If the seller has set up shipping to your location, s/he is bound by that flat rate/calculation. {"modules":["unloadOptimization","bandwidthDetection"],"unloadOptimization":{"browsers":{"Firefox":true,"Chrome":true}},"bandwidthDetection":{"url":"https://ir.ebaystatic.com/cr/v/c1/thirtysevens.jpg","maxViews":4,"imgSize":37,"expiry":300000,"timeout":250}}. I can roughly estimate the worst case shipping cost from CA to Main by using FedEx Ground website calculator. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FOOLPROOF, BECAUSE FOOLS ARE SO DARNED INGENIOUS! While eBay can prohibit sellers from asking for more, there is no way they can force a seller to complete a sale. You are still grossly under estimating the shipping cost. Second, if I'm not prompted to ask for a total and can still checkout, can a seller still get away with insisting I should have asked for an invoice/total? I can't see why you think it's not that big or heavy. The seller needs to make it clear what the shipping is and the terms, since again the problem is being able to check out and agreeing to one price, and oops, it's actually another. FYI, I hope you use a variac to power up old radios with tubes. It probably is really higher, just the seller knew people would never buy it if they saw the actual total. Seller is worldwidesuppliesrtyhd from Singapore. This thing is not that big or heavy. Read our article on. My item showed up, and that was that. See what other sellers are charging to ship similar items, Consider building the price of shipping into the item's price, so you can offer free shipping, Make sure you're allowing for packaging when checking the item's size and weight, Decide whether you're going to ship internationally, or just within the US, Managed payments sellers can offer international shipping through, Think about whether you want to set a fixed shipping charge for all buyers, or use. In those cases, you do indeed have to wait for an invoice. Have you asked the dimensions of the seller? It is also FRAGILE. Not going to do that. It wasn't until the depression that Zenith stared making portable sized radios, in any quantity. I don't think the seller can even ship it for just $50. However, you also messed up because you did not ask for the dimensions and weight of the radio before bidding on it. But here's where things get tricky. This thing is not that big or heavy. Any body know how I can contact a seller before I purchase. They probably had no idea that there is an option to set the shipping as "Freight". Give support, share information, and connect with fellow members. Again your seller does not have much experience, and obviously grossly miscalculated the shipping, since they probably expected the buyer to be local and pick it up. This takes the size of the box into account as well as the weight. For buyers, knowing when they can expect an item to arrive is an important factor when making a purchase. If I'm able to close a sale and calculate the shipping, can a seller really decide later it needs to be more--as in they knew it would be a lot more than a default amount, and should never have listed it that way? It should be crated with a pallet base, and total shipping weight would be over 100lbs. $13.20 to ship that is completely UNREALISTIC. Not going to buy a pig in a poke. I cannot seem to find any place to contact the seller. There are going to be listings where the shipping is not stated. Sometimes it cost more to ship a 10lb. That Zenith would cost AT LEAST $100-150 to ship, and that's only if the seller is close to you. Seller is inexperienced and really messed up that listing with such a low shipping rate and priority for that large item. Assume it's larger at best it's a mini-console (20 inches wide by about 36 high). It's the appearance of low shipping wich sometimes gets a lot of bids, since the buyer may know the actual weight. I'm looking at a live auction for a 1937 Silvertone that is probably that size and it's only asking $54 in shipping. Literally all this person had said in the auction was "buyer responsible for shipping.". I would ask them to send me a cancellation and advise them to offer pick up only with no shipping option. But the point I was trying to make, especially about these international sellers, is it seems all too easy to lowball a really great shipping price and then after the auction insist it needs to be higher. Tip You might need to contact ebay ("help &contact" link at bottom of page) and talk to a CS rep concerning this. This is not some four and a half foot high, three foot wide, 100 pound monster that would cost probably $300 to crate and ship. Enter your search term to display live search results. item in a 10"x12" box. Sure, you are correct. Share best practices, tips, and insights. The place where the notes have told me to contact seller are no good. Offering free shipping, or reducing delivery charges as much as possible, can help you win over undecided buyers, and grow your business. Not to mention that you did not do your Due Dilligence, and ask for clarification as to who was responsible for shipping since it was mentioned in the description. The seller screwed up and didn't put local pickup only. Many sellers (including me) offer a ridiculously low shipping price to encourage bidding in the hopes that the final price will be high enough to offset the actual shipping cost. There really should be an easier way: eBay should make it so that the seller cannot override the stated/calculated shipping but can add a new shipping option (to cover those cases where the buyer requests and the seller is willing to upgrade or downgrade the shipping class or carrier or ship to a location not covered in the listing, but NOOOOOOOOO. At this point you should be considering canceling the transaction, without hurting the seller. (I think the max weight for all three is 70 pounds.). I want Seller or ebay to fix this problem. But if the shipping is stated and you can pay through the Pay Now button, the seller can't ask you to wait for an invoice to charge a different amount. Our guides below have more information on how you can make your listings more attractive to buyers by offering discounted or combined shipping, as well as details on maximum shipping costs and more. We use higher voltage now than they did back then. It is. For $50, it will arrive in crumbled pieces. I'm sorry, I don't accept that this would be at least $100-150 in a crate. item in a 24"x24" box than a 50lb. And lastly, is there anywhere in Ebay's policies that tells someone they can't have the auction set one shipping price and then decide later it's another higher price? Are you a buyer looking for shipping information? I'm guessing that when the seller wrote "Buyer responsible for shipping. DD picked up a few old radios at auction recently so I was curious. Shipping rates for sellers | eBay 549652161149 391d7b0d-dfad-4f8f-9faf-ca586b98a138:175fc5aeec4 19997 Those cabinets were made of Oak or Cherry, with a thin laminate of other wood specie over it. Add in the weight of a proper crate and you've over the limit for UPS, Fedex and USPS. Use TAB key to navigate results. When you offer free delivery, you might be eligible for eBay Fast 'N Free. Ebay policy specifically prohibits a seller from charging more than is stated in the listing, whether that's jacking up the purchase price or charging more for shipping that the listing states. I am more into desk and self model radios. Having said that, if it were me, I would be disappointed but I would not expect someone else to take such a loss for me. You know that neither you or the seller is going to pay the freight charges for shipping the radio. I thought it was a large tabletop, wherein $13.20 was low but ridicuously so. Shipping charge increases. However it does tie into another thing I was wondering, say we do mutually agree on a higher shipping cost, there doesn't seem to be any way to handle this via Ebay, it would be done outside Ebay's policies and if something else happened with the transaction then there would be no coverage or resolution to it. I used the cinder blocks to judge its dimensions. Once someone’s bought your item, you can’t update the shipping charges from what was originally shown on the listing unless the buyer wants to combine shipping for multiple items paid by PayPal or asks for express delivery and is willing to pay for the service. Well, do let us know how it all turns out. His excuse was Ebay had him "listed wrong" even though he had dozens of items for sale, and it was all my fault as I was supposed to wait for an invoice. You would have had to ask the other seller about freight or arrange your own if there isnt a Greyhound terminal nearby, and you want door to door delivery. http://www.ebay.com/itm/262163780860?rmvSB=true, http://www.ebay.com/itm/252188527570?rmvSB=true. More if it's properly crated with the cabinet and chassis in separate boxes.

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