I've been on Ebay since 1998, but I have never had this happen before. I paid for an auction for a tiny item. It was for a Hot Wheels Race Track Connector (Think of just one, 3" Plastic Tongue Depressor). This cost $5.00 + .39 cents tax & free shipping. It was expensive for what it was......yet these are a bit hard to come by in the color white. So, I was happy with the free shipping & I figured that I had paid in full, when I paid using Paypal.
Also, I had purchased several items, so I was expecting about 4 different auctions to be delivered yesterday. So, I get a knock on my door from the mailman who is in a hurry .......& telling me he has my auction items......+ an envelope, with what came with postage due of $4.00 extra. So the seller of the Hot Wheels Connector, had slapped a tiny stamp on a plastic envelope......yet he left the postage to be paid by me.....with no notice or warning.
Now, I had no idea what this was, or even which auction it was....since I was expecting 4 deliveries that day + one from Etsy. I was royally p.o'd to find that this tiny 1/2 ounce tongue depressor / hot wheel connector had cost me....not $5.39, but now $9.39. Nothing was stated in the auction about any extra charges. Yes....I did pay the postage due/ extra money...... because I had no idea what I was paying for & I wanted to find out & get the mailman on his way. The envelope also was blank (no return address or info....no tracking since it was sent first class........the only thing on the envelope was my address. I knew nothing about this, till I paid for it & opened it up.
Also, had I known who it was from & what it was.....I would've refused it.....but again, they left the envelope blank with a silly stamp on it.....leaving me guessing what it was.... who it was from ....& what the heck just happened.
So my question is, "Do I have any recourse to recoup my losses?" I know that it's only $4.00.....but the seller did me wrong & I am really steamed about the under handedness of it all. Basically the principal of it is just wrong & the seller should pay up for their lies & **bleep** of it all. Can I do something about this? Can I get my money back for the shipping? Any help would be very appreciative. I thank you for your time.
*** On a different note, I am getting steamed with some sellers pulling some underhanded junk. Most of my sellers, like 95% of them are just GRAND!!! Yet, as of late (the last month) I have had 5 sellers/ auctions where the sellers have advised me that they don't have my auction items.....thanks for the quick payment, but they can't locate my items....... & then I get an instant refund. That in itself is disappointing, but I was just fine with a quick refund......... That was until I found out that these 5 sellers reported to EBay that my auctions had been cancelled at "My" request.....the request of the buyer. This is a bold face lie! I wondered if this counted against me, with EBay.....since it looks like I bid, paid & then asked to cancel & asked for a refund.
I have all the messages & correspondences on EBay's message system saved, that show that these sellers reneged on my auctions. One particular seller even sent me an offer for a ring, at a $20.00 lower price......& I accepted & paid immediately. The seller then refunded my money within 3 hours, stating that even though they offered the ring at a lower price....they realized that that particular ring hasn't been seen for months, so it was likely sold somewhere else? Hmmmmm.
Again, I would've been fine with the refund, till I found the auction back out was blamed on myself....by all 5 sellers. I just don't want this counted against me. Does anyone have any idea if I need to worry about this? Is there a reason why the sellers would blame the buyer? Again, I have the proof on my side, with all the correspondence through EBay, proving that they initiated the cancellation of these 5 auctions. Just needed some input, If anyone has their 2 cents to add about this, I would be very appreciative. Thanks again for any assistance you can provide me!
