Well, playing the roll of the level headed old fart, I'd say I can see how this might happen. C-bid sticks you for shipping whether they are sending 5 or 50 cigars. Sometimes you just want to bid on a bunch of lots thinking you'll only get half of them. When you get all of them it can blow your budget.

Personally, if I won 'em I'd pay for 'em. If I really over extended I'd probably handle it the same way... i.e., take my lumps and pay the 15% restocking fee. Sounds like he tried to do that in a stand-up way, but C-bid's customer service fucked up. That's something I think is worth knowing about.

All in all, this isn't a post that I'd get overly excited about... but I've been wrong about people here before.