[Jewelry making - Article 01447] - Re: [Orchid] Beware when buying on eBay

[dean bessey]

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    A less obvious (But can be more extreme if you buy a lot of cheap
    lots) is when buyers have postage of say $8 plus $1.50 per extra lot
    purchased". Gemstone dealers can of course ship one lot or 100 at
    that same $8 cost. The extra lots dont add extra postage costs. 

    You can easily see dealers going through extremes saying "If you
    dont like my postage charges dont bid" which means that you dont have
    any right to complain if you buy something. 

    However, ebay does have a rule called "fee avoidance" which
    specifically talks about excessive postage charges. However, ebay
    does not enforce this rule which in practise de facto means that ebay
    does do not have a rule against postage gougings. 

    You can easily find bidders, particularly in asia (Especially the
    guys selling synthetic stones as genuine but sellers selling genuine
    stones to) adding $2 extra per lot purchased. 

    My opinion is that you should consider the integrity of anybody
    doing this. If somebody will pull one scam you have to think they
    wouldent think twice about pulling a second oen at the same time. 

    These sellers pulling this scam clearly state their postage rules in
    their auctions so in a way its not really fair to complain when the
    seller asks you to pay the postage that is stated in the auction
    description.Usually the hi postage costs shouldent be a surprise if
    you read the lot description. On another note somebody said that it
    was against ebay rules to post ebay user id's here on this list? How
    does ebay influence this list to the point that members must abide by
    that rule? 

    It is true that you have to be careful on ebay. But it is probably
    your cheapest potential source of material also so I wouldent
    overlook ebay. 

Sincerely
DEAN
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