Yesterday I was happy to win a DE razor off of eBay France, that was until the seller contacted me.
The seller wanted to be paid by either personal check or bank transfer, both of which are against eBay's policy for accepted types of payment in this category.
I contacted the seller to inform them and ask for their PayPal info. He told me he would accept PayPal but only if I paid an extra 12 euro for fees and assurance.
I contacted both eBay and PayPal and they both agreed that a seller isn't allowed to charge extra for using PayPal or ask for wire transfers.
I informed the seller about this and that I had contacted eBay. He told me if I didn't want to pay his fees he would have to cancel the auction.
So I now have a canceled razor...
I've won multiple razors from France in the past and never had issues like this. I've bought and sold on eBay for years and everybody knows the seller has to pay PayPal fees out of their incoming sale but I've never run into someone who is willing to lose around $55 so they don't have to pay $1.90 in PayPal fees? I have no idea where the seller came up with a PayPal fee of $17.49 he wanted me to pay?
The seller wanted to be paid by either personal check or bank transfer, both of which are against eBay's policy for accepted types of payment in this category.
I contacted the seller to inform them and ask for their PayPal info. He told me he would accept PayPal but only if I paid an extra 12 euro for fees and assurance.
I contacted both eBay and PayPal and they both agreed that a seller isn't allowed to charge extra for using PayPal or ask for wire transfers.
I informed the seller about this and that I had contacted eBay. He told me if I didn't want to pay his fees he would have to cancel the auction.
So I now have a canceled razor...
I've won multiple razors from France in the past and never had issues like this. I've bought and sold on eBay for years and everybody knows the seller has to pay PayPal fees out of their incoming sale but I've never run into someone who is willing to lose around $55 so they don't have to pay $1.90 in PayPal fees? I have no idea where the seller came up with a PayPal fee of $17.49 he wanted me to pay?