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What we really need is an answer to justify how the P&P caps have been set.
It costs around £7 (a bit less if you have an account) to send an average weight overcoat by 1st class recorded post, yet the clothing p&p cap is set at £4. If you put the ‘missing’ £3 into the start price you end up paying higher fees.
Cynical? Yes, it certainly appears so 🙁
eBay screwing things up…. and people are surprised by that. 😆
Anytime eBay adjusts, changes, or imposes limits, caps or restrictions on postage it is designed to enable eBay to earn greater profit on the transaction.
eBay claims buyers want free shipping, the fact is that eBay engineers their surveys to steer participants to responding that way.
eBay’s fee structure is such that when sellers are forced to include all or part of shipping cost into the selling price eBay stands to take higher final value fees on the transaction.
eBay will not be satisfied until they are able to collect Final Value fees on the entire transaction just as they do with PayPal.
The day is coming where the combined fees taken by eBay/PayPal will exceed 25% of a transaction.
Serious sellers need to research their past eBay buyer emails, start their own website, and sell their items from there.
With eBay’s unstoppable greed, it will soon be the only way a seller will earn decent profits on items they sell.