|
Bob, you had to know it couldn't be shipped for $15.45 beforehand didn't you?
If you did and were expecting to take advantage of the mistake isn't that just as bad?
The details say "Expedited Shipping (USPS Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Box®)"
Clearly this won't fit in any Flat Rate Priority box.
Granted it's the sellers responsibility to get their listing right but they may not know what shipping cost is being displayed to what zone, i.e California may be more than Ohio or vice versa.
The difference between your $42 estimate and the sellers $55 could just be the size of the package, perhaps he double boxed it and went over the size limit, it's very easy to add $13 to the cost of shipping these days just by making the package a few inches larger or a little bit heavier.
I hear people (not you) complaining about how much it cost to ship things all the time, then when their item gets smashed they complain that it wasn't packed well enough, it puts the seller in a tough spot.
I usually write and ask for better packing and offer to pay more if needed, particularly if I know it can't be shipped safely for the price displayed by eBay's POS calculator.
|