![]() ![]() Time is not free, and sometimes sellers even have employees that have to pack up an item. It takes time to pack up and ship an item. Let's assume that it is 5 miles to the post office, then his "real" costs are about 25 cents a mile or $1.25. Many sellers have transportation expenses to get that package to the post office. For a $15 postage charge, that amounts to $1.94 (10% to eBay and 2.9% to PayPal). The seller has to pay fees to both eBay and PayPal for postage on top of the actual postage costs. ![]() There are many other costs that go into shipping that package to you: Now, whereas I would assume that the seller does not have $15 in the cost of shipping an item to you, it is also not $7. (3) The seller did NOT pay $7 to ship that item to you. ![]() it is the total price that you should be concerned about, and not how a seller divides it between the auction's win price and the shipping/handling price. they do this simply because they can get more people interested in an object that starts at $1 instead of $6. (2) Auction sellers often put part of the price of an item in their Shipping and Handling charges. You received what you paid for, so why would you complain? (1) As lintbrush has already pointed out, you agreed to pay X for the three auctions. ![]()
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