eBay Seller to Avoid.....ricerules

[jimmyjam1973]

This guy listed a Hanson Xfractor RC with BIN/BO. His listing stated that items over $50 MAY require insurance of $10 additional. So I make a $50 offer and in the shipping section of the offer page it says $10 insurance optional. He accepts and then proceeds to try and charge me $3 for shipping and $10 to insure. He lives in Canada and says he has to charge that because of bidders who try and cheat him when their cards don't arrive in 2-3 days. I told him that I didn't mind waiting becuase $10 to insure a $50 card was outrageous.

Anyways, he gives me a non-paying strike and then a bunch of harassing emails calling me an arrogant, American ******-bag, who can't read etc. So I leave him a negative feedback just for good measure. This is the 1st time in over 11 years I didn't pay for an item, so eBay immediately removed that strike. This morning I get another email where he states:

"You do whatever you think you can justify (that is the American way after all- lie, lie, and then try to deny), unfortunately for you I’m a member in good standing on every trading site that matters and well quite frankly one neg from an ignorant American buyer in over 4000 transactions on ebay and another 7-8000 in online trading ain’t exactly gonna hurt me or for that matter even worry me."

Anyways, just giving you a heads up.

 

[jcmint]

thanks for the heads up. Dropping the neg was very necessary

 

[noaskiecards]

wow, those are some serious comments he made....

 

[jimmyjam1973]

Yeah, I forwarded the emails to eBay. He says he actually LOSES money on shipping to the US at $13 total.

 

[Philip J. Fry]

I hope you forwarded those messages to eBay.

 

[jimmyjam1973]

I've traded a ton with guys in Canada and I know it could take a couple weeks, and I have no problem waiting. I kept telling him I'd pay the $3 and wait, but he kept insisting on $10 more.

 

[George_Calfas]

Prior to your offer did you email him to ask him about the potential of the insurance? He stated you MAY be charged insurance for $50 or more and you offered $50

 

[jimmyjam1973]

Prior to your offer did you email him to ask him about the potential of the insurance? He stated you MAY be charged insurance for $50 or more and you offered $50

Nope.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Do you guys not realize the seller was trying to cover his ass? If he doesn't spend the $13 for registered mail, the buyer can simply say he never received the item. It's the only way to have tracking/DC on the item. Sure, his reaction was terrible and uncalled for, but he was trying to have the buyer pay the DC from Canada, which is expected.

 

[moxacaine]

The seller is a ***** but you were in the wrong here. Taken straight from the auction you won.

"Due to the impatience of several buyers I now require that any item over $50 to the US be shipped with tracking and insurance at a rate of $10."

Then in the next paragraph it states

"*NEW* Due to the increasing amount of paypal fraud I reserve the right to refuse ANY paypal payment from anyone at ANY time and also reserve the right to make insured shipping mandatory on ANY transaction at an additional cost of $10.00 in North America. "

 

[Mudcatsfan]

While his reaction was way over the top, you said you knew you MAY be charged the $10 bucks and you offered anyway.

Why didn't you just ask ahead of time?

You saw the bear trap, you stuck your foot in the bear trap, and now you're made that it snapped on you?

But seriously, that does suck for ya not to get the card.

 

[jimmyjam1973]

The seller is a ***** but you were in the wrong here. Taken straight from the auction you won.

"Due to the impatience of several buyers I now require that any item over $50 to the US be shipped with tracking and insurance at a rate of $10."

Then in the next paragraph it states

"*NEW* Due to the increasing amount of paypal fraud I reserve the right to refuse ANY paypal payment from anyone at ANY time and also reserve the right to make insured shipping mandatory on ANY transaction at an additional cost of $10.00 in North America. "

The **NEW** was added after I bid. He took the full 48 hours to accept my offer.

 

[cartersprings]

I may be wrong, but doesn't eBay have a new rule stating sellers must have the insurance price included in the reported s&h costs (meaning they can't force buyers to buy it as an add-on)? I believe adding insurance based on ending value would be against this. However, I'm not totally sure if it's been put in effect yet. Anyone else know any more?

 

[moxacaine]

The seller is a ***** but you were in the wrong here. Taken straight from the auction you won.

"Due to the impatience of several buyers I now require that any item over $50 to the US be shipped with tracking and insurance at a rate of $10."

Then in the next paragraph it states

"*NEW* Due to the increasing amount of paypal fraud I reserve the right to refuse ANY paypal payment from anyone at ANY time and also reserve the right to make insured shipping mandatory on ANY transaction at an additional cost of $10.00 in North America. "

The **NEW** was added after I bid. He took the full 48 hours to accept my offer.

My apologies then. The guy is still a tool.

 

[Jays_Cards]

I may be wrong, but doesn't eBay have a new rule stating sellers must have the insurance price included in the reported s&h costs (meaning they can't force buyers to buy it as an add-on)? I believe adding insurance based on ending value would be against this. However, I'm not totally sure if it's been put in effect yet. Anyone else know any more?

I believe this to be accurate.