/ Register

eBay seller will not invoice me with shipping total

Discussion in 'Off Topic [BG]' started by bobicidal, Jul 11, 2013.

  1. Jul 11, 2013 #1
    bobicidal

    bobicidal

    Mar 28, 2013
    San Jose, CA
    Won a eBay auction but cannot pay because the seller chose to use actual shipping charges but is unwilling to specify and create an invoice. Only response I got from him was "please just use $10" and "sorry I am new to this". Paypal says the buyer has to specify the shipping. I have left him a message everyday for three days and no response since the first day. What are my options?
     
  2. Jul 11, 2013 #2
    bongomania

    bongomania Supporting Member Commercial User

    Oct 17, 2005
    PDX, OR
    owner, OVNIFX and OVNILabs
    If Paypal says the buyer (you) has to specify the shipping, why can't you just specify $10 like he said?
     
  3. Jul 11, 2013 #3
    bobicidal

    bobicidal

    Mar 28, 2013
    San Jose, CA
    Late night effed up sentence, sorry: PayPal says the SELLER has to specify the shipping.
     
  4. Jul 11, 2013 #4
    IPA

    IPA Supporting Member

    May 5, 2010
    Buried in the rules somewhere there's a time limit for how long you have to wait for your invoice. Unless the item is great/one of a kind/must have I would try to get out of it. Probably only the tip of the iceberg as far as problems with that seller goes.
     
  5. Jul 11, 2013 #5
    bobicidal

    bobicidal

    Mar 28, 2013
    San Jose, CA
    I am thinking of sending him a note saying if you don't send the invoice today I wish to cancel this auction. I previously wrote him it is imperative i receive the item by the 17th and now that is looking impossible. But I don't want any backlash, negative feedback, etc. I agree about the iceberg!
     
  6. Jul 11, 2013 #6
    bobicidal

    bobicidal

    Mar 28, 2013
    San Jose, CA
    Ah, just realized I should have use the option to "request total price from seller. Damn. He now has a further 2 days to respond.
     
  7. Jul 11, 2013 #7
    bobicidal

    bobicidal

    Mar 28, 2013
    San Jose, CA
    So the answer was, search like crazy for the link to the feature which asks the seller for the total. When he got that email it linked him directly to the page to enter the amount and click next, done.