I Normally Don't Rant, but this Ebay Transaction has *****!!!

<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">MINGOTOY wrote:</strong> <hr><font color="#990000"><br><br> OK , that gift option can come back to haunt an established Ebay seller. If I list something on ebay , you are NOT going to pay me via the gift option unless we're truly good buddies. An ebay seller can get in trouble for doing that. What is the big deal about the refund and having to repay? That is the correct thing . It took you longer to start this post than to re-pay a new fee. <br><br> Also , this is an international sale so the fees are higher. 1% higher. No way does that seller want to pay Paypal an extra comission. Sure he should've remembered to add the 6.oo registered mail fee when he first emailed you. He remembered afterwards, he refunded . That is the correct thing to do. . Now if you want the cars , pay him. But it does seem high to charge 10 dollars shipping per car. I would've asked him for combined shipping as soon as the 2nd auction ended. When you write to him, be patient. Don't assume that English is his first language. <br><br><br><br><br> maribell</font></blockquote>I contacted the seller. I aksed him to re-invoice me for the purchases with what he thought should be correct shipping. I did a little researchto, a standard rate shipped with a delivery conf. via Suisse Post is about $20-$25.00 US dollars. ( avg on a small box to hold 2 cars ).<br>The seller has not responded back to me. I know it is still early, but if he really wanted to sell me these, he could have refunded, then immedietlyre-invoiced me with the new total. His message really made it seem as though this was a way to back out of the sale.<br>Yes, I did get my money back...to me, it was the principle of the whole transaction. I came, I saw, I bid, I won, I paid, all according to what the SellerListed and to Ebay's Policy.<br>When I sell, I do ship Internationally. I usually put a higher amount to ship outside the US, if when I ship the package is less, I try to refund thedifference. It can be a pain, but only right.<br><br><br>

<font color="#0000FF">Give him a day or two and then make contact w/ Ebay. Make sure thatyou let them know that you are still waiting for the invoice withthe correct amount.<br><br><br>Refunding money via paypal is easy. It's asking for extra money that is a pain. Anyway,hopefully the seller will respond soon.<br><br><br>maribell</font>

<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">MINGOTOY wrote:</strong> <hr><font color="#0000FF">Give him a day or two and then make contact w/ Ebay. Make sure thatyou let them know that you are still waiting for the invoice with the correct amount. <br><br><br> Refunding money via paypal is easy. It's asking for extra money that is a pain. Anyway,hopefully the seller will respond soon. <br><br><br> maribell</font></blockquote><br><strong>Well, he did respond back. And reading into this email, the shipping cost was short by $5.00. To some, that is big, others, well not so big. This justreally clarifies to me he felt it went to low as I did reply to this message and still no replies.<br></strong><br>Hello<p>Thanks for your winning bids.</p><p>Sorry, but I had to resend your payment as paypal charges high fees for every single international payment, so sending a second payment would not have beenan option for me.</p><p>Here is my usual "end of auction" message:</p><p>Shipping will be:</p><p>10 $ economy mail (may take up to 6 weeks, but usually only takes about 2 weeks) or<br>19 $ air mail (may take up to 2 weeks, but usually takes about 5 to 7 working days).<br>Additional 6 $ for registered mail (if requested).</p><p>For payment I can accept:</p><p>- well hidden cash<br>- US domestic POSTAL money order<br>- Paypal</p><p><font color="#FF111D">Attention: If you want to use paypal, registered airmail-shipping (25 $) is obligatory. Items will be shipped no sooner than 7 daysafter payment has arrived, due to bad experiences with rebooked payments.</font></p><p>Thanks and best regards</p><p>Rolf von Riedmatten <br><br><br></p>

Schiza!<br><br>When/if you get the cars, check for frame rot problems,<br>and see if it's so bad they should just be junked.<br>Are you sure they're not Subaru's?

In the end, once again it's eBay that causes these problems by butting their noses into every aspect of a transaction.

<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">99octane wrote:</strong> <hr> Schiza! <br><br> When/if you get the cars, check for frame rot problems, <br> and see if it's so bad they should just be junked. <br> Are you sure they're not Subaru's?</blockquote><img src="http://forums.gottadeal.com/images/smilies/sidesplit.gif" alt="image"><img src="http://forums.gottadeal.com/images/smilies/sidesplit.gif" alt="image"><img src="http://forums.gottadeal.com/images/smilies/sidesplit.gif" alt="image"><img src="http://forums.gottadeal.com/images/smilies/sidesplit.gif" alt="image"><br><br>