4 foot Mario Statue (great buy it now price!)

[Gamereviewgod]

The seller selects the option and offers his method(s) of shipment. They also have the ability to tack on a handling fee.

[Teo]

I feel that he should eat his mistake, just as any of us do when we make them.

Any input would be appreciated.

What to do what to do. Therer there should he eat a mistake?

It depends, depends on how long you thought that 18 would be enough once you saw that... Depends on if after seeing it and then questioning it you got the urge to ask about it but declined because you thought it would end up being a lot more... Finally it depends on if he intentionally made it misleading actually and thought it would drive the bids.

Enough input yet?

[Darth Sensei]

He finally responded this morning after I prompted him yesterday.

OK I can ship out from my co. by fed ex ground (2 to 3 days) for 76.59 thats the best way I have found. which would leave a balance owing on shipping of 58.23. If you can find away cheaper with the specs I have given in the auction will ship that way. I have him already boxed up and packaged real good awaiting answer. Thank You.

I am going to offer half of that to be paid upon successful delivery of the statue. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

[Gamereviewgod]

Thanks for the update Cue. I was waiting for an update.

[Buyatari]

You can stand by your position that he messed up and he should pay but if you do he won't go through with the transaction. You will both get negs and he will just relist Mario. I doubt the guy will even pay half of the screw up. If its worth it to you to pay the full price plus shipping then just do it. Not because he is right but because its the only way you will get Mario.

Adam

[TRM]

Since he lists the specs and the weight, I think he accidently kept the shipping calculator option there, from when listing another auction. Pay the extra shipping, we all know that it would cost more than $18 to ship. As someone else had mentioned, if it was you on the seller end you would not like it. Its a moral/ethic thing, and I think we all know what is morally right.

[sirhansirhan]

Since he lists the specs and the weight, I think he accidently kept the shipping calculator option there, from when listing another auction. Pay the extra shipping, we all know that it would cost more than $18 to ship. As someone else had mentioned, if it was you on the seller end you would not like it. Its a moral/ethic thing, and I think we all know what is morally right.

It's morally right for the buyer to take the hit when the seller makes a mistake? Your logic is faulty. If I was the seller and screwed up on the listed shipping fees, I'd be upset at the loss, but I'd know it was my own dumb fault.

[jajaja]

If I was the seller and screwed up on the listed shipping fees, I'd be upset at the loss, but I'd know it was my own dumb fault.

What if you sold a thing that cost $500 to send and you accidentaly wrote $50? :P Would you cover the $450 just because you made a typo?

[Buyatari]

It has nothing to do with right and wrong. Its all about results. If he wants it he will have top pay the price. If he doesn't want it at the new price the seller I'm sure will let it slide without a neg war.

Adam

[doubledownon11]

"Technically" the seller put the shipping calculator in "his" auction so he should cover the difference. I won a lot of 10 ColecoVisions with over 20 controllers and 7 power supplies. The shipping calculator on the auction quoted me a shipping price of like $23.00. I know that when I ship 1 ColecoVision complete, it costs between 10-15 dollars so I knew that it would be way more than that, but I bid with the idea that if the seller came back and said that shipping would be like $75.00 bucks I was going to stick him with the difference or leave negative feedback if he didn't complete the transaction. I paid instantlly after the auction ended with the shipping price that Ebay had quoted me and I received the items 4-5 days later with no word from the seller as to a shipping cost error.
Sure some of you want to say that oh maybe the seller made a mistake, but if you find an auction for something extremely rare that is hidden in a lot of other miscellaneous stuff or mispelled, do you inform the seller of his error and let him know that he should sell it seperatly or spell it correctly to get more money. No, of course not, you impatiently wait out the auction time hoping no one else will see it and "steal" the item for a sweet deal, with the idea of turning it around for a nice profit or tucking it away into you collection. Let's face it we all want to be moral and do the right thing, but we don't always do it, do we?

[jonjandran]

Sure some of you want to say that oh maybe the seller made a mistake, but if you find an auction for something extremely rare that is hidden in a lot of other miscellaneous stuff or mispelled, do you inform the seller of his error and let him know that he should sell it seperatly or spell it correctly to get more money. No, of course not, you impatiently wait out the auction time hoping no one else will see it and "steal" the item for a sweet deal, with the idea of turning it around for a nice profit or tucking it away into you collection. Let's face it we all want to be moral and do the right thing, but we don't always do it, do we?

This is the most B.S. I have heard in a long time.

I'm not even going to go into a rebuttal , because ANYONE reading this with half a brain will see it for the stupidity that it is. x_x

[Darth Sensei]

I got a positive response from the seller today:

Don't worry about it. Asked around it was my fault I should have mentioned oversize package but never dealt with anything like this before.Sorry about it all. will be shipping out Monday by DHL shipping.Friend of mine told me to use them. It's only costing me 52.00 to ship and thats with them picking up at my house and insurance. Beats UPS of 116.00 or FED EX 76.59. Again sorry about all this.

I responded that I was happy about his decision and that I would leave positive feedback as soon as I received it.

[SoulBlazer]

Okay, so how much of that $52 in shipping are YOU paying for? Anywhere up to half I'd say is fair.