Shipping Ethics

[CorCentral]

On ebay, if you purchase something with "specific" shipping such as Media Mail and ask them to upgrade it to Priority and they agree and they turn around and ship the item Media Mail anyway, are you entitled to the difference?

Example:
Payed for Priority $7.00
They shipped Media Mail for $3.00

Should you get the diff of $4.00 back even though the item arrived on time?

 

[fbrdphreak]

Should, yes.

Will it happen, probly not. GL

 

[jadinolf]

Don't look for ethics on the modern eBay. That's a thing of the past, it seems.

If you want to see ethics look up jadinolf(54).

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
Don't look for ethics on the modern eBay. That's a thing of the past, it seems.

If you want to see ethics look up jadinolf(54).

Or shilala.

Yes, you deserve the $4.00 back.
It may have been a simple oversight. Write a short and pleasant email to the seller.
I can't imagine why they'd not give back the 4 bucks.
Attach the correspondence where you asked and paid for the upgraded shipping and send along a pic of the box that shows they used the wrong shipping method.

 

[Baked]

People who try to save a few bucks by shipping media mail are jerk offs. I ship everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, priority mail w/ DC.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: jadinolf
Don't look for ethics on the modern eBay. That's a thing of the past, it seems.

If you want to see ethics look up jadinolf(54).

Or shilala.

Yes, you deserve the $4.00 back.
It may have been a simple oversight. Write a short and pleasant email to the seller.
I can't imagine why they'd not give back the 4 bucks.
Attach the correspondence where you asked and paid for the upgraded shipping and send along a pic of the box that shows they used the wrong shipping method.

:thumbsup:

 

[BigJ]

Techincally, if you wanted to be unethical, you could say you never received the item, and would win the dispute because he did not follow the terms that would protect him as a buyer.*

*The above statement is something that is not only illegal, but completely unethical, and something only a true scumbag would do.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Techincally, if you wanted to be unethical, you could say you never received the item, and would win the dispute because he did not follow the terms that would protect him as a buyer.*

*The above statement is something that is not only illegal, but completely unethical, and something only a true scumbag would do.

That's why whatever I shipped was insured and required a signature. I never had a dispute.

 

[mugs]

You should get the $4 back since you paid the $4 for a specific service that you did not receive.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: mugs
You should get the $4 back since you paid the $4 for a specific service that you did not receive.

Agreed but it won't happen.