high postage fees on ebay and low cost for item

bwatt00

Been haggling with a seller for an item i would like,lets just say the item ended with a high bidder above me,but seller contacted me right after auction saying this high bidder was from america and he was not posting there so asked if i was interested.
I made an offer and he refused,i then offered more and finally came to a price we both agree on,lets just say if i had not bid on the item the price of it would not had went up do high,as bidder below me was much less.
Anyway the guy sold the same item a month ago and got double for what he sold for recently,and so looks like he is trying to get the same again,i said no way and as said i have or am getting it for more than my high bid but less than his last one sold.
He was ok on this and then emails me to say what if i pay 99p for the item and say over £30 for postage to save on fees.
How safe is this,i will be paying with paypal but how safe is this,yes i wanna help him out and so he can get as much as he can etc,but i would hate to pay 99p for an item and then over £30 for postage and if any problems lose my £30 and only get 99p back.
what are the risks of doing this,is paypal covered for full amount paid,or would i best forget it,i really would like the item but seems to me this guys is tryingto get as much as possible for it,and now asks this,i have emailed back and said no do it my way or forget and he might just do that,but if there is no risk in what he asks then why not do it,what do you guys reckon

cyberbob

Report him for fee avoidance

Samba_Pa_Ti

the big risk is that if you try to get a refund from paypal you will only get 99p and wont get the postage costs back.

mrcol1000

If I was the seller I would offer you a second chance offer at your losing price and then if you refused relist it. If you claimed on ebay/paypal for this item your get all your money back inculding postage. BUT when Ebay start looking into it and see you paid 99p for the item and £30 for the postage I think they might just be a bit suspcious.

soolin

Samba_Pa_Ti wrote: »

the big risk is that if you try to get a refund from paypal you will only get 99p and wont get the postage costs back.

A paypal claim gets the full amount back. There are no instances at all where paypal allow the seller to keep the original postage.

ANGSTDATA

floodgate opening

NeilJung

Samba_Pa_Ti wrote: »

the big risk is that if you try to get a refund from paypal you will only get 99p and wont get the postage costs back.

I know it's already been pointed out that you are wrong, but come on... Why on earth give advice on something you are clueless about? Misinformation is an order of magnitude worse than no information. If you are not 100% sure on something but still feel compelled to post at least do so with a qualifying statement such as "As far as I know" or "I'm not sure".