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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2664048, member: 27832"]Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've gotten used to <i>much</i> higher standards on eBay (and elsewhere). When a perfectly good scale can be had for less than $10, and eBay lets you buy and print postage directly from their site, there's <i>no</i> excuse for sending an item postage-due. I could <i>maybe</i> see it if they put on postage for a 3-ounce package and it weighed 3.1 ounces -- but this was at least an ounce and a half over, and non-machinable to boot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I even would have been more charitably inclined if they'd just undercharged me for postage up front. But they charged me the <i>exact correct</i> amount for shipping a non-machinable parcel of this weight, then tried to cheap out by putting it in an envelope with a couple of stamps. That's not the P.O.'s fault. And they <i>made me send them a photo of the postage-due slip</i>, which is just insulting -- yeah, they're gonna need some proof that I'm not just prowling eBay to scam sellers $1.70 at a time.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you say, though, it's over, and maybe not worth a fuss. I am feeling a bit guilty, though, about leaving positive feedback -- as it turns out, another buyer <i>left positive feedback with a complaint that they still haven't received their item</i>, which is NOT the way the feedback system is supposed to work. So the seller's last three feedbacks are two positives with complaints, and one negative (wouldn't accept SNAD return). Anybody who checks the seller's feedback before buying ought to be thinking twice at this point.</p><p><br /></p><p>I expect this eBayer's career as a seller will be short-lived.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2664048, member: 27832"]Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've gotten used to [I]much[/I] higher standards on eBay (and elsewhere). When a perfectly good scale can be had for less than $10, and eBay lets you buy and print postage directly from their site, there's [I]no[/I] excuse for sending an item postage-due. I could [I]maybe[/I] see it if they put on postage for a 3-ounce package and it weighed 3.1 ounces -- but this was at least an ounce and a half over, and non-machinable to boot. I even would have been more charitably inclined if they'd just undercharged me for postage up front. But they charged me the [I]exact correct[/I] amount for shipping a non-machinable parcel of this weight, then tried to cheap out by putting it in an envelope with a couple of stamps. That's not the P.O.'s fault. And they [I]made me send them a photo of the postage-due slip[/I], which is just insulting -- yeah, they're gonna need some proof that I'm not just prowling eBay to scam sellers $1.70 at a time. As you say, though, it's over, and maybe not worth a fuss. I am feeling a bit guilty, though, about leaving positive feedback -- as it turns out, another buyer [I]left positive feedback with a complaint that they still haven't received their item[/I], which is NOT the way the feedback system is supposed to work. So the seller's last three feedbacks are two positives with complaints, and one negative (wouldn't accept SNAD return). Anybody who checks the seller's feedback before buying ought to be thinking twice at this point. I expect this eBayer's career as a seller will be short-lived.[/QUOTE]
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