seller on ebay has charged me for her fees !!

rockin_plumber

I think what everyone is getting at is if you wanted to collect the item and the auction didnt even mention collection you should have contacted the seller to make sure this was ok before even placing your bid.

Really you should consider yourself lucky as most sellers would expect you to pay the £4.99 and post it to you :cool:

nickyhutch

You were never going to pay the postage? Did you tell her that BEFORE you bid? She would be well within her rights to tell you to bu99er off; if she didn't offer collection for free, then she doesn't have to let you do that now, unless you agreed BEFORE the bid.

If I were her, I'd have refused to allow you to pick up.

blessings3

As above ultra rude to ask for pick up of a 99p item after the event and then moan lol - lots of people do not like people comming to their house. My husband works shifts and I would not even entertain you calling for less than £10

elainew

melandtony wrote: »

no i was never going to pay the postage was i , i live in the same town. i bid to pay 99p

you cant do this and just hope they are going to let you collect--you should have aranged this before bidding.
If I was the seller I would make you pay the lot and post it to you

NaughtyAngel2007

well thats me told then lol

bylromarha

a) If she wants her buyer to pay her fees, she incorporates it into the starting price of the item, not the postage.

b) if she did/didn't allow collection, then she should have said so on her listing. I think if it doesn't say "no collections please", then I can safely assume I can collect without contacting the bidder first. Others differ and think it has to state collection okay before it can be assumed it's okay. Some people just stick one type of postage on and don't even know you can have a collect in person option on the postage.

Either way, she can only ask for the extra money - your decision if you want to pay it or not.

Bottom line, do you want the item for £1.99? If not, don't pay and risk strike from her for being a NPB.

paulofessex

blessings3 wrote: »

As above ultra rude to ask for pick up of a 99p item after the event and then moan lol - lots of people do not like people comming to their house. My husband works shifts and I would not even entertain you calling for less than £10

Im sure theres people in some areas who would :rotfl::rotfl:

pinkshoes

I think the £1 "collection charge" is fair enough, given it wasn't arranged before the auction end.

If you feel that strongly about it, then why not just pay the £4.99 postage and get her to post it to you?

prowla

Sorry, but I think that all collection charges that have not been mentioned up front are wrong.
Did the listing say local collection is alright? (Mine always do, and I factor the fees into the selling price.)
As a buyer, I would to pay the bid price for the item, and that's it.
If there is no postage & packing then there is no right to charge for it.
If the seller insists, I would just tell them to whistle.

soolin

prowla wrote: »

Sorry, but I think that all collection charges that have not been mentioned up front are wrong.
Did the listing say local collection is alright? (Mine always do, and I factor the fees into the selling price.)
As a buyer, I would to pay the bid price for the item, and that's it.
If there is no postage & packing then there is no right to charge for it.
If the seller insists, I would just tell them to whistle.

Then you'll just get an NPB.

Better to just pay the lot, have item delivered and reflect the 'postage being used for fees ' issue in stars.