I sell stuff on ebay from time to time. One time, years ago, a big time pipe shop owner in CA, Hugh Getzenberg, sent 3 Dunhill ODA tobacco pipes to me on approval. I had bought off him through ebay in the past and he had reached out with those pipes off of the bay. Anyway, for one reason or another I didn't want any of the three.

I spoke with him on the phone and offered to pay the return shipping. He thanked me but said, "no, that is the cost of doing business." I never forgot that and the philosophy impressed me enough to adopt it. So when I do auctions or sell in the classifieds I look at paypal and ebay fees, postage and insurance, as the cost of doing business. I've got my rice bowl to fill and they've got theirs.