Thought I might touch base with everyone....

She offered me a $10 refund - I didn't respond. She asked ebay to step in.
Ebay sided with her. I appealed - ebay again sided with her.
I then called Ebay they said they would reevaluate my claim & transferred me to Paypal where I filed a claim. She never responded to the claim... Finally I got my money back. & both of us had eachother's feedback removed by ebay.

I opened a new store! I will be working on it all year!

I filed the case asking for a $23 refund. The seller would still profit nearly $7 from the actual shipping costs... Of course that would not cover the ebay & PP fees in full, but had they charged me a reasonable amount for shipping ($15-18) they would have paid less than $2 to ebay for shipping, but they charged $54 to ship  about 20 mixture of G1, G2 & G3 ponies in various condition from NM to baits. (ebay fees of nearly $5.50 for shipping alone)

I paid a bit over $80 total for all of these, but could (and should) have paid under $50. I have no problem paying $5-7/ pony if they were HTF or NM ones. More than 3/4 were pretty common and about 1/2 had some sort of issue.

Now the buyer is willing to refund $10 (of the $23 I requested)  and I have to decide whether to accept or not. I should probably take what I can, but that is still a $20 profit on my shipping charges. Not happy, but I rather be done with it... I'll probably think on it for a few days (I have until February 2018 to decide).

I have gotten ripped off with shipping many a time, but I can dismiss a $5 differential, I'm just not able to accept a nearly $30 overcharge!.... I can only imagine the shipping fee they charged for International Probably $100!


Now the seller wants to call it "buyer's remorse". I don't think I'm being unreasonable to someone who (perhaps unknowingly) violated ebay rules.   Actual + materials. Am I being unreasonable to request justice in shipping?

In an effort to satisfy your buyer s remorse, I am offering you this partial refund even though my policy CLEARLY states that I do NOT provide Refunds, Returns or Exchanges considering these items are in Used condition and in some cases are over 30 years old. I had also made it VERY clear to you that the shipping costs were AS POSTED in the auction and would not be changed as we had spoken BEFORE the auctions ended (Nope, I never messaged her prior, but I did after, so I might take partial responsibility) . Again, in this particular case, I cannot understand why if you had such a huge problem with the shipping costs did you continue to Bid, Pay and Receive the item BEFORE you started filing for refunds with eBay. This makes very little sense to me. If you had such an issue with shipping costs than you should not have Bid on the items in the first place. Again, nothing was hidden or sprung on you at the last minute. Everything was made clear and was up front from the time of your first message to me which was well before the auction ended. I hope that you take this offer of a partial refund so that we may be done with this and can finally move on. Thank you. I never messaged before the ordeal, so they must have been thinking of someone else.


Bottom line....  if you want a certain amount for your stuff put a reserve, DON'T AUCTION it or begin the bid at the lowest you are willing to sell it for (not jack up your shipping to the lowest acceptable price).

I tried to leave feedback and the only thing I can't rate is the shipping.

Looking at ebay policy.... Looks like a grey area- I thought it was more strict at one point....:


Be sure to specify shipping costs and related service charges in your listings. This was done
What you can charge

Actual shipping cost: This is the amount for shipping the item. It should be what you paid the carrier. (Inflated, but looks like no limit)


Handling cost: This can include the cost of packaging materials and insurance cost, if any. ($29 handling cost??????) - the box cost $1.99!


Delivery confirmation and extra services: If you choose to use these options, you must add them to your shipping and handling costs, and you can only charge what they actually cost. Examples of services include: (No Extras)

Certificate of Mailing

Certified Mail

Collect on Delivery

Delivery Confirmation - free with Priority Mail and discounted with some other services when you print shipping labels on eBay

Registered Mail

Restricted Delivery

Return Receipt

Signature Confirmation

Special Handling


Tax and government-imposed fees: Only applicable federal, state, country, city, Value Added Tax (VAT), or equivalent taxes may be charged.

Tips:

If your shipping and handling costs are higher than average, consider explaining in your listing what the shipping and handling costs include. (Failed to do this)

We recommend that you provide tracking information. Using tracking information, delivery confirmation, or signature confirmation can help protect you if a buyer reports that they didn't receive an item. This is one of the qualifications for getting an automatic 5-star rating for shipping time.


If you want a certain amount for for something you put in a reserve price- yes, it costs $2 to put a reserve on, but charging $29+ extra on shipping with the the ebay fee... a reserve  would actually have been cheaper!
I have no doubts that the shipping costs deterred the seller from getting a better price. - is this possibly fee avoidance? Even though either way ebay still gets their cut?

I heard a response from the seller:

Considering the EXTREMELY LOW cost of each lot, you STILL are having issues with this? Are you serious? You are the only buyer giving me issues with this. You got these ponies for an UNREAL price. But still you are unhappy. If you were not happy with buying these and paying for the shipping prices then perhaps you should not have bid on the items at all. I made it very clear to you before the listings ended that combined shipping was not available and that the shipping prices were stated as is. No refund will be available for this. I do apologize but once again everything was upfront and nothing was being kept secret from you. You knew the shipping cost when you bid on the items. I hope you realize your own mistake and learn not to make it in the future. Next time perhaps you should not bid on an item if you are unhappy with prices.


.... After I found out about no combined shipping I ALMOST requested to cancel.


Now to decide Neutral or Negative. I did get what I paid for, so Negative might be too harsh????

I sweat all the time. I still have my fan on at night. Only have a thin MLP throw blanket as of yet.
I think the rest of the apartments heat mine up.

Funny I should find this post today.... I was just thinking as I was driving to work today...
In winter 40 degree weather = shorts, In summer 40 degree weather is time for a sweater.
So far this season we have only had 3 days of single digits. I love the cold, but hate driving in the snow.

... wondering when if at all I will need to break out the feather blankets.

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