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thegoodthebadtheugly · ‎06-08-2017

I had an item listed with a best offer option. The buyer sent me an offer and wrote a note along with the offer stating he would also cover the shipping cost. I accepted and sent out the invoice without the full amount of the shipping and the buyer paid that. After getting back from the post office I contacted the buyer and asked for the additional money for shipping. Needless to say he refused..saying it was too much money. I then contacted ebay and put in a dispute. Somehow the note form the best offer now was changed to " I WOULD COVER THE COST OF SHIPPING " it was in my ebay name!! Has anyone had anything like this??

sockmonkeydave · ‎06-11-2017

@wolf*song

I had my pop corn out from post one.

pingpong517 · ‎06-11-2017

you messed up... a note from his mother wouldn't be right either... you never never, i say i say boy, never send anything with having your full payment, including shipping...so you send an paypal request for the amount.WHEN he pays it..Then he ship..period!

and he changed the name on the note...he must be a super hacking son-of-a -gun... YOU cover whatever shipping was on the listing...face up to your mistake..you didn't follow procedure and some policies, but the bottom line, I say I say boy you got the shaft because you didn't know/think about what would happen if you ship it BEFORE you have the money!... first ebay rule, never ship til money is 100% there...no ifs ands or buts...and use tracking always!

pingpong517 · ‎06-11-2017

yep i had a double irs refund once...and yep they came back and i gave it back...with the interest because I had their money....

pingpong517 · ‎06-11-2017

and if you look up "best Offers" SHIPPING is not part of an offer..SO his Note means nothing , nothing to ebay....so move on with that point... he maybe a no good native american giver( no offence any ebay native americans...just saying...the guy is sneeky and BURNED you bad...but you fell for it., please send it "Ill give you money later, signed Epstein's Mother

kattinsanity · ‎06-11-2017

I think you need to read this whole thread and check out the listing. IF you look under the shipping info the OP listed this for $50.00 for each item with "best offer" with $15.00 shipping and FREE shipping for any additional items over ONE. The buyer made an offer of $30.00 each which the OP accepted and bought all FOUR and only was responsible for $15.00 shipping which HE PAID.

A seller is NOT allowed to ask for more money after the sale. The OP was entitled to $120.00 plus $15.00 shipping and the buyer paid that. Now OP is demanding the buyer pay him $63.00 more for shipping for a total of $78.00 when the listing clearly says $15.00 shipping for the 1st item and free shipping for the other 3. Who is "no good" as you say?

wolf*song · ‎06-11-2017

I personally believe this was seller's remorse, as I've said.

kattinsanity · ‎06-11-2017

He just plain didn't know how to set up a multiple item listing. Even after 17+ years here I have never set up a multiple item listing. I wouldn't do it now because I'd mess it up for sure~~just like the OP did. OP should have just sold them one at a time~~when one listing ended list the next one.

rschissler · ‎06-11-2017

@wolf*song wrote:
I personally believe this was seller's remorse, as I've said.

Yeah, it makes you wonder. To accept an offer of $30 on a $50 item, no wonder a lot of buyers make low ball offers.

thatsallfolks · ‎06-11-2017

@kattinsanity wrote:
He just plain didn't know how to set up a multiple item listing. Even after 17+ years here I have never set up a multiple item listing. I wouldn't do it now because I'd mess it up for sure~~just like the OP did. OP should have just sold them one at a time~~when one listing ended list the next one.

It's very easy. It's easy to set up a shipping discount too.

kattinsanity · ‎06-11-2017

It wasn't easy for the OP since he lost $63.00 in shipping cost on a $120.00 sale. He sold these for less than $15.00 each when his intention was $50.00 + $15.00 shipping each.

sidemouse · ‎06-11-2017

@kattinsanity wrote:
It wasn't easy for the OP since he lost $63.00 in shipping cost on a $120.00 sale. He sold these for less than $15.00 each when his intention was $50.00 + $15.00 shipping each.

Ok but it wasn't "hacking" on the buyer's part, the buyer did not "hack" into the seller's computer (or into ebay's for that matter) and make changes to the price... The seller simply agreed to the buyer's offer, it seems to me if the deal went south it would have been the seller's initial pricing setup that was to blame. One could call it seller's remorse, but more than likely a seller error in the original listing meaning it wasn't the seller's intention TO sell for this price, however once the seller hit save the listing went live at the price the seller originally entered (hence nobody else to blame here).

That it cost the seller, no argument.

But it's not some bad buyer deviously "hacking" into systems and cleverly changing things around in backhanded ways.

tiramisu41 · ‎06-11-2017

@sidemouse wrote:
@kattinsanity wrote:
It wasn't easy for the OP since he lost $63.00 in shipping cost on a $120.00 sale. He sold these for less than $15.00 each when his intention was $50.00 + $15.00 shipping each.
Ok but it wasn't "hacking" on the buyer's part, the buyer did not "hack" into the seller's computer (or into ebay's for that matter) and make changes to the price...
But it's not some bad buyer deviously "hacking" into systems and cleverly changing things around in backhanded ways.

@sidemouse

Correct. There was no hacking involved. There was, however, yet another glitch discovered in eBay's mobile app which *caused* the OP to think that his account and/or his message archive had been tampered with. Nope. Just another eBay progamming deficiency of which they've been notified.

just-a-stockboy-to-them · ‎06-11-2017

@thegoodthebadtheugly wrote:
Yes!! Yes!! That's my whole point!! He somehow switched it to say I would cove the shipping .. think about it .. why would I take less money and not charge shipping ??? Does that make sense???

Then why invoice him for $135 insted of $120? if you intended to bill him for shipping seperatly?

You are still in denial about your responsibilty for sending a premature invoice. For the wrong amount.

just-a-stockboy-to-them · ‎06-11-2017

@thegoodthebadtheugly wrote:
Yes I understand that.. more importantly and the main info I was trying to get on this discussion was if anyone else had a similar experience.. that's all..

And the answer is a unanomuse NO. Nobody has. So why are you dragging this out?