I agree with you about NOT sending offers. I have sent many, with only 2
accepted. Also, I received an offer from a competitor the day after I
was merely looking at her item. I was not watching and certainly never
had it in my cart. I was looking at ...
I encountered this same surprise fee today, and when I spoke to an eBay
associate, he offered to and did refund the fee back to me. How was I to
know that an eBay user’s registered address was in China when their
shipping address was in Oregon.