Hardbopjazz Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 I place a bit on an item and I am the high bidder still with 1 day to go. The seller went and changed the shipping charges after I had placed my bid. It was $4.50 to mail one record. Now he has it at $10. Is this allowed on ebay? I should have the option then to reject my bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Anyone charging $10 to ship a record is out of his mind. I'd check around about "retracting bids" to see what your rights are, but if he changes the rules like that after the fact, there's no way you should be forced to honor your bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 (edited) Anyone charging $10 to ship a record is out of his mind. I'd check around about "retracting bids" to see what your rights are, but if he changes the rules like that after the fact, there's no way you should be forced to honor your bid. I thought everything's "frozen" once a bid has been placed, but apparently some things can be changed according to eBay rules: If your item has already received a bid/purchase or ends within 12 hours, you can only: Add to the item description (Exception: If your listing already has a bid/purchase AND ends within 12 hours, you can't add to your description or add a second category) Add optional seller features to increase your item's visibility. I don't think it's OK to raise shipping rates like this seller apparently did, so I'd report it to eBay if I were you - for what it's worth... Edited March 29, 2004 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Yeah, you aren't obligated to keep to your bid - if the terms have changed like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted March 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 (edited) I did receive a bid that the seller had made a change to the item. This was how I found out. Edited March 29, 2004 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulu se mama Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 i'd let that the seller know that you plan to retract your bid unless you get "grandfathered" into the old shipping charge. if the seller does not agree go ahead and retract your bid. there are no negative ramifications to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 (edited) Yes, I don't see how they could do this, unless the record was going for so much, that insurance is now more expensive...would have to be A LOT to warrent that increase.... Ebay has become a real ass about getting to pages, or linking to them...lets see if this one for retracting your bid works... yeah..forgot you have to sign in to do that...so, in case you didn't know where it was, scroll down to bottom of left hand corner of page... http://pages.ebay.com/services/index.html?...ame=h:h:serv:US Edited March 30, 2004 by BERIGAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Hardbopjazz, contact the seller and ask him if he will cancel your bid, unless he's willing to stick with the old shipping charge. If he refuses, then go ahead and retract your bid. If you have to go that route, contact eBay as well and tell them what the seller has done. This is wrong, and you shouldn't let them get away with it. However, as I say, I would see if they will cancel your bid first, so it doesn't show up as a bid retraction for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted March 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 (edited) I got out of the deal. In the listing the shipping charges were in the description section and not the shipping area. I contacted eBay via email and they replied once a bid is made the price and shipping can’t be changed. But you can change the description part. I emailed the seller and asked him what the deal was about changing the shipping cost. He let me out with no problems. Edited March 30, 2004 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 This was the correct approach. As a general rule of contract law, when someone makes an offer and you accept it (e.g. his posting and your bid), the terms should be frozen and a seller can only change the material terms (such as shipping) only with the buyer's permission. Otherwise, there never was a deal to which they agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.