seller asking for more postage once i have paid?

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I bought a handbag and the postage was £5.00, seller then emailed me to let me know it had been sent, but that postage was £8 and to transfer extra money to pay pall. is this a done thing? i thought £5.00 was a bit steep as it is. i would have prefered to have been asked first with an option of cancelling/

*paypal obv, blumming autocorrect

I would just ignore it, item is on way anyway. I have underestimated postage before but just have to swallow the cost

They can't do that.

ignore - it is against the rules to ask you for more postage, they underestimated the cost then it is their problem.

thanks all ,

Blimey what a cheek If they get funny with you report to Ebay.

I underestimated postage once and I just had to suck it up. Just ignore them as its against eBays rules.

Agree. Seller must take the hit. It has happened to me before but you just have to put up with it and revise p&p for next time. The Royal Mail price and size changes have caught out many sellers. It is not your fault though and seller must not ask you for more money. btw £5 isn't steep any more, it has probably genuinely cost your seller around £8 to post the bag.

How does a bag cost £8 to send??

You can send a parcel of upto 2kg in weight for less than a fiver with a courier.