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sent as Media Mail & contents were not - $90 postage due sticker
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Seller sent 30lb box Media Mail. (Scrapbooking supplies/albums)
USPS opens box and determines contents do not meet Media Mail requirements and leaves package with $90 Postage Due Sticker .
Seller said she used Ebay Shipping (not sure what that means but her sticker says 5.9 lbs) Media Mail -
Who pays for the $90 - and will it automatically be billed to Sender ?
Thanks for helping me
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monroe67
Mentor8 months agoSecond Reply to ivan5363:
You asked virtually the same question here on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
Today, January 26, 2026, you say you are "Looking for answers."
Today my answer to you, above, is essentially the same answer I gave you on January 24, two days ago.
I can only assume you paid the extra $90 (or $89 and change) that the USPS was asking for.
You paid it. The USPS has your money.
You have the scrapbooking supplies you apparently purchased.
In his response to you today, Mr. Lincoln told you the seller will not refund any money to you.
eBay will not refund any money to you. The United States Postal Service will not refund any money to you.
The transaction is complete.
monroe67
Mentor8 months ago"Who pays for the $90 - and will it automatically be billed to Sender ?"
To answer the second part first, no, those $90 will not be billed to the Sender. Not automatically, not manually, not in any manner whatsoever.
The answer to the first part of the question is, possibly, YOU. You could choose to pay $90.00.
YOU, as the buyer, have two choices.
1. You can choose to pay the extra $90, and take possession of the scrapbooking materials you purchased. ONLY do that if you really, really, urgently neeeeed (more?) scrapbooking materials and you can afford to give $90.00 to the US Postal Service.
IF you do that, the transaction is complete. eBay won't reimburse you, and eBay won't require the seller to reimburse you. In theory, you could ask the seller/sender to reimburse you, even partially, but she is not required to reimburse you. Sure, there may be moral and ethical reasons to do so, but legally, no. And as we all know, "legally" is the only binding, enforceable criterion.
(Oh, your feedback for the seller could mention her erroneous use of Media Mail and the resulting extra postage charges that you paid.)
OR
2. You can refuse to pay the additional $90 and refuse to take possession of the scrapbooking supplies. If you do that, the USPS will return the package to its sender and will require the sender to pay the additional $90.00 to get it back.
eBay allows you, the buyer, to refuse delivery due to this outrageous, burdensome, oppressive, and just plain wrong Postage Due.
If you have already paid $90 to the USPS, congratulations on your 30 new pounds of scrapbooking material.
If it were me, I'd say, "Hale NO!!" (read it out loud) and have the USPS send that stuff back to the seller. At her expense.
ivan5363
OP8 months agoTHANK YOU very much for answering.
I opened the box and looked at the items - have kept them original to repackage.
I bid on a group of items and was the only bidder apparently because I won - Seller flat out lied when buying her Media Mail label - saying it weighed 5.9 lbs - box has 30 lbs written twice on it in marker ink . Plus I suspect it is considered an oversized box - 12 x 12x 23.
another site states if she mailed it inside Post Office, even if drop off , which is where it should have been mailed (in CA and sent to PA) , seller should have to pay. She lied so much about the weight.
The box was just dropped off on our porch with no note, other than what was taped to the box after the USPO opened it.
I'll send it back if what you say is true - will ask our post office and reply to you if there is another option.
thanks again for being a nice person and answering !
mr_lincoln
Mentor8 months agoHi @ivan5363
Do you happen to have the eBay item number from your Purchase history?
Did the Seller list Media Mail as the shipping choice? They should know ahead of time if it qualified or not PLUS THEIR local post office should have checked the box, not yours. The only way that could happen is if they dropped the box in the drop off lane, USPS will send the package on and use the Postage due sticker for the recipient. It sounds like the seller was either completely clueless or has done this before. Check their Feedback history to see if other members have commented on something like this or not.
Sadly, the Seller is NOT going to refund you any money and if you Refuse the package you will lose your eBay Money Back Guarantee ... but if the package is sent back to the Seller they may be asked to pay for the shipping.
If you do not take possession of the item you cannot file any claims through eBay and would be forced to pursue a dispute with your funding source, PayPal, credit card, etc. If you win the dispute the Seller will be charged an additional $ 20.00 for losing the dispute.
ivan5363
OP8 months agoHI -
I returned the package to the post office - it was sent back to her - with an additiional $25 fee -
Seller says she will reimburse once she gets all items back BUT ... once she sees she has to pay postage due possibly original $90 and another $25 to send it back to CA .... probably won't pick up package and I'll be out ... I'm a just person and hoping for a good outcome. Learned my lesson the hard way but hoping Ebay will intervene since I no longer have the box.
thanks again for corresponding -
mr_lincoln
Mentor8 months ago@ivan5363
If your schedule permits please provide us with an update. eBay is not going to intervene.