Postage change in price after purchase

[2007wilmai]

Yesterday I purchased an item for 75.00 and 35.00 postage tonight after purchased seller contacted me say he would cancel say as postage was more than he envisioned said I’d need to pay 30.00 more towards postage if I still wanted item I’ve paid as I wanted it but how does this work is he allowed to cancel sale and return money paid or am I able to say I paid please send just need to know for future thanks for any help

[kopenhagen5]

It's not good form by the seller but if he is a newish seller then one can understand he might make an error.

Or you might be outside of a normal postage zone for AP.

Sometimes Aust Post have also been known to quote an incorrect price.

You can't force a seller to send the item so probably best to just accept the refund and cancellation.

[davewil1964]

OP has already paid the extra. I think; there's a significant lack of punctuation.

[kopenhagen5]

You might be right, I took it as "I paid, I want my item".

[2007wilmai]

Thanks guys yes I’ve paid the extra just wanted to know where I stand if it happens again

[marwi5023]

It's actually against eBay policy to change the shipping charges.

[2007wilmai]

Thankyou that’s what I was looking for but couldn’t find it in black and white thankyou

[imastawka]

Black and white -

Offering or requiring additional purchases

Not allowed

You can't offer or require the buyer to:

• Make an additional purchase
• Purchase additional items or quantities from a listing
• Pay an amount beyond the final price and a reasonable shipping charge
• Sign up for a service with the purchase
• Take any unrelated action (such as pay for a hotel room) as a condition for receiving the item or its benefit (such as free or discounted airfare)

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/selling-policies/selling-practices-policy/avoiding-ebay-fees-poli...

[brerrabbit585]

Note that it says a REASONABLE shipping charge. It does NOT say you can't ask what it actually costs.