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Re: Questionable eBay auction
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Date: 
Sat, 29 Jan 2000 06:26:51 GMT
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My advice to bidders is to check the auction terms and ask questions
**before** winning.

Did that.  The reply from seller was that he agreed to ship to Canada
and that shipping would be slightly higher.  No word about this fee.
So I bid.  Two days after the end of the auction, he checked with
his bank and discovered the huge fee.

If the terms don't specifically describe what you
are trying to do you may well get hit with fees which are, while
exorbitant, just cost recovery for the seller. Why should the seller eat
a 20 charge when he said in his listing he would not take payment that
way?

He shouldn't.  But he should know what he's doing before accepting
international bids, right?

Your auction may not be that precise circumstance but presumably you see
where I am coming from.

Yes.

I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do.  After many positive
Lugnet and eBay deals, this is my first to sour...

See above, I don't see this as necessarily a sour...

Generally, I agree.  In my case, though, the critical info came in a bit
late...

--
John
(remove the obvious to reply)



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  Re: Questionable eBay auction
 
I'd say you have cause for complaint then, unless this is the FIRST time this seller has ever sold to Canada... check his feedbacks to see if you can spot anyone from CA and ask him what the deal is. If it is, I'd cut him a little slack, but not a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)

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  Re: Questionable eBay auction
 
(...) I dunno about 15, but my credit union charges 20. I love my CU for almost everything, except that. I take IMOs and canadian checks to a local bank where I have a savings account. Depositing there doesn't cost me money but it DOES cost me time, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)

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