Automatic payment when buy it now item sold

Question

I just had a customer want to purchase multiple items from me and asked for combined shipping.  I agreed and she made her offers on the items and I accepted. I told her to wait before payment and I would send invoice.  As soon as my acceptance , she was automatically charged through her pay pal and I could not give her combined shipping. I did not realize that this was selected for me in my selling policies. Do you think the automatic payment is better for the seller in the long run? T...

ms.rodriguez* · Accepted Answer

He/she won multiple items and paid separately.  You can still combine them.   If it's possible to ship the items together, re-box them and weigh the package.  So you print the shipping label with the correct weight (and measurements).  Then look at the amount of shipping that they paid for everything. Deduct what you just paid in the shipping label. If you charge a handling fee, add that to the shipping and then SUBTRACT that amount from the actual shipping fees that the...