- Joined
- Dec 14, 2004
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
I recently sold an item on eBay for ~$400. The customer is in Canada and we worked out a shipping arrangement beforehand.
So I ship the package to him via UPS. Now I have a notice on my eBay account where the guy had to pay $82 in "brokerage fees" to accept the package. He's ****ed off at me and I'm sure to get negative feedback for it...but I had no clue.
So...what's the brokerage fee stuff? Why is a guy getting charged $82 for me to ship a package to him? Does UPS always do this? He claims he told me to send it USPS but I have a message from him that says UPS and one that says USPS. I just went with whatever what cheapest (UPS) and now I am the bad guy apparently. What can I do to get this $82 from UPS to keep this guy happy?
Argh...
EDIT: I should've said that I declared the value of the item as the amount he paid for it (what he won the auction for). I'm guessing that is what they based the $82 off of.
So I ship the package to him via UPS. Now I have a notice on my eBay account where the guy had to pay $82 in "brokerage fees" to accept the package. He's ****ed off at me and I'm sure to get negative feedback for it...but I had no clue.
So...what's the brokerage fee stuff? Why is a guy getting charged $82 for me to ship a package to him? Does UPS always do this? He claims he told me to send it USPS but I have a message from him that says UPS and one that says USPS. I just went with whatever what cheapest (UPS) and now I am the bad guy apparently. What can I do to get this $82 from UPS to keep this guy happy?
Argh...
EDIT: I should've said that I declared the value of the item as the amount he paid for it (what he won the auction for). I'm guessing that is what they based the $82 off of.