Paypal "gift" question

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Also the point was made about how this might be an option since it is distasteful for ebay/paypal to charge fees on shipping charges as well. Some of that decision may of come about because some sellers were offering lower buy prices and inflated shipping charges in order to circumvent seller's fees on the true cost of the item.

I agree with the jist of most of your post, but the final part.............

I really have a hard time believing that. The great majority of sellers did not do that, and it would have been very easy to get rid of the ones that were blatant about it.

It's additional revenue and tantamount to outright theft to me. Paypal I understand taking a cut, but not Ebay. There's also nothing we can do about it because is pretty much a monopoly, so I have to learn to live with it.

It certainly doesn't give me incentive to offer free shipping on auction items. That's almost laughable. Maybe if I offered "Buy It Nows", I would wrap it into the cost, but I don't. I still believe in the "Auction" format.