I've been getting the opposite where I've paid by Paypal and subsequently
received an email from the vendor requesting an additional 2 or 3% to cover
Paypal charges - although they had not stipulated this in the listing.
Ian
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of andrew fildes
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 9:18 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] A New EB*Y Twist
>I had two auctions close by BIN lately and, in both cases, it was stated
>that shipping would be the actual cost to the buyer's address. In both
cases
>the buyers completed the checkout form and inserted a very low amount in
the
>shipping cost spot on the form. When I informed them what the actual
>shipping amount would be they acted like I had somehow upped the price on
>them. Tonight one closed by BIN and there was a fixed shipping price of
$10.
>The buyer filled out the checkout form and put in $5 for shipping. I sent
>him a note with the actual cost and have not heard back. Is anyone else
>having people do this? It's really beginning to piss me off. /jim
>
That's nasty - tell them not to use checkout in your listing. Weird
that you'd get three in a row. Obviously a conspiracy! One way around
is to include 'free' domestic shipping in your BIN price as an
inducement.
AndrewF
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