New one from eBay

Meangreen · Jun 5, 2014

Just won a part for my Farmall tractor on eBay and when I went to pay the invoice had an extra $2 tacked onto it by the seller. It was it's own separate line on the invoice, not added to the winning bid. I imagine it's for "handling", but the reason I am hot under the collar is it was not mentioned anywhere in the auction, it just popped up after all was said and done and legally binding. I e-mailed the seller to figure it out. We'll see what happens.

dr sportster · Jun 5, 2014

Probably an eBay violation. If you check the ad wording and it is not mentioned tell him your not paying it . Worst case he files an unpaid item claim against you which means nothing. I have sold the same suzuki three times and nobody paid yet but eBay does nothing. I had bidders on a bike that reads local pick-up only -- bidders from Lithuania , Russian Federation . EBay policies are a joke. Just tell the seller your not paying any tacked on fee. I think your in the right anyhow as he cannot add things not stated.

Dave H (MI) · Jun 5, 2014

I hate to beat a dead horse but if you WON it then you should not have to pay for it at all. You were the high bidder, nothing more. This does not always equate to winning. I look at auctions as a business transaction. I really hate auctioneers and bidders who turn it into a game show.

Hotflashjr · Jun 5, 2014

I have bought and sold many tractor and non-tractor things on ebay. As a seller you can add handling costs when you create your listing. It used to show that under shipping costs and I believe now just adds it into the estimated shipping but then breaks it out as a separate line item on the final invoice. I used to be big into building custom R/C cars and custom painting bodies and I always charged a handling fee. I shipped in special sized boxes I had ordered and always packaged things so they would arrive in perfect condition. One time a fellow did not want to pay the charge and opened a complaint. I refunded the money for the handling and shipped without the bubble wrap & peanuts, just newspasper, and he received a damaged item. He also refused the shipping insurance (wasn't part of priority mail at that time). He opened another complaint for a full refund. I won the complaint and did not refund his money. Double check the listing and see if the fee is hidden in the shipping estimate. Your issue may be with eBay and not with the seller.

Meangreen · Jun 5, 2014

I checked the shipping tab and it was not listed there. I have encountered this before, but it was always listed in the shipping tab or in the listing itself. This time it was not.

UPDATE: the seller didn't tell me what the extra charge was for, but did remove it from the invoice.

Alan K · Jun 5, 2014

I agree. If it is not stated in the original listing, you should not have to pay it.

jeffcat · Jun 5, 2014

You can always Bizzch! to flea bay and get him kicked off. When the feedback comes up blast him on that too. Kind of hard to find costomer service number for flea bay but it is there.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 5, 2014

Ebay now charges the sellers a 10% sellers fee on shipping charges also, besides the 10% fees on the actual sale, which I don't think is right, but that is the way it is. A lot of sellers add this added cost to the shipping cost. This might have been the case in your instance.

Formerly PaMike · Jun 5, 2014

Ebay has steadily transitioned downhill.
I sell used manuals on ebay, and have for years. All of a sudden they required me to list a condition from a drop down menu. Somehow all my conditions got listed as "like new". So the condition says "like new" but in my description I list things like greasy pages, torn binding etc etc. Buyer see the "like new" and don't read the description. Then they get ------ when the manual shows up...

Nancy Howell · Jun 5, 2014

I haven't sold anything on Ebay, so can't address those issues.

Over the years, both James and I have bought and continue to buy stuff on Ebay. In the many, many years we've done this, I can only remember two purchases that went south. One of those Ebay forced a refund from the seller. I don't have any complaints about Ebay.

colekicker · Jun 5, 2014

That's what I thought too. I bought some fenders and I knew the shipping would be high. Heck the shipping was as much as the fenders really. So, I pay for the pair.
I get a note a couple days later that he took them to ship them and the price for shipping was 3 times what he had listed and that I'd have to pay it.
We spoke on the phone. Some jackwagon from Minnesota. Said that I'd have to pay it or he wasn't shipping them. I said it's a binding contract, he can't just raise the shipping price. He said I'll just refund your money. I told him to ship the fenders I'd paid for by the contract.
File a complaint with Ebay. He disputes and says I didn't want them. I can't argue or dispute it.

Moral of the story, you're up a creek.

jimg.allentown · Jun 6, 2014

Isn't it about time to knock off the childish name calling? It is EBAY, not FLEABAY.

jimg.allentown · Jun 6, 2014

I believe that this sellers fee on shipping results from sellers trying to avoid paying eBay's commissions by selling an item for an artificially low price, and making up the difference through jacking up the shipping charges. So, a 10 dollar item is sold for 99 cents, and 9 dollars for shipping rather than 8 for the item and 2 for shipping. Either way, the seller gets 10 dollars, and cuts out most of eBay's commission.

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