As a seller on eBay I am very concerned about other sellers that gouge on shipping prices they give the entire site a black eye. Ten, twelve years ago eBay made some attempt to prevent people from charging outrageous fees for shipping. But somewhere along the way eBay started billing sellers 10% of what they charged for shipping. In conjunction with this eBay negotiated reduced fees from carriers to provide a 30-40% discount on labels printed on eBay / PayPal's label service. Since then eBay has abandoned any attempts to limit shipping charges by sellers. Once upon a time eBay was much larger than Amazon who controls shipping charges by sellers rigorously while eBay has abandoned all efforts to do so. Now when I go to a social event and talk to friends they ask if I still sell on eBay and then comment about their terrible experience with sellers charging three and four times actual shipping fees to ship their items. I tell them to check shipping fees before bidding or buying and don't do business with these creeps. I think it is this shipping situation which has made Amazon much larger than eBay. j
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