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Seller AND eBay advertised free shipping. Drop down option at the top of the listing charges shipping anyway by time zone???

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Seller AND eBay advertised free shipping. Drop down option at the top of the listing charges shipping anyway by time zone???
Jan 18, 2013 08:16 PM

I went to purchase a new sofa off of a specific listing and at the top of the page eBay had the orange circle that said FREE SHIPPING to lower 48 states, as well as the listing itself advertising free shipping inside the US. Before you can continue with purchase, there is an option at the top of the listing that you have to click to designate which time zone to ship to. When I clicked my option (Central Time zone) the price of the sofa jumped up another $300+... That seems like a scam to me. Obviously the shipping is NOT free. Yet eBay has to authorize this type of listing because they have the drop down menu. Either way, this is very misleading and I would like a response and explanation from eBay as to how and why they allow this kind of false/misleading listing. Thanks for any help. ?:|X-(

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Seller AND eBay advertised free shipping. Drop down option at the top of the listing charges shipping anyway by time zone???
Jan 18, 2013 08:16 PM

I went to purchase a new sofa off of a specific listing and at the top of the page eBay had the orange circle that said FREE SHIPPING to lower 48 states, as well as the listing itself advertising free shipping inside the US. Before you can continue with purchase, there is an option at the top of the listing that you have to click to designate which time zone to ship to. When I clicked my option (Central Time zone) the price of the sofa jumped up another $300+... That seems like a scam to me. Obviously the shipping is NOT free. Yet eBay has to authorize this type of listing because they have the drop down menu. Either way, this is very misleading and I would like a response and explanation from eBay as to how and why they allow this kind of false/misleading listing. Thanks for any help. ?:|X-(

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Re:Seller AND eBay advertised free shipping. Drop down option at the top of the listing charges shipping anyway by time zone???
Jan 18, 2013 08:21 PM

Time zone? What is the item number?

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Re:Seller AND eBay advertised free shipping. Drop down option at the top of the listing charges shipping anyway by time zone???
Jan 18, 2013 08:56 PM

Never heard of shipping based on time zones.

Are you sure  it wasn't postal zone?


There will be an answer, Let It Be.

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Re:Seller AND eBay advertised free shipping. Drop down option at the top of the listing charges shipping anyway by time zone???
Jan 20, 2013 08:45 PM

Item number is #170927070835... See for yourselves. Complete bull. It goes from I think about $1099 to almost $1400 when I click my time zone option. But is advertised by ebay and seller as free shipping. Please explain this to me.

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