The good news: After he emailed Etsy, the site agreed to refund the blatant shipping rip-off. But the bank couldn't stop the charge because, he explains, "The bank said I accepted terms and conditions of the seller, and so it was on me." So he disputed the charge through his credit card and bank. "$600 to ship what was probably a $5 shirt?," he asked.įurious, he checked the seller's listing, where he discovered, " doesn't do cancelations or refunds, only returns." Seller deletes profile "The email opened up and said 'Quantity: 1, $25 Shipping: $600,' he said. "I found one for $25, and ordered it right then and there from my phone," Zimmerman said.īut the next day, Zimmerman received a receipt for $625. "And the first that came up was Etsy."Įtsy - an online marketplace for homemade crafts - has dozens of Harambe shirts listed for sale. "I just did a quick Google search for a "R.I.P. Zimmerman wanted a t-shirt honoring Harambe, the gorilla was that killed at the Cincinnati Zoo. But even the brightest of us can fall for a scam. Kyle Zimmerman is a savvy college student. Zoo animals have become celebrities in recent months: April the giraffe, Fiona the hippo and Harambe the gorilla are just some of them.īut one college student was ripped off for hundreds of dollars when trying to buy a t-shirt to memorialize one of them, and has a warning for anyone looking to buy zoo merchandise online.