This is a good reminder do not pay a seller more then what's stated in the auction.

The seller should never ask for more money. NEVER. Again -- do not pay more.

The seller is under no obligation to refund excess charge.

I can only speak for USPS..but we can buy third party insurance and I don't think this reflects on the postage. I've also bought additional insurance from the USPS in person after printing a label, and that wasn't reflected on the package. (like needed to buy an additional $800 because you can only buy so much online).  I however don't think that is the case here, but I just want to point out that.

In another case I think I would have let that pony go after seeing shipping charges doubled  but this was a nirvana I've been after for years so I accepted and believed what he said, that he was using a more expensive shipping option. It all seemed legit and actually felt he was taking good care of an expensive pony.

When I saw £6 extra on top of the pony cost and the actual shipping paid it didn't really go down well. Then he did it again the other day to another collector so that's an habit. I don't think anyone would like to be charged that much extra.

As Taffeta said in the UK shipping charges are clearly marked on the stamps/labels, so I knew there were no "hidden extra charges" as he the seller claimed.

I did report him to ebay and they told me exactly what you said: not to pay when there is an increase from what was originally quoted. They also told me they weren't able to reach him on the phone as they wanted him to explain why he did that. The operator also told me to take no notice of his threats and to leave for him whatever feedback I felt appropriate

Hi everyone,

I hope I'm posting in the right place.

If you are buying ponies on Ebay make sure to stay clear from deanmon23. He's a UK based Ebay seller.

I have bought a nirvana from him not 2 months ago and was overcharged £5,95 on international shipping. Shipping labels in the UK show clearly the amount paid for postage including insurance but he wouldn't have it and he offered no refund. More, he was extremely rude!

I left a neutral feedback for him since the item was in order but then the other day the exact same thing happend to another pony collector and UK based! She was overcharged £4. Again no refund and rude attitude.

This was the last reply I had from him about my case, just to show you this seller's attitude:

"Look I'll put it this way I know what I was charged I don't particularly care if you believe me or not. If you like collecting ponies I'd let drop without bad feedback because we have another 200 or so pretty rare ones going up when the offers on again. If you don't let it drop or leave bad feedback you'll miss out as I will bar you from future listings. I don't know how you've got it in your head that insurance shows on the SHIPPING costs label I do not know it never has and never will do and I also cannot find the it anywhere on the RM site either. I'm damned if I'm losing money on something thats already delivered. I don't need to hear from you again about this subject I'm not losing money on postage because your being cheap end of story I will not reply to any further communication from you."

I think he deserves to be made known in the pony community at this stage.

The nightmare is finally over: Paypal closed both claims in my favour so I have recovered over 600$ spent in April. For some reason, maybe due to the purchase being so far back in time, I was unable to leave any feedback for this seller on ebay, which is pretty unfair since I have clearly been scammed. In the meantime, since I posted this, I have received a nasty private mail on FB from Angie Sawyer even though I bought the ponies from someone named Angela Ackman. I think this is a very interesting story, surely less interesting than those about supposed chemo treaments, parcels damaged in the post, post office errors and so on and so forth, but I hope other clueless collectors will read it and make up their own minds before deciding to purchase anything from this person.

Hi everyone,
I'm sorry to have to add up another bad experience with this seller.

I generally don't read Ebay sellers feedback but I did after a month from the purchase when the tracking number i received was still not working.

I purchased 2 huge pony lots for over 600$ in total from this person in April 2017. As of today I still haven't received the ponies nor any reliable shipping information.

I was fed the chemo/cancer story as well so I decided to enquire about her with another Italian fellow collector and he confirmed he also had issues with her and that she's prone to making up fantastic stories and being very late in shipping out items.

Clearly I have opened a Paypal claim now nearly 2 weeks ago.

Only today other collectors were able to point me in this post direction. I wish I had read it before