I found an iPhone 3GS (8gb) which had a $60 shipping fee. Pretty nuts, I thought, but assumed it was courier/insurance etc. before the auction ended, I wrote and asked about local postage/pick up (I chose that phone because of it's location; I wanted it for a friend in Darwin). I didn't hear back before the auction closed, but bid anyway.
The auction ends at $101, with me winning. I'm pleased; I reckon it's a fair and reasonable price for a 3+ year old phone, but I've got what I wanted for a mate, and we're both chuffed.
After a day and a half, the seller tells me that she inflated the postage to get more for the phone & avoid eBay fees. Sigh. Of course she did. I knew it was a possibility; I just hoped it wasn't. Naturally, I can still pick up the phone, but only if I pay the full amount - to which I reply with a link to eBay's excessive postage policy.
Now she's revised the postage costs in the original auction (same price, but identifying the costs as standard postage or $70 for express, which wasn't in the original listing) - and she's relisted the item, even though our transaction hasn't been cancelled etc.
I'm so flipping irritated. No idea what I want eBay to do (a smack is probably out of the question), but I still want some sort of action.
How did the seller change the postage details after the auction was over? How did they relist the phone when the sale is not completed or closed?
