I just wonder if ebay will care since the link on his auction says "ended", "item no longer for sale" wich was really "made a deal on the phone with a member."

I'll try to contact them. I think it'* BS spending that much on shipping. I never would have bought them if the shipping was that high to begin with.

How far away is he bud? Made you can check out shipping costs in order to cross reference.

He'* only in Indiana.

Road trip?

Seriously tho, investigate shipping. I doubt its that spendy. He wont go the extra mile, so you may have to....just a suggestion seeing you cant get the money back from him (which is wrong IMO).

When a seller is not upfront about costs (all costs) and keeps money without sending a product, that is theft in my opinion. Being up front from the start is where he went wrong.

btw PayPal?

Well I can call UPS and ask them how much it would be, but I'm not sure of the weight of the seats...so hopefully they can give me an answer.

A set of wheels weighs more and costs about $100 or so for shipping on average. He must be wrapping them in gold foil :?

I emailed eBay about the issue. Hopefully I'll hear back from them soon. Usually takes 1-2 days.

I know He said they are all in separate boxes, but $266 seems very high. I thought $81.55 for shipping was pretty reasonable, so I didn't mind that, but he increased shipping by over 300%!

it would be cheaper to drive there! Maybe you can meet him half way.

I've sold stuff on Ebay and underestimated the shipping cost and I ended up covering the cost myself. That is only the right thing to do. I wouldn't go through with the deal. If he ended the auction without you bidding on the item then he can't leave you negative feedback.
I personally wouldn't pay that much extra! If it was just a few bucks that is one thing but not that much more!!