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PaulMaul
PaulMaul Posts: 5,024 ✭✭✭✭✭
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To me, combining shipping for multiple eBay wins should be taken for granted, because it's simply the fair thing to do. Tonight I came across a couple of auctions I was interested in from the same seller shortly before they ended, and so didn't read the fine print carefully. After finding out the seller doesn't offer combined shipping, I reluctantly paid $8 shipping for two cards. Of course, I will never deal with this seller again. Seems a bit shortsighted and counterproductive for the seller, but to each his own.

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  • 49ersGuy
    49ersGuy Posts: 382 ✭✭
    edited May 25, 2017 11:41PM
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    If he does not combine shipping he had better send both cards in separate packages. It's as simple as that. If he does combine the cards in one package advise eBay that the seller clearly stated he did not combine shipping yet he sent both cards together. Then ask for a refund as you paid for individual shipping for each card.

  • mikelowell25
    mikelowell25 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭
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    Dave, when I first read the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about a group of people going on a cruise :#

  • prgsdw
    prgsdw Posts: 503 ✭✭✭✭
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    @49ersGuy said:
    If he does not combine shipping he had better send both cards in separate packages. It's as simple as that. If he does combine the cards in one package advise eBay that the seller clearly stated he did not combine shipping yet he sent both cards together. Then ask for a refund as you paid for individual shipping for each card.

    Maybe, maybe not. I had this situation once as a seller (I don't sell much). In the listing I said I'd ship in padded envelope. When I sold two items to the same person I messaged that I would upgrade the packaging to a box which cost the amount of the combined shipping to send.

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  • ZTarg
    ZTarg Posts: 497 ✭✭✭
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    @PaulMaul said:
    ..........I came across a couple of auctions I was interested in from the same seller shortly before they ended, and so didn't read the fine print carefully............

    You have no leg to stand on. Case closed, fair or not.

  • PaulMaul
    PaulMaul Posts: 5,024 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    To be clear, the auction didn't say that the seller didn't offer combined shipping. It just didn't mention combined shipping at all. I assumed it would be combined and only realized it wouldn't when I attempted to request a new invoice.

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  • mikelowell25
    mikelowell25 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭
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    The moral of this story is, when planning a cruise, it's best to go by yourself :#

  • grote15
    grote15 Posts: 30,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    David will be here all weekend, folks, LOL!



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  • PaulMaul
    PaulMaul Posts: 5,024 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 26, 2017 7:32PM
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    @grote15 said:
    David will be here all weekend, folks, LOL!

    Don't remind me! :/

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  • demondeacs
    demondeacs Posts: 119 ✭✭✭
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    Did you message the seller?

    Those automated "seller won't combine shipping" messages you get when you attempt to request a total don't necessarily mean anything. A lot of sellers simply don't know what their settings are.

  • ThoseBackPages
    ThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
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    This is horrible.

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  • Mintacular
    Mintacular Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭
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    I think he is saying that he stumbled upon a last minute auction and didn't have time to message him, and quite frankly, he shouldn't have to as a good seller would clearly state their combined shipping rule.... That said, technically the seller can overcharge him since he didn't state a combined shipping policy. The seller long term is an idiot for doing so but maybe thinks he can pay off some FVFs with this sort of approach

  • 49ersGuy
    49ersGuy Posts: 382 ✭✭
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    I still maintain the best action around this is to ask that each card is shipped separately if he does not combine the shipping. make sure to request tracking on each card too. This at least makes the seller spend more.

  • PaulMaul
    PaulMaul Posts: 5,024 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I asked for a refund of the excess shipping. At least that will clarify the seller's intentions.

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  • demondeacs
    demondeacs Posts: 119 ✭✭✭
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    @PaulMaul said:
    I asked for a refund of the excess shipping. At least that will clarify the seller's intentions.

    Hopefully, he'll make it right. I've had numerous transactions where the seller stated they would combine shipping but when I checked out the shipping wouldn't combine or let me request a new total. I got the same message from ebay that you got in this case but the sellers always either refunded my payment or sent an invoice with the correct shipping total.

    That's why I said a lot of sellers don't know what their settings are.

  • divecchia
    divecchia Posts: 6,715 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PaulMaul said:
    I asked for a refund of the excess shipping. At least that will clarify the seller's intentions.

    This is what I did and the seller sent me a credit.

    Good luck.

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  • mrmopar
    mrmopar Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭✭
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    I have noticed that this tends to happen when sellers are dumping singles at very low starting prices and I suspect they are hoping most people will assume combined shipping. They run the risk of those who don't mind a few nonpaying bidder strikes too though.

    I feel the same way as some who already mentioned...if a seller won't reduce s/h charges, then they need to send them in separate packages. pay for them individually and several days or a week or more apart to help drive that point home, although it is very likely that a seller like that will just hold them until all have been paid and ship together anyway.

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  • PaulMaul
    PaulMaul Posts: 5,024 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Seller sent me a partial cash refund with my cards. Thanks for all the advice.

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