Thread: Sellers can't leave buyers negative feedback, but they can ban

In all honesty, $5 is not an unreasonable shipping charge for a small-time seller and she was upfront about them. Had she charged you $10+, it would have been a different story, but even then you can always choose not to buy.
Ebay also has a secondary feedback system where you can mark the shipping charges as unreasonable and explain why you think the seller is gouging to e-bay. If the seller is really ripping people off in a ploy to reduce their cut to e-bay, they'll take action against him/her.

I just wanted to clarify. It's not that I think $5 is too high for shipping. I just thought that I'd get my $5 worth. I expected a bit more than a padded envelope and a little bubble wrap.

That's how I've shipped quite a few razors and other items without any issues. Had it been packaged differently, just the postage would have run over $5, so you'd have been paying $10 for shipping.

You could have also just given a normal feedback but lowered the individual 'stars' feedback. That's mostly what I do since I don't want to start a whole feedback issue/argument/e-mail conversation with the seller.