WHY IS THE MONEY TAKEN FROM MY BANK HIGHER THAN THE PRICE I AGREED TO PAY FOR AN ITEM

[oldjal]

Hi all - When i buy an item on ebay I always take a copy and paste of text & a screen snap for my record of Total price & Item price including any P&P the item sales number and the order number - So that i can compare my bank statment to the ebay items i buy -  By clicking PAY NOW is entering into a contract meaning I have agreed to pay THE SET PRICE IN THIS CONTRACT made by Ebay and the Seller. So why is the cash taken from my bank HIGHER than the ebay PAY NOW contract price I agreed to pay ? if i go to a shop and buy an item priced up for £2.64 - But at the checkout till Im told the item is £2.99.- By English purchse Law the shop has to sell at the marked Price, any extra cash taken from my bank is THEFT.

[red_magpie]

EBay doesn't add anything to the purchase price. In any case, eBay doesn't receive the money for the purchase - you pay the seller, normally through Paypal.

As you bought this item direct from China, the extra cost could have been a foreign currency conversion charge by Paypal. If the payment has to be converted from UK pounds to the seller's currency, there is a charge for this.

The same may apply if you paid by credit or debit card.

With so little information it's hard to give you exact advice.

Log in to your PayPal account, and check the transaction record - this should show you any additional charges incurred.

[oldjal]

Hi Red _magpie - None of what you think is correct The seller has already admitted that he raised the price after the agreed purchase price was set. in fact he raised THE PRICE 3 times in as many days Also the order number for the price hike is not my order number I recorded, I have a picture screen grab of time date and order number at time of purchase. I also have a second screen grab taken on the 14th Feb showing the correct order number and Item priced at £2.64 - Now the order numbers do not match - Now what ebay is showing in my purchase history are not my order number or the price I agreed to pay. So my purchase history for this item is wrong.

[captain*obvious]

Try viewing the item again, but this time, at the top of the page, where it says ''the seller has updated this listing, but you can view the item you purchased here'' click the link.

PS There is no law in England or anywhere else that says a shop has to sell an item for the price on the shelf - that's an internet myth spread by people with a good understanding of how the law would work in an ideal world but sadly lacking in actual knowledge of the law. Do some research. Your eBay price can't change, all that can change is the price you're shown on your watch list and the item number. That happens, but visiting the item page itself will always show you the item you actually purchased if you click the link at the top of the new item page.

[oldjal]

First - How do you know I bought the item from china ? - The only way you can know this is that you work for ebay and have looked at at my purchase history - So you are not a community member but an employee of ebay ? This is the law of English Constitution Sells act 1864 - NOT A MYTH - What page are you referring to ? As there is No - the seller has updated this listing - to be found ? Also you forgot to add the link to your "click the link" ? and again my order number starts with 01 not 19.

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@oldjal ‎

Actually it is very easy for ANYONE to see the item in question & the seller from whom you purchased simply by looking at the feedback left for sellers where you mentioned the price being wrong !!

Nobody here works for eBay......we are all simply members like you

As pointed out you purchased from a Chinese seller not eBay.....eBay sell nothing....if you buy from a Chinese registered company you are not covered by the sale of goods act

As @captain*obvious also correctly pointed out even a shop doers not have to sell an item at the marked price where it was an error......they can simply & quite legally refuse to sell it to you.......

[captain*obvious]

'' So you are not a community member but an employee of ebay ?''

I'm making that one into a drinking game.

''This is the law of English Constitution Sells act 1864 ''

Ah yes, I remember it now. The debate they held about the legal requirements for online sellers when passing that bit of legislation went on for several days back in 1864 I'm sure.

Meanwhile, you may want to look up the actual laws that govern distance selling, or better still, leave the law to those qualified to talk about it.

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@oldjal ‎

Also as pointed out there were NUMEROUS revisions made to that listing during the time the 20 advertised were on sale & sold including the price

[oldjal]

a shop doers? - The English law - When you have a legal contract agreed by Buyer Seller and the Contract maker with a Dated Contract Agreed Sales Number and Price Agreement in the Contract - By Anyone Click - Pay Now - That is a Binding Contract.

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@oldjal

You are not dealing with a shop you are dealing with a business registered in China....you do not buy from eBay...eBay sell nothing

A shop certainly does not....you have not entered into a contract with a shop until after purchase....if you get to the checkout & the price is wrong the shop can quite legally simply say they will not sell it top you at all.......they do not have to sell at the wrong price

[oldjal]

To get my feed back you need know what item I refer to and I did not post any feed back for this item yet ?

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@oldjal

No you don't

We just click on your feedback number.......

It then itemises All Feedback, Feedback received as a seller, feedback received as a buyer & feedback left for others

[oldjal]

You type utter Rubbish - top you - ? If the Contract is broken by the seller after buyer agreement or the contract maker change or seller change the contract then the contract is void - both seller and contract maker are liable for fraud.

[corred]

You are WRONG

Even online......where a retailer shows there has been a genuine error they are legally allowed to cancel a purchase & refund

I have worked in retail & know the law.....any shop can refuse to sell any item for any reason......the price being wrong being a legitimate reason......no retailer is legally obliged to sell any item

I have recently had online purchases cancelled by 3 online retailers (including our very own Royal Mint) due to an error on their website

[oldjal]

I am not talking about shops I am talking about a contract and by clicking - PAY NOW - that is a binding contract - no matter what country - Also The Item you reffed to in my Feed back is not the item I talk about. in the post - but another one that over charged the contracted amount and took from my bank more that the contracted agreed price.

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@oldjal

Strange that in 22 years buying on eBay I have never experience the issue you appear to have highlighted in 2 consecutive transactions

[oldjal]

As the feed back has limited amount of text space I could not let other ebayer's know what was implied - Plus you did not note the date of that item feed back - the item you refer to and the item Price I paid - And the now showing in - My history purchase price is wrong for my - persona purchase history.- So it is misleading and the wrong personal purchase history data stored by ebay -

[oldjal]

One last thing - I would like to have Ebay implement into there rules for SELLERS - Is that - For sellers - That they must email the Buyer via Ebay Email That there has been a change to the price of an item and the SELLER is not aloud to instruct Pay Pal to take the new hiked price without the buyers agreement to pay the new hiked price -

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@oldjal

There is another possibility......which as we cannot see the item purchased or the site on which it was located

If you buy from a seller on the eBay.com site & the item was originally listed in a different currency then the price we see on the UK is only an estimate based on the market exchange rate at that moment......

Exchange rates vary....in addition the rate on eBay is an estimate....the final rate is set by Paypal....who use a very poor tourist exchange rate......so the estimate you see on eBay UK can be as much as 10% different to that you finally pay

[oldjal]

No -This item was ordered from ebay .co.uk

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@oldjal

Yes it can be BUT does not always mean it was originally listed on the UK site as you can purchase items listed on other sites via the UK site as long as they are available to purchase in the UK.....I've just ordered some vitamins from the eBay UK site from the USA,,,,originally listed on the US site...price shown in £ but the final price I paid was a good bit higher than the one which appeared on the advert

[oldjal]

Personally I would never buy pills off the internet - I would go to my GP or to an English chemist and Know if there was a problem with my health, after taking the pill - Someone can be held at fault. - I have item's that some ebay seller's claiming to be from the UK with a UK address & UK VAT number, But the Item has been shipped to me direct from Chain with china tracking numbers and sender address - but the price did not change and my personal purchase history price and bank statement paid show the agreed - BUY NOW - contract price cash taken from my bank - All matches.