Thread: Postage increased after winning auction

The official price is in the Shipping and Handling section that eBay specifically provides. Text in the item description should be irrelevant. This seller has conflicting information posted, and is using the non-official (more expensive) one. This gives a false impression of how much it will cost if you do a search, as eBay will show the postage cost from the postage calculator. How did the $10 charge appear at checkout? It should have come...

I got the item then contacted seller about the postage. He refunded me the $4 and I left him positive feedback so all's fair really.

SHIPPING & HANDLING Shipping Cost US Shipping $4.99 USPS First-Class Mail® $6.99 USPS Priority Mail® $12.00 UPS 3 Day Select® $15.00 UPS 2nd Day Air® $25.00 UPS Next Day Air® International Shipping $5.99 USPS Air Mail (To Canada) $10.00 USPS Airmail (Other Countries) Combine Shipping Just $1.99 for each additional Item! Combine shipping based on the item with highest S/H cost, and add $1.99 for each additional item. If purchasing...

Ye know the way when you enter into a bid or use a buy-it-now that you're entering into a legally binding contract? Well, with regards to the legal side, what is the purpose of the "description"? as in, are there limits or rules on what can and can't be included in there and is the description legally binding ?aside from the actual description of the item that is. I saw an auction where in the description the seller...

Seller may offer to refund the charge to you if you contact him directly, before leaving feedback and seller ratings. Btw, I haven't looked at the auction before typing my reply..just general advice

The Shipping Calculator on Ebay doesn't work for allot of sellers I don't know why but it should be ingored

Quote: Originally Posted by Alan Rouge Is the seller legally obliged to deliver it at that postage rate quoted in the calculator thingy? Thats what I would have thought, this is quite worrying. In the past they used to have estimators for weight but they were simply estimates. In this case it is blatantly infers it is $5.99 and I would expect this to override any descriptions. I am confused how the OP did a buyitnow and then the $10 seemed to...