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<p>[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1593523, member: 38783"]I'm curious to see what opinions you guys have about this, especially those who sell a bunch on eBay, and what you would do given this scenario.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just won a bunch of slabbed Presidential dollars on eBay, and the coins were a steal. Auctions started at $.01, and ended there since no one else bid on them, so I ended up with 7 PCGS MS67 coins for essentially 7 cents before the shipping - obviously far less than even the face value of the coins. Now, the shipping on each coin was listed as $5. After I won, I asked the seller to send an invoice with combined shipping, and he replied to the effect of "my slabbed coins didn't sell for what I wanted them to", and charged me the full shipping price, while I'm pretty sure they'll all arrive in a nice little $5 flat-rate box, to make up for what he "lost".</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I honestly don't think I have much of a right to complain about this. I went into the auctions with the full knowledge of the shipping being what it was on each item, and I bid anyways. I won the items, and I have already paid the full amount requested without saying anything back to the seller. Ultimately I am fine with the total price of each coin being $5.01, I feel it's still a good price for what they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, it kinda rubs me simply because if I were the seller, I would have discounted it at least somewhat simply because I feel that would be the right thing to do. If you didn't want them to sell for so little, then don't start your auctions at a penny. Obviously, it can be said in the reverse that if I didn't want to pay for that much shipping, I shouldn't have bid. But, in general I've never had a problem with sellers combining the shipping when asked, even on coins I've won for as little as a buck or less.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, if you were the seller would you have done the discount? And, if you were me, what would you leave for feedback - positive, neutral, negative, and comments? If the coins arrive in good condition, I'm leaning towards neutral feedback with a comment of "items arrived as advertised, disappointed about not combining shipping".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1593523, member: 38783"]I'm curious to see what opinions you guys have about this, especially those who sell a bunch on eBay, and what you would do given this scenario. I just won a bunch of slabbed Presidential dollars on eBay, and the coins were a steal. Auctions started at $.01, and ended there since no one else bid on them, so I ended up with 7 PCGS MS67 coins for essentially 7 cents before the shipping - obviously far less than even the face value of the coins. Now, the shipping on each coin was listed as $5. After I won, I asked the seller to send an invoice with combined shipping, and he replied to the effect of "my slabbed coins didn't sell for what I wanted them to", and charged me the full shipping price, while I'm pretty sure they'll all arrive in a nice little $5 flat-rate box, to make up for what he "lost". Now, I honestly don't think I have much of a right to complain about this. I went into the auctions with the full knowledge of the shipping being what it was on each item, and I bid anyways. I won the items, and I have already paid the full amount requested without saying anything back to the seller. Ultimately I am fine with the total price of each coin being $5.01, I feel it's still a good price for what they are. However, it kinda rubs me simply because if I were the seller, I would have discounted it at least somewhat simply because I feel that would be the right thing to do. If you didn't want them to sell for so little, then don't start your auctions at a penny. Obviously, it can be said in the reverse that if I didn't want to pay for that much shipping, I shouldn't have bid. But, in general I've never had a problem with sellers combining the shipping when asked, even on coins I've won for as little as a buck or less. So, if you were the seller would you have done the discount? And, if you were me, what would you leave for feedback - positive, neutral, negative, and comments? If the coins arrive in good condition, I'm leaning towards neutral feedback with a comment of "items arrived as advertised, disappointed about not combining shipping".[/QUOTE]
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