Tomfoolery

 Tonight's cheerleader board Tomfoolery is brought to you by "Buyer who wants me to ship Media Mail".

"Looking for some advice/guidance on how I should handle this particular situation. I had a buyer purchase a Map book and asked if I could mail it by Media Mail instead of Priority Mail and refunded the difference. I listed shipping at $8.75 (FR padded mailer) because of size and weight. I didn't consider Media Mail."

Replies: 

This, from someone who is always advising refunds for whiners:

"Sellers chose the method of shipping. If you wish to accommodate the buyer, that is your call. But you are not required to do so. I don't know how much your map guide weighs but the refund may not be all that much depending upon the weight? Have you check to see if it is worth it?"

Worth it. Uhhh you dumb fucks are always advising giving shit away to mollycoddle unreasonable assholes, but this buyer has a legit request to try and save himself 6 bucks and NOW it's a problem?

Also:

"2 options:

1. They paid for the item with the $8.75 shipping agreed to. Ship it as sold.

2. You do as they ask, but keep in mind that if USPS feels it's not a media mail item, you'll be on the hook for the difference between what you pay for the media mail and what the item would cost as a regular priority (NOT flat rate) item.

If it were me, I'd probably do option 2 because they were nice about it."

It would be just fine if the buyer suddenly threw a fit, made up some out there reason why they hate the book, and she had to refund the whole thing. "JuSt SeLl mOrE" but God forbid you're on the hook for $6 to save someone postage. 

What fucking planet do these people come from? 

In the end, the buyer got sick of waiting for a reply, and simply cancelled the order. Immediately after this was conveyed, some dumbass suggested relisting the book and letting the buyer know that now you offer Media Mail shipping. *headdesk*