Buyer Scam? Caerus` Transaction gone bad

[avidgolfer23]

I had a set of irons that I sold to Caerus’ who is in Canada. I haven’t shipped to Canada in years, so I went on his feedback regarding shipping rates. 
 

He said the last set of irons sent to him was $38.  So, I told him I would take $35 upfront for shipping and then upon shipment he would pay any difference. 
 

The total cost was $72.05!  Which I paid at usps, sent him a receipt this past Friday and he has been on the forum and responded to my emails saying he’ll make up the difference, but that was 4, going on 5 days with no payment. 
 

I don’t know why buyers would do this, but I just wanted to let good faith sellers know that some buyers don’t follow through on their end. It’s unfortunate. 

[brew4eagle]

$72 seems excessive.  If I was the seller I'd have made sure buyer was OK with the extra cost before shipping the package.  Of course, no excuse for the buyer taking this long to send the funds since you had an agreement.

[avidgolfer23]

11 minutes ago, brew4eagle said:

$72 seems excessive.  If I was the seller I'd have made sure buyer was OK with the extra cost before shipping the package.  Of course, no excuse for the buyer taking this long to send the funds since you had an agreement.

I thought it was pricey too but it was the cheapest usps offered that was under 2 weeks delivery. 

[TwistedSister]

You can always go on usps.com and armed with your zip code and his postal code you can get the total cost for shipping and insurance. BEFORE you agree on a price. 

[PeteW]

I sent a driver to Canada this summer, damn thing sat at the Chicago customs for 2 weeks, no updates. Just a heads up. 

[avidgolfer23]

3 minutes ago, dhacker56 said:

You can always go on usps.com and armed with your zip code and his postal code you can get the total cost for shipping and insurance. BEFORE you agree on a price. 

Or I’d like to think that the people are honest people on the forum and would just follow-through on the agreement….golf is a game of honor. Call your own penalty. It really makes me question golfer’s integrity.  

[brew4eagle]

21 minutes ago, dhacker56 said:

You can always go on usps.com and armed with your zip code and his postal code you can get the total cost for shipping and insurance. BEFORE you agree on a price. 

Sure would make things easier for both parties. 

[llewol007]

I agree with what others have said. Shipping rates to canada are no joke so I always price it out on the usps website. So easy for them to change their mind on that. Pretty crazy how the buyer is acting like nothing was agreed upon

[avidgolfer23]

30 minutes ago, llewol007 said:

I agree with what others have said. Shipping rates to canada are no joke so I always price it out on the usps website. So easy for them to change their mind on that. Pretty crazy how the buyer is acting like nothing was agreed upon

The buyer has said multiple times he would take care of it…I have yet to see it.  

[Bogeygolf2]

wait, people still don't use goshippo and pirateship?

[RH82]

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Edited December 1, 2021 by RH82

[Abh159]

Although I agree that the buyer should pay you the extra money since you all had an "agreement", you definitely should have confirmed the total price with him BEFORE you shipped the item. 99% of the buyers/sellers on here are good, honest people, but at the end of the day we are all just strangers on the internet to each other so trusting that someone will do the right thing can be a costly mistake. 

 

If you have a plumber come to your house to fix some leaky pipes and he gives you an estimate of $800, I imagine you would be pretty sour if he then came to you after the work was done and said you actually owe him $1600 and demanded you pay him immediately... 

[BirdieBob]

Cheap and easy.......

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[VNutz]

13 hours ago, avidgolfer23 said:

I had a set of irons that I sold to Caerus’ who is in Canada. I haven’t shipped to Canada in years, so I went on his feedback regarding shipping rates. 
 

He said the last set of irons sent to him was $38.  So, I told him I would take $35 upfront for shipping and then upon shipment he would pay any difference. 
 

The total cost was $72.05!  Which I paid at usps, sent him a receipt this past Friday and he has been on the forum and responded to my emails saying he’ll make up the difference, but that was 4, going on 5 days with no payment. 
 

I don’t know why buyers would do this, but I just wanted to let good faith sellers know that some buyers don’t follow through on their end. It’s unfortunate. 

I'm sorry this happened to you, and that's a crappy way for him to do business. But it's really simple and easy to get a cost estimate online, and as a seller that's your responsibility.

[aiyyer]

I sold a set of irons a couple of weeks to Caerus with no issues.

Quoted him the price difference in shipping and got paid. It’s a pain to have to fill out the customs info though.

[avidgolfer23]

4 minutes ago, aiyyer said:

I sold a set of irons a couple of weeks to Caerus with no issues.

Quoted him the price difference in shipping and got paid. It’s a pain to have to fill out the customs info though.

Glad to hear you’re went well. He’s gone AWOL regarding the difference in payment to me. Completely agree though the customs paperwork is a pain. 

[ELL92399]

It sucks but I do think

as a seller, the responsibility lies on you to research and establish shipping costs.  

Edited December 2, 2021 by ELL92399

[Skhacker]

I’m in Canada. The best thing to do is price out shipping costs before agreeing on a final price. If I want to purchase something from a USA buyer, I ask to pay the difference of what it would have cost the buyer to ship within the USA. If a USA buyer wants to purchase from me, vice versa. Or I have the additional cost built into my price for USA buyers. And be patient. USA customs and Canada customs move parcels slowly.