Ebay postage charges

JPC1970 · 2009-04-30T08:30:26+0100

Hi I have just bought a Pentax MX on ebay and have a question about the P & P costs I was charged. The item was advertised as being shipped using RMSD at a cost of £10. I accepted this when I bid on the item. The item was not sent RMSD and the cost was only £4.45 to ship so the seller has made some money from the shipping costs (it was put in an old box with brown paper and brown tape so no great packaging cost). I am thinking about contacting the seller to reimburse the difference in postage costs before leaving feedback to give them a chance. If it had been set using RMSD and the cost had been slightly less than a tenner I would probably not been bothered, but since they didn't send it using the stated method and at a far cheaper cost to themselves I'm not too happy. Any advice ? Jason

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Posted 30/04/2009 - 15:13 Link

Correct advice from John there of course, but if you do not get an acceptable outcome, I personally do not hesitate throwing the book at them.

Theft is theft, fraud is fraud, the amount is irrelevant, don't let people get away with it, as they will only continue doing it to others.

Sorry, but things like this really get me angry, rant mode off now!

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Posted 30/04/2009 - 18:59 Link

When I sold a load of DVDs recently I assumed they would go standard letter rates, most did, I rounded the cost up total profit on P&P 25p.
The two boxed sets that wouldn't fit through the mean 25mm slot cost a lot more total loss on them £1.78

Total profit on the sales was minus £1.53, meaning I'd given away 2 DVDs.

We live and learn.

I now make sure I've well covered my costs, once bitten....

Cheers, HG

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Edited by Hardgravity: 30/04/2009 - 19:01