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cambo
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getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 06:56
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well not completely yet, heres the story.
won an item on ebay for US$11.99, shipping $25.99. paid this amount via money order, but then i realised this was for shipping in US only, so i emailed and asked what was the correct total.
they reply saying total should have been US$57.05 (shipping $45.06) i think bummer, not as cheap as i thought but still cheap so i email saying ok shall i pay the rest by money order again for the difference.
i get an email saying the total is US$94.71 (shipping $82.72), no mention of the previous total they gave me, just saying thats the total. WTF???
so what do i do? they gave me a total, then changed it no mention of the previous total. they take fuken ages to reply to emails so the process is slow. can i email ebay forwarding them my emails from the seller and get some satisfaction? i still want the item, just not the inflated shipping cost the keep changing. and they already got $37 off me. what do i do?
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Location:
Perth, WA
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December 2004
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 06:57
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send them an email asking what happened to the first total, if they aint hapy, get a refund.
Eldar.O.
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Location:
cambo
Registered:
May 2002
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Location:
Land of Oz
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 07:15
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Hi,
Got the the eBay home page and report this seller to them. They're cracking down on shifty shipping costs to non-US countries.
Also, send an email to the seller and tell them that you're escalating the issue to eBay.
There are some absolute assholes in eBay and I always check their feedback rating before I commit to sending them money - especially if they're not in Australia. Furthermore, I use PayPal now, which gives me extra protection 'cos if I'm stuffed about I also inform PayPal (yes, they're a subsuidary of eBay now, but they have their own investigations) and you can check on your PayPal account if the the money had been accepted.
When sending money-orders make sure you send them registered so you can verify the recipient got the money.
Failing all of that, you send a poor feedback for that seller and let everyone else know that they're slow, unresponsive, fail to effectively communicate shipping costs and to be very wary when dealing with this particular person.
seeyuzz
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Australia
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 07:55
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Go to www.usps.com and find out how much it estimates postage to be.
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Location:
cambo
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 08:16
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ill wait till i get their next email and go from there. i was always a bit sceptical about buying from over seas. but their feedback seemed ok:
Feedback Score: 97090
Positive Feedback: 97.2%
my feedback is like 11 at 100% so if i give them bad feedback and they do the same to me its gonna make more of an impact on me.
cruzsida, i went to that site, estimate is around US$30 as opposed to $82. even the express one is $72 for 2-3 days!
ill see what they say in the next email, if i get no satisfaction, ill threaten to complain, if that doesnt work, i guess ill compain and demand my money back 
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Location:
cambo
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 08:22
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this is the member
Member Profile: procarparts.com (97090)
Ratings:
positive 31970
neutral 705
negative 857
they sell alot of stock, i spose thats why they are slow to reply and have short responses. thats alot of positive but still nearly a thousand unhappy ppl like me.
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Location:
Melbourne - NthSubs
Registered:
January 2004
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 09:08
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this is why i only deal within australia 
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 09:16
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I bought strut bars from america, didnt have many problems, other than, cutoms thinking there was 1 bar instead of 8  .
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Location:
Sydney
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February 2005
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 09:29
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turn your nose up at them.
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Location:
cambo
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 12:01
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yeah but they got US$37 of my money, which is a lot to a povo apprentice!
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Location:
Perth
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August 2003
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Tue, 05 April 2005 14:59
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if you have a email from them stating the first price, tell them to stick with it or refund you money and if they don't, send it to ebay.
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Location:
cambo
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: getting shafted on ebay.
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Wed, 06 April 2005 09:11
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no worries, still waiting on a reply from the other day ill tell them that and forward the email to ebay cause i woulda rathered pay extra for the item in aus then wait fukin ages to save a few dollars.
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