Combined ship requests are fruitless on multiple auctions won with the new eBay payment policy.

[tiger0777]

I won multiple auctions from the same seller this evening. Before I could request or even receive a response to a combined ship request, my items were automatically charged per eBay's new payment policy within 60 minutes of auction close. Is there a work around on this that I am not aware of?

[comics-scifi-collectibles]

@tiger0777   This is a setting on the sellers account. A buyer can not turn off auto pay.

Some sellers do not realize that eBay turns on the option to require a payment prior to making a bid or offer by default.

Sellers can uncheck the option in their account settings.

You could ask sellers prior to bidding if A ) they allow combined shipping and B) do they know if they have the payments required option before placing a bid auto checked by eBay as this makes combined shipping more difficult.

Sellers can still combine by refunding the difference but eBay can't force a seller to send a partial refund after a order is made. Most sellers will make a partial refund.  Not all sellers offer combined shipping.