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You quoted me so I assume you're asking whether I believe Entrupy works with artificial intelligence. If that question is being asked of me, i'll answer that I do believe Entrupy works that way and I don't feel that it's dependable enough to trust as the final authority. It's possible that computers can be used as one of the tools to help with authentications but without human eyes and expertise, I can't say I'd be comfortable.
I tried to find it too but had difficulty too.
Here's the page: https://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-non-ebay-sale.html
Found this among the other gobbledegook but when I click on the "report it" link, there's no reporting form:
If you receive an offer to buy or sell outside eBay, please report it.
I am wondering how to phrase it to ask a seller if she can send me a PayPal invoice so that I can use two credit cards if I purchase her item on eBay. When I try to ask it keeps getting flagged as trying to take the sale off eBay. I want to purchase on eBay but was told on this forum to ask for a PayPal invoice in order to pay with two cards. Any ideas?
Don't mention paypal or credit cards in your message. Just ask her to send you an invoice.
Don't even try to do it. Ebay is flagging accounts, naru'ing both buyers AND sellers, often one of whom isn't even trying to beat the system and it's not worth it.
If you can't use 2 credit cards by buying and paying through ebay/paypal in one transaction, don't buy from ebay. Buy from a site or store that allows you to split payments.
I actually called ebay and they gave me a great solution. I purchased $1,000 in ebay gift certificates ($200 increments are the largest available) using one card, then applied those gift certificates to the purchase at checkout and paid the rest with the second card. I’m posting this in case anyone else may find this useful.
Do you get the same buyer protection by paying that way? I'm thinking your paypal protection may only cover the amount you spent on the second card, since that is the only part of transaction that is associated with the purchase.
Hopefully the eBay protection will be sufficient in case there is a problem. I will have it authenticated immediately since it was an expensive purchase, so I will be able to file a claim with eBay before 30 days if it is SNAD.
What is it wil buyers recently? Just had a second one message me AFTER purchase and ask that I please refund any shipping charges that go over my cost. Buyers agree to the total price including shipping WHEN they purchase. Btw....it costs more to ship than I charge. Just paid $7.03 to ship Priority and that is WITH my discount. I charged $6.95 in the listing. If you take into account that I pay fees to ebay on my shipping I do NOT come out ahead. Ok. Vent over.
I just had the opposite problem with shipping cost issues!
I’m not sure how to respond to this.
I just purchased an almost $10K item and the seller just sent me a message asking me to pay extra in shipping. I noticed that the listed shipping was way lower than the actual cost would be, but thought that the seller planned to absorb that cost due to the high selling price.
Everyone with any selling history (or who can use the shipping estimate tools) knows that to ship a large item with high insurance will cost over $100.
This is the message I just got:
“I have more bags to list, but eBay will not permit me to list them yet until I get a certain number of positive feedbacks. So a positive feedback would be much appreciated if you have time. I will go in and leave you one right now. Many thanks again for the business.
“On a less happy note, I have to let you know the shipping cost was more than the estimated $25. Because I wanted to be so careful in making sure the bag arrives completely intact, I have wrapped it in extra protective material and ended up with a larger box. Because of the size of the box, USPS had to charge me an extra $30.10 (see attached PO receipt) for the package to be sent Priority 2-Day and get to you on Monday 12. I would appreciate it if you could reimburse me the $30.10 on PayPal. If there is the next time for you to purchase from me, I will be sure to include the size of the box in the estimate. Thk you again.”
How would you respond?
First of all, she obviously didn’t send it with any insurance. That is a big red flag.
I don’t care about an extra $30.10, but the principle does bother me. However, it’s not worth upsetting her over $30, so if I decline to pay it I would want to phrase it in a nice way.
As I write this, it occurs to me that since she sent it without any insurance I should at least wait until receiving the bag and having it authenticated before sending any additional money to her.
I’m not sure how to respond to this.
I just purchased an almost $10K item and the seller just sent me a message asking me to pay extra in shipping. I noticed that the listed shipping was way lower than the actual cost would be, but thought that the seller planned to absorb that cost due to the high selling price.
Everyone with any selling history (or who can use the shipping estimate tools) knows that to ship a large item with high insurance will cost over $100.
This is the message I just got:
“I have more bags to list, but eBay will not permit me to list them yet until I get a certain number of positive feedbacks. So a positive feedback would be much appreciated if you have time. I will go in and leave you one right now. Many thanks again for the business.
“On a less happy note, I have to let you know the shipping cost was more than the estimated $25. Because I wanted to be so careful in making sure the bag arrives completely intact, I have wrapped it in extra protective material and ended up with a larger box. Because of the size of the box, USPS had to charge me an extra $30.10 (see attached PO receipt) for the package to be sent Priority 2-Day and get to you on Monday 12. I would appreciate it if you could reimburse me the $30.10 on PayPal. If there is the next time for you to purchase from me, I will be sure to include the size of the box in the estimate. Thk you again.”
How would you respond?
First of all, she obviously didn’t send it with any insurance. That is a big red flag.
I don’t care about an extra $30.10, but the principle does bother me. However, it’s not worth upsetting her over $30, so if I decline to pay it I would want to phrase it in a nice way.
As I write this, it occurs to me that since she sent it without any insurance I should at least wait until receiving the bag and having it authenticated before sending any additional money to her.
You shouldn't reimburse her, it's up to the seller to estimate shipping costs. If they fail to then it's up to them to make up the difference. Also do get the bag authenticated because if she's trying to list many designer bags at once without positive feedback to be allowed to do so, it can be another red flag. Good luck!
I don't gouge on shipping but I don't do "free" shipping since I can't get that back on a return. Even though I don't have a return policy, I don't refuse return requests. And ebay allows a refund of purchase price only.
I just blocked a buyer who came back after 2 counteroffers on a b.o. listing to say that she'd pay my last counter-price if the shipping wasn't so high since many sellers have free shipping. But she doesn't mention the fact that with their "free" shipping, she'd be paying 2-3 times my total price (including the shipping).
I just blocked because I figure she'll come back later looking for a partial to make up for the shipping cost.