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JohnG7

JohnG7

JohnG7

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Ok not normally my thing but just in case I am wrong but my initial judgment was no way.

I have used EBay a long time but not a big buyer/seller and only ever had one bit of trouble by some tight-fisted buyer over £2extra postage and packaging too small a box and it was dealt with in my favour.

I have been stung many times by RM high prices (higher than the estimate at time it I listed it) when I get to the PO and just suck it up esp. for GPU/Mobos.

I bought some Corsair Dominator Ram DDR3 (rarish 32GB kit) on 15th and I know there is delays over Brexit as I have an item stuck in Poland for weeks so I MSG the guy to say I am ok with it not arriving by estimated time.

Now he is in the EU and this item was listed on EBay UK and it was an auction not buy now or make offer and I won it fair and square and paid him instantly via PayPal the amount+postage he had asked for.


Winning bid:
EUR 157.00
Approximately £136.35
[ 51 bids ]

Postage:
EUR 13.99 (approx. £12.15) Standard Delivery | See details

Item location:
Düsseldorf, Germany

Posts to:
European Union

Delivery:
Estimated delivery within 7-11 working days


Today he has posted the item but sent me this:


Hi,

I spent 45€ shippment costs, half a day custom forms and many troble with proforma invoices.
Could you please send 20€ for extra shipping fees to (EDITED OUT HIS EMAIL HERE)

Thanks

Otherwise:

I received 170€
- Ebay fees 18€
- PayPal fees 6€
- Shipping Fees 45€
- Time waste ...

=101€
 
Has he sent it? If so, don't worry. He is just chancing you'll be feeling charitable.
 
I'd have sent back a big fat LOL!

If he wasn't happy with having to pay more costs for delivery than what he quoted for, he should have then nulled the sale.
 
Yes its on way but am I being unreasonable (I am not tight but not a fool either)?

Kind of though to myself "tough luck" but trying to be polite.

I only ever list an item if it free or £1 final fees, he could have waited as they give these deals all the time.

I feel Ebay and PP would not be happy with him asking for a "Gift" of extra cash.
 
JohnG7 said:
Yes its on way but am I being unreasonable (I am not tight but not a fool either)?

Kind of though to myself "tough luck" but trying to be polite.

I only ever list an item if it free or £1 final fees, he could have waited as they give these deals all the time.
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No definitely not.

He would have made the choice to have listed it on UK EBay knowing that he would have had to post it internationally. If he's not happy with that then he should have kept the auction locally.
 
He shouldn't have offered shipping to the UK so cheap - it's a costly mistake for him.

I feel Ebay would side with you if he gave you negative feedback for not re-embursing him
 
JohnG7 said:
Yes its on way but am I being unreasonable (I am not tight but not a fool either)?

Kind of though to myself "tough luck" but trying to be polite.

I only ever list an item if it free or £1 final fees, he could have waited as they give these deals all the time.

I feel Ebay and PP would not be happy with him asking for a "Gift" of extra cash.
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Dont pay him a penny ;) his mistake... Ive lost out on postage many times on ebay because im not clued up. His mistake, his loss.
 
In the past I posted stuff to the states and the customs form took all of ten minutes including sticking it to the package. Too much moaning on this in my opinion.
 
File under B for bin, like you I've sucked up extra p+p charges if needed although never to that level.

If he wasn't happy he should have cancelled the sale but obviously didn't want the negative feedback, sellers can't leave negs anymore IIRC so you've got nothing to worry about.
 
It's not actually listed on ebay uk, it just shows up under the "items from international sellers" part. That's why the prices are in EUR and the item details are in german.
It's your responsibility to check that the seller will post to you before bidding. The UK isn't listed as a location he posts to on the auction so he would be within his rights to cancel your bid or ask for extra postage costs. He's gone about things the wrong way though and I'm sure PayPal/ebay would take your side if there were any disputes.
 
Posts to:
European Union < I am in the EU technically still but assume he means not USA or Asia..

It was all in English apart from the comment he added at bottom.
 
Vince my postie comes about 14:00 most days (that sounds bad).:eek:

I still need your details to PP you some cash.

EDIT: it is lying on hall floor, just had quick look thanks.
 
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JohnG7 said:
Yes I am in UK.
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Which isn't listed in the postal destinations on the auction.

You'd be fine to ignore him. You should have checked if he could post to you first, he should have agreed extra postage with you before he posted it. Neither is 100% in the right but I'd guess PayPal/ebay would take your side.
 
touch said:
Which isn't listed in the postal destinations on the auction.

You'd be fine to ignore him. You should have checked if he could post to you first, he should have agreed extra postage with you before he posted it. Neither is 100% in the right but I'd guess PayPal/ebay would take your side.
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I don't think you can blame the buyer at all in this situation, it's not like they hid the fact they were in the UK. The seller should have cancelled the sale, setup their listing to exclude UK buyers if they didn't want to post here or contacted the buyer to come to an arrangement before sending.
 
tom_e said:
I don't think you can blame the buyer at all in this situation, it's not like they hid the fact they were in the UK.
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Yep, I'd agree with that actually. Maybe checking beforehand isn't the done thing anymore. Maybe just have been aware of the possibility of a cancelled bid or request for extra postage. (but not in the manner that the seller has done)
 
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