Legal help?

Recently I purchased a guitar amplifier on e-bay. And what seemed like a bargain at first, is slowly turning into a white elephant. Firstly I was quoted, by the seller, $40 for shipment to the UK. Gullible me believed this. I won the item. I was then quoted $80 for 4-6 weeks shipment or $125 fed-ex. Sausages! I thought. I envisaged my beautiful valve amplifier sliding around the floor of a trawler vessel, with drunken sailors, stinking of rum, trippin over it. So I went fed-ex. All together it came to £230 for the amp. This was including shipment.
Today, two weeks later, I receive a bill from fed-ex. £46.89p VAT!
TWASTARDS. I was completely unaware of this charge. I assumed it was included in the $125 it was such a high quote.
Where do I stand, and what happens if I refuse to pay?

Originally posted by jimslyp69
Recently I purchased a guitar amplifier on e-bay. And what seemed like a bargain at first, is slowly turning into a white elephant. Firstly I was quoted, by the seller, $40 for shipment to the UK. Gullible me believed this. I won the item. I was then quoted $80 for 4-6 weeks shipment or $125 fed-ex. Sausages! I thought. I envisaged my beautiful valve ampli ...[text shortened]... ed in the $125 it was such a high quote.
Where do I stand, and what happens if I refuse to pay?

Originally posted by jimslyp69
Recently I purchased a guitar amplifier on e-bay. And what seemed like a bargain at first, is slowly turning into a white elephant. Firstly I was quoted, by the seller, $40 for shipment to the UK. Gullible me believed this. I won the item. I was then quoted $80 for 4-6 weeks shipment or $125 fed-ex. Sausages! I thought. I envisaged my beautiful valve ampli ...[text shortened]... ed in the $125 it was such a high quote.
Where do I stand, and what happens if I refuse to pay?

Originally posted by Phlabibit
I'm not sure about the legal end... but you should go give the e-bay seller an F Minus. Next... you could give him a poor sellers grade. Did you check his starting grade before you purchased?

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Originally posted by rbmorris
Have you received the amp yet? If I were you, I'd refuse to pay.

Originally posted by jimslyp69
I've already left feed back as soon as I received the goods Phlab. Too late. 🙁

Originally posted by sasquatch672
Dude just don't pay. You've got grounds. The seller misrepresented the shipping costs - or you can at least make that argument. Worst he can do is report you and give you negative feedback, ebay might say "Bad Jim, don't do that again." Cut the bastard loose.

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Perhaps you can contact Ebay and tell them your situation and change the feedback?

How is this guy's feedback?

Originally posted by jimslyp69
Yup. I've received it. I've checked the documentation too and he checked the 'recipient pays tax' box. What a twit! 😠

Originally posted by no1marauder
I don't know anything about E-bay. Do you have a hard copy or something saved with your agreement with the seller? If it specified that the full cost included shipping then it's his responsibility. If not, you're screwed. Either way, FedEx will pester you to pay and seek reimbursement from the seller as they are an innocent third party.

Originally posted by jimslyp69
I twas me who sent him the cost of shippin via paypal. I would have thought it was his responsibility, to inform me of any added costs that I would be incurred, considering that it was coming out of my pocket.

Originally posted by no1marauder
You are wrong. It is your responsibility to know what the cost of something is before you agree to pay for it.

Originally posted by jimslyp69
Well i did ask what the cost would be, and i was misinformed about this cost. Where does that leave me?