Sellers Scam For Making Ridiculous Money On Sh&h Fee Charges On The Bay!

Well, if it becomes a regular occurrence overcharging every buyer for shipping, then it is a scam, right? Do this 20,000 times, you have $20,000. Many buyers probably wouldn't even notice something like that.

Simply buy only from sellers offering free shipping and/or combined shipping; if you are using combined shipping always ensure that you request, and wait for, an invoice before sending payment. If seller refuses to honor combined shipping as stated in the listing, open disputes on each item as soon as possible and ebay will force the matter or cancel the sales. I see nothing wrong with the seller's practices (although his response is tactless, rude, and disrespectful.) If you want to see a true shipping "scam" look for the single coins priced at $0.99 BIN with $10-$15 shipping charges which they then send via something like media mail, an attempt to trick people into quickly hitting the BIN and not seeing the high shipping until after the fact.

Edit: Wanted to add that business owners complaining to customers about profits, overhead, costs, etc. is in extremely poor taste. If you can't make a profit and pay your employees while covering your operating expenses and fixed costs/depreciation, you need to seriously re-analyze your business operations. No one is forcing you to sell at a loss, nor are you being required to pay someone to package a sold $0.99 beat-up circulated Indian Head cent in a brand-new premium-quality 2x2 with corrugated protector and send it First Class in a brand-new self-sealing bubble mailer, adding $15 overhead to a $0.99 sale of a $0.25 purchase.

I have read the entire thread and calling this a "Scam" and calling the money involved as being "Ridicules Money" is a huge exaggeration.
I wasn't putting anyone down, all I did was to bring the debate into perspective.
Your initial post does come across as someone complaining about the shipping costs and as this is an open forum and as I don't agree with your assessment that this is a Scam involving large sums of money I Too can post my opinion.

The way the DSR's are set for ebay sellers, someone who overcharged the listed shipping 20,000 times would not get to that point... But point well taken, when I first posted, the OP had not mentioned the details of the .75 per additional item, ect... The OP was certainly overcharged $1.05...




Could not agree more, poor taste is the perfect phrase




That is the best thing about ebay in my opinion. You have choice. There is so much material and selection available, you can choose if you want to buy from sellers with free shipping, 1 day handling, ship from the U.S., ship from Australia, ship from within 100 miles of you, combine shipping, ship via Express Mail, or have a username that starts with the letter 'J'. The buyer has choice, which is much different when I was a younger and had one coin shop to go to which had a tub of world and Canadian coins. Now, young collectors can literally choose from thousands of different sellers, based on their own preferences

This is how it should be, yet many sellers refuse to combine shipping and try to charge $6 or $7 instead of $3. When I have questioned about it some have said that the ebay shipping options suggested that service and charge.

The kicker is the bad packing with the expensive shipping that many provide...

I too really enjoy the huge selection on ebay and wish they would provide some guidance for sellers on this topic.