Fraud through completely overpriced shipping costs | Members help members

zeigel · 2025-09-18T20:35:26.638000Z

I bought several rare books from an eBay seller in Brazil. Since I absolutely needed these books, I agreed to a horrendously expensive shipping rate and paid $356 total for a package with four books. The seller claims that book parcels from Brazil are that expensive. But these aren’t even particularly large or heavy books, and when the package arrived today, I could see from the papers enclosed with it that the shipping actually only cost $64. On top of that, the books arrived in a single package, even though I paid postage for two separate packages. The seller is lying and still claims that the package cost $356. For some reason, I don’t feel like letting him get away with it. If I use the automated eBay help, all I get is the recommendation to return the items. But that would just cost me more money and I’d lose the books again. So that’s not really any help. What can I do?

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