I just had a similar thing happen, while no where near as dramatic as
the case that started this thread. I shipped a 40" x 2" x 6" box which
weighed less than 3 lbs; had ebay use 3 lbs for shipping calculation.
Ebay's estimate for shipping was about ...
I got hit with this yesterday. I am a new seller and a user submitted
an offer on an item within minutes after I listed it (offer was higher
than my buy it now!). I started an email conversation and they pulled
the gift card scam thing out. See atta...
