ebay - am I being conned?

Ex-RoNiN · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:01

Bought an item off a German user; under postage it said "Postage to UK - 12€", but it also said "be aware that postage to abroad varies in price, please ask for details."

He's now trying to charge me 22€ for postage; can he do that :confused:

I took a screenshot of where it lists the UK postage costs, so I assume he can't get away with it :confused:

iraiguana · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:02

well he can because its ebay and that is how these people skank u.

Jimi · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:02

Depends on the weight of the item in question and whether or not it's by air mail, air mail is pretty expensive over seas.

Vanilla · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:05

If it said 12 Euro it should be 12 Euro.

threaten him with Fraud, etc.

hyper_piper45 · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:12

With overseas postage it is always best to e-mail them first and ask. I always state a UK postage price and say overseas postage will be calculated on request. If they dont contact me before winning the auction they have to accept the postage i charge.

Freefaller · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:13

If he stated it would be a maximum of €12 then that's what it should be. If he said, that it *might* be around €12, but he would have to confirm it on winning the bid, then that it acceptable.

zain · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:21

I was about to say something to help until I saw the sig

Johnny Girth · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:25

Ebay states clearly that sellers are allowed to reasonably increase postage costs.

Johnny Girth · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:26

but it also said "be aware that postage to abroad varies in price, please ask for details."

And not only do ebay allow sellers to increase postage but he also warned you in the listing! If you'd have contacted him and received a definite price then he wouldn't be able to shift.