More likely to stop people avoiding ebay fees by selling an item for cheap but with inflated postage costs.
That definitely used to happen. I remember seeing loads of items for 99p with £50 shipping.
Yep - I remember selling a printer for £199 a good few years ago, ended up with around £170 (possibly less) after p&p. Needless to say, I took that as an offense and avoided selling stuff on there whenever possible.
Yep, have the same thought every time I'm stupid enough to bother. The only time I ever made any useful money was selling my Wii and that was only because it was worth a fair chunk and they paid in cash.
Despite being huge eBay is a long way from what it set out to be and, as you say, definitely not a place for casual buyers and sellers.
Honestly, I haven't had any issues.
Out of all the things I've sold, I may have had a half dozen not sell, and I'd say it was more no one wanted them. I say that because I watch how things go with other sellers who have similar items. When I checked on the other sellers, their items weren't selling either, and many had listed their item for less than mine.
I've also found your selling tends to be affected by your seller rating. The higher your rating, the more likely people will be to buy your item for a bit more. They'd rather do that than risk a bad sale with someone who has a lower rating, and sometimes even a lower price than yours. I understand the logic. I do it myself sometimes. Pay a bit more to deal with a better seller. :)
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That's as bad as paying import duty of the value of the good including postage. IMO, postage should be exempt.
I guess I assumed that was pretty much the same thing. I think I'd rather use Amazon anyway, not that I have yet.