This has happened to me once, where the guy wanted to ship everything seperately after he told me he would combine it "AFTER" I emailed him and asked if he would combine it. Of course thank the gods, I had saved his e-mail quoting him telling me he would. So he cussed me out in an email and sent me the package.Well, I was very surprised to see the package! I opened it up and there were the modules all CUT UP! But the funny thing was--I was so surprised to see the package because I NEVER SENT THE PAYPAL! I double checked it and  I never sent the payment. So I figure the guy is just a total nutcase right? I guess he got so mad he just couldnt think straight--serves him right.
         My vote has to go with the majority--finish your checklist first:ie--chk feedback/chk payment options/ chk where pkg is coming from-as overseas have different laws concerning this kinda thing, I believe you have to deal with THE SELLERS "LAWS" not the United States laws as far as getting ripped off and all that. And if the seller decides he is going to rip you off on shipping, ask him to combine shipping or you will not buy(In a nice and polite way,e-mail has a way of being read "wrong/offensively".

best tell us who the culprit is so we can avoid him as well.

Thanks

You're an idiot if you pay him the shipping. Honestly, I'd tell him to shove the auctions up his ass.

Whoops, never mind — I see you included the item numbers above.

Man, is this guy an idiot; why don't some sellers realize that this sort of thing will cost them future business?

Just taking the Rods auction as an example, it's interesting to note that $10 will send TWENTY-SEVEN POUNDS worth of goods via media mail. For $7.70, he could use the new Priority Mail flat-rate box and everyone would be happy. Of course, I realize he is a shipping privateer and making people happy doesn't matter to him, but still ...

On the other hand, he did clearly list the shipping cost in the auction. I loathe defending idiots, but that should have been a huge red flag to any potential bidders.

Deanna Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi,

The shipping fees help to cover our cost on the ebay items.  Everything you've purchased is brand new.    I'm sorry if you feel this is unfair, but  you have saved almost $100.00 from retail prices even with shipping cost.  We did state the fees and we did give a $2.00 discount for each item won.

Thank you,
gamecastle22

Deanna,

Thanks for responding. Please send me one invoice for the grand total I now owe for all of the auctions that I won from your listings. Please DO NOT refund two dollars per item. I want to be billed for the total of all of the items and all of the shipping costs as well, including the e-bay mark up. No need to give me any breaks.

But, in return for my money, I want something too. I want your word that the items will be SAFELY packed and SAFELY shipped in a TIMELY manner by PARCEL POST, not by Media Mail... I just want the items to arrive at my shipping address safely. That is all I want.

If all of that happens, then we can part friends and move on.

Thanks aneoth

invincibleoverlord wrote: Man Anoeth; you've had some bad luck lately. Banned from auctions, crushed boxes, and now being way overcharged for shipping. Are you kidding me talk about the pitfalls of collecting ; you might take Frank's place as the Acaeum's bad boy . What I love about you is you're not afraid to speak out when you feel you've been wronged, most people including myself say #$@# it and just move on to the next.

I mind not at all being labeled the "Acaeum Bad Boy".

"….you're not afraid to speak out when you feel you've been wronged …."
You are quite right.

One of the few things that will get me riled to the point of anger is when someone is trying to rip me off. I will simply NOT allow it... for any reason.   I don't give a hoot who they are, or who they know... A rip off is a rip off.... and I will not stand by being shy nor will I ever be too embarrassed  to say something while someone takes my families hard earned money by screwing with me, or my family.

If I get booted off of E-Bay because I have stood up for my right NOT to get screwed, then I do not need E-Bay….and to tell the truth I never really did anyway. I have only been on E-Bay for two years and was just as happy not knowing it was even there.   And I had more spending money then too.....

If I am eventually booted for receiving too many negative feedbacks, for not taking any crap from a-holes like the one above, then I will simply find another source for my collecting habits. Or find another hobby altogether. Or, perhaps I could start improving myself through taking college courses and collecting hours instead of collecting D&D books, D&D modules, and boxes of D&D stuff, and fancy paper cards with stats and pictures of millionaire football players on them....

Well I for one am not on aneoth's side. The guy is a liar. I would never ever do any sending or business with him again.

maxwell wrote:Well I for one am not on aneoth's side. The guy is a liar. I would never ever do any sending or business with him again.

Who rang your bell....?  

We (Me, you and the members of this forum) have already been through all of that, and far more than we wanted several weeks ago. Please move one with your life. Why make these accusations and bear false witness now? After all this time?

YOU sent me damaged goods, and now it is painfully obvious that you cannot seem to let it go, and with the statements in your post above, it now also seems likely that you did all of that on purpose as some sort of pay-back for my having won that red box set for the single penny that you started the auction with. Had you ever not noted or cared to ask how much my high bid was for that box set? Was it my doing that no one else bid and it so that I won it for a penny?! Of course not!! Next time perhaps you could BEGIN the auction with your bottom line price, instead of trying to be cute with a one penny starting price.

I have spent large amounts of money on your auctions and if you had not done what you did, then you would have gotten many more USD's from me as well.

I have won lots of other items from those auctions and not a single one of them came to me damaged until that red box set did. That is why I E-Mailed you asking WHY?!?!

All this crap speaks volumes about your own integrity not mine. Calling someone a liar is heavy stuff. But, where and what are the lies? Do you deny sending the unprotected red box set in the large padded envelope loose, with no additional packing, or other means to protect the box and the other contents of the envelope? Do you deny charging me the shipping costs for sending the items in a much safer way??  Does it matter one iota that the box only cost me a penny? HELL NO it does not!!! Especially since there were other far more expensive items sent at the same time, also bounced around in the large envelope unprotected.

Where are my lies? What did I say that was not true?

If anyone here doubts my claims from that situation, then let them ask me. I still have the envelope right behind me with your mailing label attached with YOUR name on it as the sender. And I can take pictures of it if need be, I can even post the pictures right here on this forum for all to see and make their own opinions about which of us is more believable.

Now stop typing silly stuff on your computer keyboard and move on with your pathetic life. Not a single person here believes your accusations and false claims, and if they do then I care not for dealing with them anyway. The fact that you refunded my money also speaks volumes to deny your "The guy is a liar." statement and the fact that after so much time elapsed from that nasty little episode until your post above is not good for your own cause either.

Get on with your life and leave me the hell alone…. This is NOT YOUR personal forum from which you can make false accusations and attempted character assassinations, and it is NOT your web site. If Scott or the Acaeum members wants me gone, then all he or they need do is tell me as much and I would disappear like so much dust in the wind. Until then however, I shall remain a member of this forum for as long as I choose to.