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Posted By: warshawlaw

I have just had a very unpleasant encounter with a Canadian buyer of two-dollar cards who threw a hissy fit over my postage charge and everything else he could think of once I agreed to his postal terms. The guy won an 11 card lot to be shipped out of the country. I quoted him the USPS Global Priority rate with no $$ for my materials, time, etc., since I had quoted the USPS priority mail rate for the domestic shipping. He had an absolute fit, accusing me of trying to rip him off, how can it be that much to throw some cards into an envelope, etc. Then the guy tells me that he has a US POB so I can ship there for the $3.85 priority flat fee. I agree, thinking that's it. Then he starts bitching about my refusing paypal, which was in the listing as not being accepted (like I'm gonna accept paypal from a foreign buyer who gets his panties in a wad and calls me a rip off even after I agree to his terms). Then he starts telling me about how I will have to wait two weeks for his check to clear, making it clear that because I am such a jerk for not accepting paypal, I can wait for my money. The guy was so rude that I finally said the hell with it and cancelled the transaction. This horse's ass was so belligerent out of the box that I have to post some of his emails (redacted to conceal identities); maybe you can get a kick out of them:

I just see you want to charge me $8 to mail this to canada. These are 11 cards which can be simply stuffed into a regular letter and mailed to me. You should be able to mail these to Canada for $4 U.S. I don't need them sent in a gold box. I also have a U.S. address where you can mail them to me for the $3.85 fee. I don't want to be ripped off on postage. If you want to give me a hassle about this just send the cards to the 2nd place bidder. I really don't like people who try to overcharge on postage. If it indeed costs $8 to send these 11 light cards to Canada by REGULAR MAIL then you can send them to my U.S. address. Look at my feedbacks. Send me your paypal account name and I'll pay you immediately. Otherwise, give me the CORRECT postage to Canada and YOUR name/Mailing address and I'll mail payment to you in the U.S. or get you to mail it to my U.S. address Thanks.

HI. I e-mailed you about this so I'm going to have to go over this
again.
1) Can I pay in paypal. Otherwise I want to send U.S. cash or a U.S.
personal cheque. I don't want the hassle of getting a money order and
paypal makes things a lot quicker/safer. If you're going to force me to get a money order you'll have to wait as I'm tied up with a local election for the government this week.

2) More importantly: I want you to give me the CORRECT postage to
canada. I am going to the U.S. tomorrow to pick up some items and,
time permitting, I will go to the post office and confirm the cost of mailing a simple envelop with 11 light weight cards in them to Canada. I know full well it doesn't cost $8 U.S. to mail this to Canada by regular mail. The most it should cost would be around $4.

3) If you're going to try to rip me off on postage I would ask you to
send these to my U.S. address which is in Washington. Get back to me on these questions and hopefully we can work this out.

I really get very mad when people try to "pad" mailing costs.

If it's too much hassle for you to give me the correct postage to
Canada and if you won't send this to my U.S. address then I'm afrair this transaction will not go through.

I want the cards and will pay you, but not if you're going to charge me double what the actual mailing cost is to Canada.

Look at my feedbacks. I'm one of the top buyers out there.

If this all is too much of a hassle , then sell the cards to the 2nd place bidder. I can live without them.

I won the bid fair and square and only ask that you charge me the fair postage rate - to either Canada or the U.S.


If you're a lawyer you should be smart enough to know that this doesn't cost $8 to mail.

I don't care what any ebay calculator says. There is NO WAY something like this costs $8 to mail through a simple letter to Canada - unless you're sending it registered .

Tomorrow when I get back from the U.S. I'll have the exact mailing costs so whoever told you to use this ebay calculator was WRONG in their thinking.
Something's wrong here and I think whoever does your ebay work is 100% incorrect when mailing a simple letter to Canada. When I'm in the U.S. tomorrow I'll be taking 11 cards with me and an envelop to find out what the true cost is - not the $8 figure that someone at ebay is giving you.

To be trurthful, I probably shouldn't even be buying this as I know you've been given wrong information on the postage and a lawyer I feel you should doublecheck on this. Maybe have your secretary go to the post office with a simple envelop and ask what it costs to mail to Canada. The reason I'm so hung up on this is that I know full well the $8 figure is 100% wrong.

By the way, the cheque I send you will be in U.S. funds, as you requested, but since it is drawn on a Canadian bank in u.S. funds it probably will take 2 weeks to clear. So you'll have to be patient. All this hassle for a $22 item which could have been done instantaneously if you had paypal and if you had charged the proper regular envelop mailing to Canada, the figure you gave me which makes no sense - especially since I had gotten an action figure sent to me here for $8 and a simple envelop to Canada just doesn't cost that - unless it's gold plated