Yeah, I was saying my bad because I did not make it very clear in my post which one I meant when I posted OP.
Call me paranoid, but I wouldn't meet any strange person to deliver an item regardless if it was close or in the same town. Security is a top priority for me - I have a CC, but there are too many bad stories out there. That said, 3.50 in S/H for a .44 stamp is too much. Those are the kind of auctions I stay away from, because they do tick me off. Had it been me, I would have just moved on and never bid in the first place. I put those type of items on my buy-list, build up the list, and then acquire them the next time I go to a dealer or when I go to one of my club meetings.
I never said the seller was the local coin store dealer. His actions reminded me of the dealer. The fact that he wrapped my coin in a grey sheet only strengthens my suspicion that the seller might be the shop owner. His ebay name provides no clue to his original name, neither does mine. If this guy IS the coin shop owner, security would have been no problem. He could have told me to pick it up at his store. If the seller is the local coin dealer, that would mean that he's not willing to give anyone a break. Some here said it's only $3.50. I agree. It's only $3.50 to the seller too. A guy who is considered a power seller with thousand of feedback points and hundreds of other coins for sale on ebay should have the decency to give a neighbor a break. I paid seven bucks for a Kennedy half. I always add the shipping to the actual price so I never pay more. I asked before, would it have been different if I was in the middle of a bidding war and ended up paying 15 dollars for it before the shipping charges. People who charge extra high shipping charges want to guarantee that the price they want is the price they get. If he only charged a buck for shipping, I guarantee you the bids would have been at least six dollars. A seller on ebay doesn't have to worry about low bids for coins if the shipping is low. I wasn't trying to get over on anybody. If I would have overbid the actual price, he would have still refused. I wonder how many people he did get over on by charging high shipping fees and getting high bids on a coin.
Well the bottom line is your ultimate satisfaction, Which i dont believe you Achieved in my opinion, But thats just me
Exactly!!!!! I usually either don't bid on one with higher than normal S&H, then I don't have to worry about it. However, if I do bid, I hold my bid down because I know part of the cost of this coin is built into the difference between the cost of the shipping an what he is charging. Then, when I get the coin at a below market price, I'm fine with the S&H because I knew it ahead of time. I once bought a red seal $5 bill for $4.52 with $2.50 in shipping. Had he been in my town, I wouldn't expect him to "sell" me a 5 dollar bill for less than what he spend it for. I paid $7.02 and went on my way happy.
strengthens my suspicion your simply wrong to suspect ANYTHING with so little evidence, virtually anyone could have sheets from the grey sheet! should have the decency to give a neighbor a break. You really dont get it, despite the entire argument of this thread on every single issue raised, showing your idea of decency to a neighbor nor giving you a break because of your geographical proximity were NEVER terms of the auction. Maybe eBay is too abstract for you to grasp! I wasn't trying to get over on anybody. Many in this thread may beg to differ for your defense has rested solely upon your assumption that due to your proximity to the seller that they ought to alter the terms of the auction, to do so in your favor and after the fact of your agreement to the terms of the auction outside of all the other numerous concerns you have been made aware of in the realm of possibilities. Utterly shocking is your failure to grasp your own err and learn from it, and that you persist in it after bringing your case to a forum, open for opinions yet refuse to see it any way other than the same from the time you made the OP. :headbang:
"The bottom line" is living up to the terms of the auction that the Buyer agreed to when they bid on the item. Period. Customer satisfaction in the OP was fully met by the Seller who responsibly acted and delivered upon every aspect per the terms of the auction. That's not an opinion that's a fact according to the contract of the auction agreement. That's what just you and anyone else who doesn't agree with fail to see and abide by.
Imagine if I got a commercial VG grade Large Cent and was dissatisfied unless the seller presented me with an EAC VG grade Large Cent. Should the seller give me an upgrade because I'm dissatisfied? Satisfaction cannot be used as a standard because some buyers are unreasonable. Now I do admit I would be HAPPY if the seller chose to do this, but he shouldn't feel obligated to do so because I'm unreasonable.
For crying out loud!! Iam sure glad this isnt mid-evil times, I would probably Get burned at the stake for having an alternate opinion !!!!
Indeed Rusty, by your reckoning customer satisfaction would torch the Seller without a fair trial by the legal terms of agreement of the auction!
