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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To make a long story short, I periodically have to deal with a troublesome international seller on ebay who is often the only source of some very rare ancient coins. All of their auctions are "no reserve" listings starting at $0.99 + $3 shipping. Fair enough, because international shipping isn't cheap. I have seen the same coins "won" then relisted time and time again. Often, I will be outbid, and then the bid will get retracted. It's annoying, but I get the deal I wanted more often than not. What is annoying is that the last order I placed was for about 10 items. I fully expected $8-$10 to cover the extra weight (these are all small coins and won't require extra packaging). Shipping total was well over $17! That isn't enough to drive me to cancel the order (again, rare coins won for less than 1/3 of the Vcoins price, even with outrageous shipping). I also don't want to burn bridges because their sloppy descriptions sometimes mask $50-100 coins from my competition. How would you handle the situation? Edited by Finn235
07/03/2017 10:54 am
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Pillar of the Community
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$17 is less than $3 X 10 items and you're happy with the prices paid for the items won so.... I would pay.
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IMO I find Vcoins overpriced to begin with. And if this seller is your source for rare ancients I'd just pay now and ask for a combined invoice for your purchases in the future. Then you can see the S&H charge and can ask about it before you pay.
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Whew.... I thought that exclmation point was a '1'.
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I sent a message once to a French-based ebay retailer because he was charging more for postage than the coin was worth. I calculated what I considered to be a fair rate and told him I would be prepared to pay that, and he reduced the postage charge for me. I don't think he had many UK clients and he probably asked too much just to be on the safe side. |
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United States
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sounds to me like he can post the items at 99 cents because he (or she) has a shill bidder operation to run the bid up and if no one takes the bait the coin is just relisted after being "won"
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I personally would just pay it this time.
But if the same situation happened in the future I would request a combined shipping invoice and if it is more than you want to pay bring it to their attention. Especially if you are getting some higher $ coins from his listings.
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Did the seller SAY they would combine shipping?
Otherwise, you bid knowing s/h was $3 a coin, were given a discount and you are whining about it.
Some people would complain if they were hung with a new rope...
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Posted 07/03/2017 12:52 pm
