How does e-bay get away with charging the seller for shipping costs?

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11-20-2016, 07:30 AM

bnorth

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Originally Posted by EvilKing00

People used to carge less for the product & more fro shipping. Example, i could put a $35.00 T205 card up for sale asking $20 and make the shipping $15

Actually it was much worse than this. Using the same $35 item several people would list it at $.01 with $34.99 shipping to avoid paying eBay fees. eBay really had no other option but to charge for every aspect of the transaction to keep from getting screwed.

Last edited by bnorth; 11-20-2016 at 07:52 AM.

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