Thread: Was it out of line.......

When the auction states 'Economy Shipping' there is no reason to expect getting priority, or next day, or express, even if the shipping charges are $100. As far as insurance goes the seller isn't liable to provide that, it is for his protection and not that of the buyer, as ebay has the seller liable to deliver the item in the promised state. How the seller choses to do that or how to split the cost between item and shipping is really up to them, at the best it is between them and ebay, but the buyer should stay out of it.
Ebay provides and option for detailed feedback, and that's where the buyer can reflect if the shipping charges were too high.

It's like buying anything else on the internet, usually there are shipping costs, and in most cases they are higher than the cost of the postage itself. Even when sellers offer free shipping, the buyer still pays for it, it's just hidden.

So I don't see why people get their underwear bunched up over such a common practice when the end result is insignificant anyways.

As far as the rude email from the seller, you received it AFTER you left the feedback. To me it makes a bit of a difference if the seller is being rude and unprofessional over the normal course of a transaction, or just afterwards when they are provoked.

BTW you placed two bids on that item, i.e. you were willing to pay more. Nobody else bid on the razor, so you paid the minimum the seller was willing to sell it for, including the shipping. Which means you got a deal (paid less than what you were willing), while the seller didn't (got the minimum he wanted).