Why can orders be canceled before 7 days when the seller has 7 days combined shipping? | Buying

terrapincollectibles · 2026-06-05T18:54:33.750000Z

I pretty much exclusively buy in the sports card category, and combined shipping is very common since it makes sense to do combined ground shipping for items that are so small and light. When a seller has combined shipping, the auto-pay is set for 7 days in the future and your cart says you can shop with the seller until then. So if I bought something today, my cart would have a message similar to this for the seller: "Autopay will occur on June 12th at 7 PM. Show with this seller until then to combine shipping." Why are sellers able to overrule this and still cancel after four days when the cart explicitly states the buyer can shop with them until this date? Surely a seller consciously choosing this option should set the date of payment to that date for non-payment cancelations and should supersede the otherwise 4 days buyers are given. I am just frustrated as I am once again having to go through support to have unpaid strikes on my account removed and missed out on several auctions because of this. The seller I was shopping with normally allowed the full 7 days, but I am positive they used this to cancel an item that went for lower than it should have without having to face the strike themselves.

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