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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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So I recently found a $20 coin that I have been looking for.
The listing stated 1.20 GBP for shipping to the US. About two hours before the listing ended, the shipping went up to 9 GBP, which is now greater than the value of the coin.
If I would have left my automatic snip in place, I would have been on the hook for about $15 in shipping!
Can a seller change his shipping method like that?
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Forum Dad
 United States
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Post an item number please. They shouldn't have been able to change it with 2 hours left.
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Pillar of the Community
 Mexico
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Hello Harrison2, interesting?
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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Anyone else seen this? I think I have seen it one other time....or maybe it was just an innocent last mintue change...still, was a bit of a surprise.
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Valued Member
United States
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I thought prices(inc shipping) couldn't be changed once a bid had been made
Ok to change if no bids have been made
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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First bid was about an hour and a half before the end of the listing.
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Valued Member
United States
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About two hours before the listing ended, the shipping went up to 9 GBP Quote:
First bid was about an hour and a half before the end of the listing. So the seller was within his rights to change his prices but I do get your point about leaving a sniping bid |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Personally, I find this practice very deceptive.  If I visited the auction page when the shipping is $2, and made high bids (or snipes), estimating my total cost, I would just refuse to pay when the shipping jumped to $15.90.  One expects the bids to increase--but not fixed costs like shipping. In the business world, that's a breach of contract. I'm sure that ebay would have records of the change too. Edited by DVCollector
04/30/2014 9:46 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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If I visited the auction page when the shipping is $2, and made high bids (or snipes), estimating my total cost, I would just refuse to pay when the shipping jumped to $15.90. The seller changed his prices BEFORE any bids were made, I dont see a problem with that. |
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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1. Can anyone confirm that what I saw happen is even technically possible?
2. Has anyone else seen this happen?
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Valued Member
United States
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1. Can anyone confirm that what I saw happen is even technically possible? A seller is quite within his/her rights to change anything in his/her auction including item price, shipping costs, item description as long as 1, No bids have been made on the item 2, more than 2 hrs remain until the end of the auction |
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Valued Member
United States
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 We all need to read they guys listing The 1.20 GBP rate is Domestic to UK The 9 GBP rate is royal mail international with signature He also has a international rate of 4 GBP royal mail int standard What you probably saw harrison was ebay detecting you were in Mexico and automatically changing the shipping to international Edited by Fusion555
05/01/2014 12:09 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The 1.20 GBP rate is Domestic to UK
The 9 GBP rate is royal mail int with signature to USA Oh man...I take back my rant!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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Fusion555, your statement makes sense, but I can't find those shipping prices listed in the description. I only see risk-levels compared to service levels.
Additionally, by default, I only ship to the US. As I just now tested out changing my location, since both are international destinations per his shipping configuration, the cost doesn't change, still 8 GBP. The only way I can get the shipping down to 1.15 GBP is to change my location to the UK.
Additionally, I specifically remember the shipping price being for "international uninsured."
So, based on my original questions...
1. It is possible to change prices.
2. It would seem this is not a common practice.
In conclusion, either I set my default country to the UK and misread the shipping service provided, or the seller changed his shipping policy on all his listings. (I did check his other listing to see if there was a pattern on other listing that have yet to receive bids.)
All things considered, I don't think he did anything deceptive, it was probably me just misreading the shipping terms. (Though I must say, I am pretty good about not letting that type of thing slip by.)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I noticed it once and it was a seller from Canada. When I saw the listing(2007 $8 Silver coin)the shipping was $5. When I was going to buy the coin notice the shipping had changed to $15. The seller had different shipping charges for outside of Canada.
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