05-23-2017 08:27 PM
Hi everyone,
I am not sure what to do here. I have a listing that sold, I offered free shipping. Packaged the item and shipped without event. I got an email today (it was delivered to the buyer today) and she says, "oops, I thought this was different, how do I go about returning this to you for a full refund?" My listing is correct, the item is as described and the buyer wants to return it because she didn't pay attention to the details in the listing. Can I charge them for the original cost to ship the item and take it from her refund? We are talking about a whooping $2.67 on a $9 item.
Thanks for any help!
05-23-2017 08:48 PM
05-23-2017 08:49 PM
@davclarkso0 If the buyer has not opened a case on eBay or PayPal, then send a reply that says something to the effect of,
Dear buyer,
I'm sorry to hear you purchased the wrong item. You may return the item to be at the address below. Upon receipt I will gladly refund $xx.xx which is the item price minus my shipping cost and non-refundable eBay + PayPal fees.
Kind regards,
seller
return address
05-24-2017 08:52 AM
Actually you have to refund in full unless you have a restocking fee. That is ebays policy. It looks like you accept returns and you don't have a restocking fee in your return policy so you have to refund in full. This is the downside of free shipping & accepting returns.
05-24-2017 09:30 AM
This is exactly the sort of situation your Return Policy is meant to address. In the couple of your listings I sampled, you offering a 14 day return window with buyer paying only return shipping, so that is what you are entitled to.
For future listings, you can institute a restocking fee, but if this is a rare issue for you, I'd probably just let this go. Good luck....
05-24-2017 09:45 AM
05-24-2017 09:45 AM
05-24-2017 09:57 AM
@duchess-at-speakeasy wrote:
What does your return policy say? For "buyer's remorse," most sellers specify "buyer pays return shipping." Beyond that, you might be able to subtract the original $2.67 shipping and just refund the $9 item price.
Bottom line: The buyer effectively would be paying $5.34 for nothing.
~~C~~
Actually, the buyer would merely be reimbursing the seller for the original cost of shipping and paying for the cost of returning the item. So the buyer would be paying for nothing.