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What would you do?

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Allbymyselfagain · 01/06/2015 17:22

Im a long term ebayer so not new but I am stumped on this situation. The seller is quite new

I recently won two items on auction, before they ended i asked the seller if they would combine postage and heard nothing. When I won i again requested a combined postage invoice. I will always combine postage unless the items don't fit in one parcel so thought this wouldn't be a problem.

After three days I heard nothing so I just paid the invoice assuming the seller was ignoring me and then she sent me an email stating she didn't know how to combine postage ot change the invoice. I replied saying i had already paid but that if she wanted to she could refund me the excess postage via paypal. Again I heard nothing,

I have just received the items and she has stuffed both into a too small second hand jiffy bag and sent it second class post. So I have paid nearly £7 for a £2.80 stamp. If it were me I would have bought the right size bag, and paid for first class if I had £7 of someone else's money for postage at the very least! But then if it were me I'd have also refunded or put the excess cash into the Jiffy bag if I couldn't do it online

So what feedback do I leave. I want to leave a negative stating the seller was unhelpful and refused to combine postage charging me £7 for a £2.80 stamp and a creased ripped Jiffy bag. But am I being nasty to the newbie. What shall I give/say.

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Georgethesecond · 01/06/2015 17:24

I would contact them before leaving feedback and ask again about a refund via PayPal.

ragged · 01/06/2015 22:06

Seller sounds so clueless.
You can ask again, and it's the right thing to do (give seller a chance to fix the problem), but I don't think you'll get any joy for it.

twistletonsmythe · 01/06/2015 22:33

I would message first and if she doesn't refund I would neg and leave low stars. It is v easy for her to refund the difference.

robin64 · 01/06/2015 23:07

Yes I agree, message them "would it be possible for you to refund me some of the postage as I paid £7 for the £2.80 P&P. It would be great to sort out this problem I have with the transaction. You should be able to do this easily via paypal and I can advise you of how to do this if you are not sure, kind regards etc

Hope it gets sorted otherwise I would say it is not very satisfactory and seller would deserve low stars for postage and comms. Saying that I do think the invoicing on ebay can be a bit of a pain when trying to adjust anything - I have had a few difficulties with this on occasion so I would definitely persevere with helping the seller at first if they are willing to communicate.

19lottie82 · 02/06/2015 16:01

I would message first and if she doesn't refund I would neg and leave low stars

Noooooooooo, BAD idea! Ebay view this as feedback extortion. Chances are any negative feedback will be removed and you would get a defect.

Go with Robin64s suggestion and if the seller doesn't play ball then leave appropriate feedback.

twistletonsmythe · 02/06/2015 16:20

it isn't feedback extortion unless you say refund me or I will neg. Nowhere did I suggest that...........

Allbymyselfagain · 02/06/2015 16:35

Thanks. I have emailed the seller although given how long it took me to respond to my first two polite emails I doubt I will hear anything back. At least I give her one more chance.

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19lottie82 · 02/06/2015 22:48

Twistle - yes, my mistake, you're right, sorry! Blush

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