Seller wants me to pay 5.70 P & P. I'm picking it up!!!!!!

[aquababe]

How can he charge me five pounds seventy for the privilege of picking it up???

[FrannyandZooey]

I think it is awful if you arranged collection beforehand and he didn't mention this

whether he can do it in this case or not I don't know - SLM is usually right so I expect not

I assumed you had not sorted this out in advance, apologies

[CharlieAndLolasMummy]

Am confused as to whether he agreed collection before hand. If not, I think you are on sticky ground by expecting it. I would not be impressed if someone demanded to collect following an auction-it might just be not convenient, tbh.

BUT if he's listed collection as an option, or agreed to it, I think its a different matter.

I also think there is a tricky situation legally here. On the one hand, yes you may have technically agreed to pay up for postal costs when you made the contract. On the other, as far as I understand it, paypal rules do not allow onerous or unreasonable p&p. This is basically to protect them as, paypal aside, they don't get a cut of p&p, so seller do hike up the p&p and reduce the price accordingly, but the rules are there.

I'd consider involving ebay at this point, if he's still being arsey.

Can you link to the actual item so we can all be nosy and give you more opinions?

[CharlieAndLolasMummy]

(aaaargh meant contract with ebay. Not paypal.)

[sixlostmonkeys]

"SLM is usually right"
hehe, i shall tell my ds this

This has caught my imagination.
The only loophole i can see the seller being able to use is the fact that a direct question of 'will I be charged for collection in person' wasn't asked.

I have posted on the forums, to see if there is some ebay ruling about this - I can't find anything that fits from the 'help'

[sixlostmonkeys]

It would seem that the seller can do this afterall.
This is based on - it didn't say on the listing that collection in person is free and wasn't confirmed in messages that it would be free.
I think it's agreed that it's not fair, but still, it can be done - to cover inconvenience, waiting in etc.

I guess this is just another thing for us to remember - cover all bases kinda thing.

Just wondering - on the invoice, was the seller able to place the amount in the correct box, ie collection in person, or did it come under 'other'? I guess if you can fill the collection in person box in then ebay allow it.

[frostythesnowmum]

This is so unfair - do you really want the items that much? I'd probably call his bluff and say I wasn't prepared to pay the p and p charge and risk neg feedback. If you get it anyway you can neg him explaining why.

[aquababe]

at last resolved. they we're saying they couldn't take it off. blah blah blah
finally they 'managed' it
i'm picking it up tomorrow.
it was for bloody duplo

[JingJanglingBexieHoHoHo]

After reading the whole thread just now, I was going to suggest that maybe they couldn't take the charge of the invoice! I recently had the same problem!