How would you proceed with this?

Crowqueen

Seller has made a pig’s ear of this. Let him have the full force of negativities they can!

If I knew the seller was overcharging I would have avoided the listing as well. If I didn't know they were overcharging, then I would have been annoyed; if you don't know what the actual charge is before you bid you can't really say you knew before bidding - that's just a cop-out to excuse postage gouging, IMO, which people know other people don't like.

However - that is academic. Neg feedback and decline the cancellation - as someone else says, if they had stored the games carefully while they were listed then this would not have happened. I put everything I'm selling either on Amazon or eBay away in a box under my desk. There is no excuse for this - it is the seller's responsibility to look after the items they are selling and, by the way, to set responsible postage costs, so I'd let him have it with both barrels, though not mentioning the postage costs, because, well, you know those were overcharged yet you still bid.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

fozzeh wrote: »

Only problem with that is they have completed a trade and would be expected to fulfill it

That works both ways..

Look at this way you outbid someone who was willing to pay around £29 whilst only expecting the seller to charge you £25, regardless of the seller overcharging it isn't fair on the underbidder.

You should accept the cancellation and move on bearing in mind for the future to not bid if you feel the postage is too much or factor it in to how much you wish to bid (i.e if the overcharge is £5 then bid £5 less but avoiding such sellers is best really).

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Crowqueen wrote: »

Neg feedback and decline the cancellation - as someone else says,

Neg the seller for what exactly? The games are fine, the seller is making excuses to get out of a sale with a trouble buyer.

The seller would most likely get the feedback removed anyway if they spoke to the right CS agent as the buyer was asking for something not advertised, if the seller was honest about making excuses and the CS agent sympathetic I'd guess the neg would disappear.

steveE2

This was a game bundle listed as Wholesale & Job Lots so the P&P is not capped so you had no reason to request adjusted postage.

steveE2

What I don't understand is how you managed to win the auction @£20.02 without beating the previous bid by a whole bid increment

bidder 3 £20.02 24-Aug-12 13:32:18 BST

bidder 2 £20.00 24-Aug-12 12:22:54 BST

bidder 2 £16.01 24-Aug-12 12:22:54 BST

bidder 1 £15.01 24-Aug-12 00:22:50 BST

fozzeh

Crowqueen, thank you for reading correctly. Whilst giving a valid opinion, you answered what was asked.

Lunatic, neg's don't disappear that easy. If I had threatened negative, it would. By asking for revised postage, it can be declined or not. If I had paid it, fair enough. If I hadn't, that would be my problem. But as the listing was not complete, as Crowqueen has also noticed was written, the seller would be in the wrong...and they could have had both barrells.

Steve, easy...bidding £20.02 when it was at £15.01. Bidder 3 only put £20 but my max was more as my increment was in first. Never bid at a round pound. I find 2 or 3 pence more can skew things nicely in your favour. As for Wholesale and Job Lots, didn't know that. Rules still apply about excessive postage though.

fozzeh

Also, just to note to everyone, I haven't actually said what I actually did regarding the P+P (although Steve has probably seen the outcome of what has happened and it can be seen easily enough) so I'm loving the half hearted "debate" about the P+P.

Again, this is more of a "what would you do" question...not a "Who is that coming over my bridge?" one.