What would you do if you had bought this item off ebay and...

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I purchased an item from ebay. Originally the auction listed collection only and I emailed the seller to ask if he would post it.

He replied saying yes and when I won the auction he sent me a revised invoice with £8.50 on top for postage.

I paid and the item arrived this afternoon only I have also received a email today from the seller asking for an additional £13 as the postage at the post office cost over £21

What would you do? Pay the extra £13 or tell him to get stuffed?
 
vail3r said:
I purchased an item from ebay. Originally the auction listed collection only and I emailed the seller to ask if he would post it.

He replied saying yes and when I won the auction he sent me a revised invoice with £8.50 on top for postage.

I paid and the item arrived this afternoon only I have also received a email today from the seller asking for an additional £13 as the postage at the post office cost over £21

What would you do? Pay the extra £13 or tell him to get stuffed?
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I'd give him the money (if he can provide proof that it cost that much) - as it was listed as collection only, he changed it as per your request.

Would be unfair for him to lose out by changing it to suit you (assuming he has proof & didn't pick a stupidly expensive delivery company/method).
 
Sounds like he did you a favour posting it. Request proof of postage cost and pay the fella.
 
I'd see how much I could get that item posted for and pay him up to a maximum of that amount.
£21 seems a lot unless it was huge or very heavy. The post office may well have not been a reasonable option for that package.
 
You requested it so you should pay the money - ask for a copy of the receipt if it makes you happier to pay the exact amount
 
If he's already posted the item, tell him you did not agree to the additional charges. If he is waiting for you to give him the extra money, it's down to negotiations.
 
Ill ask for the receipt and then pay. A courier would have been under £10 but as I know myself it's hard sometimes to wait in all day for a collection royal mail is easier.
 
You don't have to. The agreed fee was 8.50, but you shouldn't bid on collection items if you don't intend to collect.

Pay.

Then learn to ebay.
 
I'd pay up.

At the end of the day, his terms were 'Pick Up Only', had you wished to have it delivered you should have contacted him before winning the auction and got a quote of how much the shipping would be.
 
I see it from both sides, if the seller agreed to post it and quoted £8.50 then to me is the postage that should be charged. They should have researched the costs properly before quoting you a price.

However, I'm sure he could now back out of the transaction if you don't agree... Depends how much you want the item I guess.
 
he said colelction only, you offerred to pay post.
Really you've both been numpties, he really should've confirmed postage amount with you before sending.

As above tho you shouldn't have bid if you had no intention of picking up.
I'm guessing RMSD and over 2Kg for that kind of cost?
Ask for recipt and pay the man, he did you a favour

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Reread it.
Did you email the seller before bidding asking if he would post, he said yes and asked for £8.50.
You paid this and then hes asking for more?
 
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Nexus said:
I'd pay up.

At the end of the day, his terms were 'Pick Up Only', had you wished to have it delivered you should have contacted him before winning the auction and got a quote of how much the shipping would be.
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From the OP it sounds like that's exactly what he did.

labcoattech said:
The seller should have checked how much it would have cost to post the item and then asked the buyer what he wanted to do.
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From the OP it sounds like that's exactly what he did.

What was the item/how heavy?
 
Why do you need proof of postage, the price will have been stamped on the package.

And yeah you should pay, it's not like the seller is profiting off it.
 
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