Sudden freight increase after request to direct deposit fails

[personalitee]

After contacting a seller about freight on an item, he gave me the cost to my place of residence. Happy enough with this I then asked if he had the item in a different colour than the one advertised. His reply was no, and if I gave him all the details of my name, address etc. he would get the item boxed and ready for the couriers, but added "Could you do a direct deposit if I give you my details?" He gave me a mobile number so I rang it and told him I'd much rather pay by Paypal, within eBay, for safety sake.

Consequently bought the item and asked for Tax Invoice with freight included, and got a response that he'd guestimated the freight wrong and had to charge extra because of low profit margins, and eBay and Paypal taking 10%. He gave me the option of cancelling, which I did. I feel that because I didn't take up his offer of a direct deposit, and told him I wanted to use Paypal, he's decided that he'll make the grab for the fees.

Surely this is against the rules of eBay...any opinions as to what I should do about it (if anything)?

[*new2vintage]

Yes it's against ebay's rules and policies. You can report his email/s and include a reason. You are better off because he may have sent nothing to you.

[personalitee]

Thanks deja_vu_items...I think I will report it.

Cheers

[the_hawk*]

You shouldnt have accepted his request to cancel as you can no longer leave him negative feed back for being a time waster and he will get all his fees back now.