Are all Ebay Shoppers Stupid??

Ronnie73 · #1 03-22-2018, 02:47 AM

With so many changes over the years with Ebay, many buyers don't realize that when they want to buy more than one item from the same seller but when you click Buy It Now on the first item, it sends you straight to Paypal. To avoid this, don't click Buy It Now but click Add To Cart. Do the same with the other items from the same seller. Once done, go to your shopping cart and request total from seller. At this point, you commit to purchasing the items and they get locked in as you being the buyer. Now just wait for an invoice from the seller with combined shipping and everyone is happy. Problem is, when Ebay made the payment due immediately change, they never explained in detail how to avoid that and request an invoice from the seller.

toledo_mudhen · #2 03-22-2018, 04:17 AM

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Buythatcard · #3 03-22-2018, 07:07 AM

It's just part of doing business on eBay. As a seller, I go thru this everyday. Once a buyer pays for his cards separately, it requires several steps to combine multiple orders into one.

If this happens, package up all the cards in 1 package and create the shipping label based on that weight. Once the shipping label is created, a tracking # will be created for one of the orders. Take that tracking # and go into your eBay orders, and update the tracking # of the other items in that order. There is a video on YouTube out there explaining this whole process. It's a pain in the neck but it takes care of the issue.

I politely remind repeat offenders and hope they do it right the next time.

Pat R · #4 03-22-2018, 07:43 AM

I haven't sold anything on ebay in over ten years and I've only
sold two items since I've had an account so I don't really know
anything about the selling end but combined shipping can be
confusing for the buyers.

I always like to pay for anything I purchase immediately but in the
past when I've purchased multiple items from a seller and they say
they combine shipping I've sent a request total message (for the ones
that don't say wait for an invoice) and not heard back from them for days
and on more than one occasion I've just said the heck with it and paid
the extra shipping. The last time I did that when I went to pay it
automatically combined the shipping but you don't know that until
you go to pay.

I've had that come up one or two times since and it did combine
shipping automatically so I thought it was done through ebay.

So it's not always stupid buyers it can be the way ebay or the seller
has their account set up that's confusing.

vintagetoppsguy · #5 03-22-2018, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

To avoid this, don't click Buy It Now but click Add To Cart. Do the same with the other items from the same seller. Once done, go to your shopping cart and request total from seller. At this point, you commit to purchasing the items and they get locked in as you being the buyer. Now just wait for an invoice from the seller with combined shipping and everyone is happy.

In my situation above, that's exactly how I did it. That's how I always do it when I'm looking at multiple items from the same seller. So, I decided on the two cards above, went to my cart to checkout, clicked the "Pay only this seller" option (I had other items in my cart from other sellers) and that's when it tried to charge me twice for shipping - it didn't apply the shipping discount. So, I backed up, and clicked the "Request total from seller" option knowing I would commit to the purchase and just wait for the invoice. Instead, I got an immediate message from eBay saying the seller doesn't combine shipping. Sure, at that point I could have messaged the seller and waited for them to correct it on their end, but I would have risked losing the cards to another buyer.

So, what you described is the way it's supposed to work, but my guess is that the seller didn't have their shipping discounts set up properly.

Rrrlyons · #6 03-22-2018, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

In my situation above, that's exactly how I did it. That's how I always do it when I'm looking at multiple items from the same seller. So, I decided on the two cards above, went to my cart to checkout, clicked the "Pay only this seller" option (I had other items in my cart from other sellers) and that's when it tried to charge me twice for shipping - it didn't apply the shipping discount. So, I backed up, and clicked the "Request total from seller" option knowing I would commit to the purchase and just wait for the invoice. Instead, I got an immediate message from eBay saying the seller doesn't combine shipping. Sure, at that point I could have messaged the seller and waited for them to correct it on their end, but I would have risked losing the cards to another buyer.

So, what you described is the way it's supposed to work, but my guess is that the seller didn't have their shipping discounts set up properly.

Exact thing happened to me last week so I just paid the double shipping and emailed the seller and she refunded me the money. Rick

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