Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
Just the fact that they made money on the shipping charges really is still bugging me, the more I think about that the more it bothers me
Glen, ebay began including the seller's shipping charges in the final value fees as an attempt to prevent sellers overcharging for shipping. At least that is their rationalization for the policy. Shortly before that was instituted they tried to enforce 'fair shipping charges' on a case by case basis if the buyer complained. They also instituted a policy of insurance being totally the seller's responsibility.

If you see an ebay description saying insurance is optional and at the buyer's expense that seller is violating ebay rules. Anyway, like the way they stopped allowing sellers to leave anything but positive feedback ..... not really fair but it was the only solution they could come up with the prevent retaliatory feedback by sellers who had received a negative. Anyway .......