My experience with Ebay so far…

I bought some books through ebay 10 days back. I paid $50 for the books plus $51 for shipping. I knew it was too much to pay $51 for shipping. But at that point the total of $101 for those books sounded less expensive compared to other similar offers available. Also this seller, having a yale.edu email id, made me think this person would be legitimate and that I would be reimbursed the shipping cost if it were less. I also checked the person’s name at yale website to make sure this was a legitimate person. Today I collected the parcel at my post office and found that shipping had cost around $10. I have written an email to the seller asking if he would refund the extra shipping cost. Let’s see how it goes.