Question about an ebay transaction

[blazinb2000 10+ year member]

Ok I sold an item on ebay about 2 weeks ago and the listing had a flat rate shipping cost of $25. I set it to this amount so that it would cover shipping to the entire country. Well a guy buys it and when I ship it, the cost to ship to his location was $15. I hadn't heard from the guy so I emailed him to see what was up and he said everything looked good except he wanted the $10 different in shipping back. The post office puts the shipping cost on the boxes so he saw how much it cost me. How should I handle this? Risk getting neg. feedback and tell the guy no? or give him the money? I haven't been in this situation before so I am looking for suggestions.

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[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

He agreed to pay the $25 for shipping when he won the auction. Doesn't matter if it only cost you a quarter. He agreed to pay, so it's his loss...

 

[Jh8909 10+ year member]

He agreed to pay the $25 for shipping when he won the auction. Doesn't matter if it only cost you a quarter. He agreed to pay, so it's his loss...

this.

 

[mossberg385t 10+ year member]

they're right its his fault, ebay will back you too

 

[blazinb2000 10+ year member]

Ok just wanted to make sure before I replied to his email.

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

Ya know, it would be cool of you to return the extra cash if you can spare it, but you're definitely not required to do so. It's not like you're the first guy to make a few bucks on ebay due to inflating shipping. Hell, I've seen people charge $6 to ship a single comic book...

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

shipping is shipping AND HANDLING and fee covering and paypal fee covering.. Tell him to go away

 

[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

tell him it cost you 10 bucks on shipping materials...

 

[blazinb2000 10+ year member]

Yea ebay really adds up on selling fees.

 

[mossberg385t 10+ year member]

i enjoy the people selling something for .99 with $50 shipping

 

[RMKrider1 10+ year member]

Just tell him it cost $15.00 for shipping but you also had to pay for packaging and packing materials and deliver to the post office. The extra $10 covers all the handling charges.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

wow the guy wants $10?????

handling/process fees

im sure you used gas and a vehicle to get to the post office

and you have to pack the item

what a douche

$10??