Just to round off this thread, resolve the story:

And I have only sold some smaller items on eBay. That doesn't apply to me, so I haven't studied it in detail. Things are of course different if using the 'Global Shipping Program' available in USA. And bubble wrap ain't free.ĮBay pays nothing. It's shipping & handling and keyboards require quite some heavy handling, so a small compensation for muscle ache is justified. But there's no justification for the buyer to demand it. Unless he really wants to be nice and return it. If it's less the seller gets to keep the difference. The seller pays whatever it takes to ship the device and in the worst case it's more than Â£80. The buyer pays the final bidding amount + the shipping cost specified in the listing. DHL seem good but expensive and I got a quote last night from UPS that seemed very cheap.Īren't the key things here 'I have sold my keyboard via eBay' and 'I entered Â£80 into the shipping cost field in eBay'.Īftermath can be useful for the future, but right now there's sort of a contract between the seller and the buyer and there should be no unclarity on who pays and what.

So far, it seems that Parcel2Go only covers instruments for Â£100 damage during transit and only guarantee payouts if you use a hard case-pretty useless really. Does anybody here have any experiences doing this-positive or negative-or have any useful advice? My question is, if I have to pay UPS etc for the shipping, will eBay give me that money I entered as the shipping charge?Īlso, some of these shipping companies add restrictions and conditions on shipping keyboard instruments. I was also told by eBay that I needed to arrange the haulage with a company like Parcel2Go or DHL or UPS etc and then put the tracking number into the eBay system. I entered Â£80 into the shipping cost field in eBay. I did some quotes and determined that it would cost around Â£80. I chatted with eBay staff and determined the best way was to list shipping as International, then enter a price for the shipping. None of the postage options eBay has fit the package dimensions: I am in the UK and the buyer is in Dublin Ireland.

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