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<p>[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 4167729, member: 36248"]You of course are 100% correct, however, you are missing I think why the buyer was surprised or confused about the shipping. I have both purchased and sold hundreds of coins on eBay. Many, but not all sellers, have "free shipping". If you are making offers on say several coins, or many coins (like I have), well, you might accidentally forget that 1 out of the 20 coins you are making offers on did NOT have free shipping. So, you didn't back that cost out of your offer, and so later, when you think you say absolute max offer of lets say $400 turns into a $420 offer, you might be a combination of surprised, sad, and /or mad. The seller accepts an offer, (yay!), but the buyer gets a bill for an higher than expected amount. (boo!) </p><p><br /></p><p>The fault is 100% on the buyer, if they overlooked the shipping costs or mistakenly thought they were included in the offer amount. I don't think anyone is saying otherwise. But, if you are trying to understand the situation, think from a person's perspective that are accustomed to BIN with free shipping, and how one without it might throw you off. </p><p><br /></p><p>As I already posted, same thing has happened to me, and I've been using eBay like 20 years. The buyer is wrong to think this is the seller's fault, or threatening bad feedback. He just needs to take the shock, the disappointment, and suck it up as a learning moment, and small loss, and move on. But many people are not rational, or even good for that matter. It's easier for them to blame someone else, and that is unfortunate for this seller.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 4167729, member: 36248"]You of course are 100% correct, however, you are missing I think why the buyer was surprised or confused about the shipping. I have both purchased and sold hundreds of coins on eBay. Many, but not all sellers, have "free shipping". If you are making offers on say several coins, or many coins (like I have), well, you might accidentally forget that 1 out of the 20 coins you are making offers on did NOT have free shipping. So, you didn't back that cost out of your offer, and so later, when you think you say absolute max offer of lets say $400 turns into a $420 offer, you might be a combination of surprised, sad, and /or mad. The seller accepts an offer, (yay!), but the buyer gets a bill for an higher than expected amount. (boo!) The fault is 100% on the buyer, if they overlooked the shipping costs or mistakenly thought they were included in the offer amount. I don't think anyone is saying otherwise. But, if you are trying to understand the situation, think from a person's perspective that are accustomed to BIN with free shipping, and how one without it might throw you off. As I already posted, same thing has happened to me, and I've been using eBay like 20 years. The buyer is wrong to think this is the seller's fault, or threatening bad feedback. He just needs to take the shock, the disappointment, and suck it up as a learning moment, and small loss, and move on. But many people are not rational, or even good for that matter. It's easier for them to blame someone else, and that is unfortunate for this seller.[/QUOTE]
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