This is bull ...

XanaduNow

Auction

Do they get away with this because they're a Power Seller? I don't see how this can't be an "excessive S/H" infraction but I've reported this auction twice in the past week and nothing is being done. I'm actually kind of pissed because I saw the auction, went in, looked at the feedback, and decided to pull the trigger. Luckily, at the very last second I saw the S/H and pulled the ripcord.

This makes me mad.

Arthur

packCollector

Unless they get reported , ebay will not do anything. report them and see what happens . the Powerseller should not matter . everyone and their mother could be a power seller if they wanted to

Alfonz24

Maybe I am being niave, but couldn't you factor the excessive S&H into your max bid. If you wanted to pay 40 Euro total (including S&H), then your max bid would be 15. Whereas if they were charging 5 for S&H, then your max bid would be 35.

XanaduNow

Alfonz, it's a BIN ... there's no bidding. And that card would be a decent buy for the price if it were realistic S/H. It's no where near worth the total price of cost + S/H. It's a deliberate attempt on the seller's part to catch someone not checking the S/H charge.

PackCollector, I reported this auction today. It's the third time I've reported this auction in the past 10 days.

Arthur

WinPitcher

35 eruo is like 50.00 american.

is the sticker worth 62.50 american?

that is basically what the guy wants.

Steve

Bunker

I am glad you noticed the shipping before it was to late. I made that mistake once. I got the sellers info from ebay and contacted him about the shipping cost. I asked him if it was a mistake and he said it wasn't. I tried to get out of the deal but the guy was a Di%k and said he would leave me neg fb if I didn't pay.

Estil

I'd say let him leave a neg, then you respond to that neg saying the dealer gouges on shipping and threatens you with a neg if you find out. Then leave him a neg for the same above reason. Cuz retaliating like that will only make the seller look worse.

storm888

If only 5% of all listings were in violation of the fee-circumvention
TOS, there would be no way for EBAY to stop the violators.

EBAY has been heartily complained against during the last 60-days
for cancelling listings based upon false reporting. The company has
now taken a step back and slowed (even more) the speed with
which they act on reported violations.

In the last 60-days I have lost two listings for "excessive S+H."
The FUN part is that I offer "FREE SHIPPING" in all of my stores.
Both listings were released quickly, but I went to the PS rep
to handle it.

EBAY is an incompetent and lumbering giant that cares about
nothing other than collecting fees.

The new "total-cost sort" is going to roll out after Christmas.
Eventually, items in most categories (cards included) will be
displayed in search results pages based upon "total-cost of
item delivered." (Primary domestic freight charge will be the
amount added to the item price.)

That scheme will eventually end much of the S+H gouging.

According to Alexa and Market Works anecdotal compilations
(not scientific) more than 70% of sales on EBAY go to items
that appear on the first three-pages of CORE search results
and the first-page of store-results. That is at the heart of the
inflated S+H controversy.

The most pouplar search scheme is "lowest-price first," in
the majority of categories. (Not in cards; which is about tied
between "ending soonest" and "highest-price first.")

Shipping gougers do not care about FVFs or listing fees. They
are simply using the numbers to game search results in a
way that has made many of them millionaires during the past
five years. When the sort-changes come, those sellers will no
longer be EBAY participants; they have made their money and
will simply move on.

storm