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They have prepaid boxes and bags in the UK don't they? Maybe they went over a weight limit for a pre-purchased bag, and had to pay the difference? I know here we can only buy the boxes when we ship, but when we were in France, they let us buy the box, take it home, fill it and bring it back to ship. If we went over the weight, we had to pay extra. The label would only have shown the overage. But in saying that, what kind of limit would be lower than 300grams? Kinda blows my theory out of the water...
Is 00.305 Kg a reasonable weight for that amount of ponies? (Asking as an American who only knows ounces, lol.) If not, is it possible the seller purchased postage online and "underweighed" it? I know some sellers do this, essentially trying to cheat the PO. It sometimes works since the PO does not necessarily weigh every package that already has prepaid postage.I don't know about UK Royal Mail, but I've heard of some American sellers literally being banned from sending packages after being caught systematically under-weighing packages.
There's nothing in Ebay's policies that says sellers can't charge whatever they want for shipping or that they have to offer a combined rate/discount as far as I know? If the shipping rates were posted ahead of time on the auction, that's what you agreed to pay. Sometimes it's helpful especially for international buyers, since the shipping costs aren't factored when it comes to duty/customs in most countries. If you didn't think the shipping was acceptable, why'd you bid on this person's auctions?Not including what was supposed to be in the package isn't acceptable though. Was the package damaged on arrival, or any sign it'd been previously opened?
Quote from: Baby Sugarberry on January 15, 2017, 01:39:18 PMThere's nothing in Ebay's policies that says sellers can't charge whatever they want for shipping or that they have to offer a combined rate/discount as far as I know? If the shipping rates were posted ahead of time on the auction, that's what you agreed to pay. Sometimes it's helpful especially for international buyers, since the shipping costs aren't factored when it comes to duty/customs in most countries. If you didn't think the shipping was acceptable, why'd you bid on this person's auctions?Not including what was supposed to be in the package isn't acceptable though. Was the package damaged on arrival, or any sign it'd been previously opened?I have bought A LOT from people from the UK. The postage price is alwasy neatly combines with a reasonable price. Besides. The shipping prices on the auctions were about 9 GBP each. Which I knew beforehand was mever going to be that high when you combine postage. She even told me that indeed it was the case that she made the shipping higher for profit. The combined shipping price was eventually reduces to 15 GBP combined because I was trying to reason with her. She didn't even bother to say no. She made the shipping so high that it was easy for her to lower it. But even then it was still expensive.I had never had this happen before on EBay and from the UK. So I was expecting the same from her.
Okay but ... no seller is /forced/ to offer combined shipping. Is it a good idea? Yeah of course! It makes buyers happier, and it's usually less work to make up one box rather than a bunch. But it's not mandatory.If you didn't agree with the costs the seller was charging for shipping, why bid?Not getting what was ordered is a separate kettle of fish. Since the packaging has the weight on it, does it equal the ponies you've received or not? If the missing pony was in there but lost in transit there should be a discrepancy, otherwise easy to prove the seller never packed it.
There was an excellent point made further up about the weight. How much does the parcel weigh versus what it says on the label? She won't be able to argue with that
I shall post a picture of the label in the morning. I need to take a picture still and I am on my phone right now.Post Merge: January 15, 2017, 01:39:20 AMvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginHere you can see the label. It has my zip/postal code on it. My adress was written on the enveloppe.