty dollars with the buy now thing anyways but ive asked a few others and they say yes i do still owe 6 dollars but the guy wasnt clear with the pricing so its understandable i got confused,

thanks muchly
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Postby Ean » 15th Jan 08, 01:45

I think unfortunately that you walked into it a bit and should have emailed him about combining the orders. He's taking the piss a bit charging different postage for essentially the same thing though.

I suppose if you were feeling particularly arsey, you could email him and tell him not to be so fucking patronising in future. :P
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Postby Sarc » 15th Jan 08, 13:46

Ean wrote:I suppose if you were feeling particularly arsey, you could email him and tell him not to be so fucking patronising in future. :P


Me? Arsey? with my reputation? Never. :twisted:
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Postby Sarc » 23rd Jan 08, 12:04

Not that anyone will be fussed by this topic now but my shirts turned up ysterday and they are perfect, I feel terrible now for the little argy I had with him about postage.

I'm now the proud owner of two soul asylum t-shirts and also a replacements one, the two bands Ive been chasing after for ages t-shirt wise all I need now is a Kill Hannah one and thats me sorted for shirts for a fair while
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Postby nig1012 » 23rd Jan 08, 16:57

hey that was like a mini soap

"says in deep strong american soap voice"

WILL SARC EMAIL JIMMYSROCKANDROLL AND ACCUSE HIM OF TRYING TO FLEECE HIM

WILL JIMMYSROCKANDROLL BUY SARC A PAIR OF GLASSES SO HE CAN READ THE INFO CORRECTLY

WILL SARC TAKE EAN'S ADVICE AND E MAIL JIMMYSROCKANDROLL ABOUT BEING ARSEY

AND WILL SARCS MUM WASH THE SOUL ASYLUM T SHIRTS ON A BOIL WASH AND FUCK THEM UP

FIND OUT ALL THIS AND MORE IN THE NEXT EXCITING EPISODE OF

"BUYING STUFF OFF E BAY"
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Postby Ean » 23rd Jan 08, 17:05

Sarc wrote:Not that anyone will be fussed by this topic now but my shirts turned up ysterday and they are perfect...


Aw man, thanks for the update.

I've been losing sleep y'know... :P
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Postby Sarc » 24th Jan 08, 13:53

At that point you're just abusing sarcasm Beany.

I'll have you all knwo I wash my own clothes at the laundrette as the maching in my house is knackered (dodgy landlord y'see) and Mumsy lives in a different country so there :P HA!!! wazzed on your chips me thinks :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby nig1012 » 24th Jan 08, 16:41

Sarc wrote:At that point you're just abusing sarcasm Beany.

I'll have you all knwo I wash my own clothes at the laundrette as the maching in my house is knackered (dodgy landlord y'see) and Mumsy lives in a different country so there :P HA!!! wazzed on your chips me thinks :lol: :lol: :lol:


oh you've nicknamed me beany as well now have ya. :D
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Postby Sarc » 24th Jan 08, 16:53

Not you y'fool, Ean, ive named him Eany Beany Bumpkin Boy!!!, and before you ask, I cant for the life of me remember why.

Mind you I like reading your posts so I shall call you..........Quentin.
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