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eBay high shipping prices?

Some people noted this was a tactic to get around fees, but eBay changed their policy a while back. Final value fees now apply to shipping costs as well to thwart this practice. So eBay gets the same final value fee for a 30 dollar item with free shipping or a 1 dollar item with 29 dollar shipping. I think it is more likely they are trying to get out of returns or trick people into buying their item who don't have the item cost + shipping filter turned on
 
zcarm2013 said:
Ok, lets say, I want to get 180 Euro for my guitar body (which I actually paid for) with normal shipping fees, the amount of the eBay listing fee would be super high....and maybe "nobody" would bid at all. So, I start with 99 Cents and a higher shipping fee. but if I would use the cheapest shipping fee and only one person would bid, I would have to give away a guitar body for just 99 Cents ???? Where is the logic ? Of course is a bidding system I understand that, but loosing money is not the point at all.
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If you're concerned about someone buying your item for only 99 cents, then either (1) list it for more than that, (2) set a reserve price, or (3) offer to sell it outright rather than auction it.

Gouging people on shipping and handling is just a way to circumvent paying eBay the listing fees you agreed to pay them for listing an item.
 
Zombie Acorn said:
Take the price and shipping together, if its still a good deal bid on the item. I used to inflate shipping as well because eBay gouges you hard on fees.
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They cap shipping fees in a lot of categories now.

People list at 99 cents because it has the lowest listing fees. Starting something at $400 is the same as setting the reserve at $400 when it comes to fees.

I list always at 99 cents except in some very rare circumstances where the item I'm selling doesn't have a sell history to go off of.
 
calderone said:
There are many cheapskate folks here who don't want to pay a reasonable (but fair) price. You end up with more lowballers here than on eBay in my experience.
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True, the Marketplace is overrun by "poor college students".
 
calderone said:
There are many cheapskate folks here who don't want to pay a reasonable (but fair) price. You end up with more lowballers here than on eBay in my experience.
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Everyone has a different opinion on what a reasonable (but fair) price is though.
 
USPS raised their prices for everything quite a bit recently. On top of that, shipping overseas became insanely expensive. I sold a bunch of stuff on eBay recently and got burned on shipping more than once. Example - had a very cool large book about Corgi Toys. Paid $80 for it back in the day. Now it barely sold for $45 or so and I had to ship it overseas to Europe. Shipping ended up around $70 which is more expensive than book itself. I only charged $50 and the guy refused to even split the difference so basically I sold the book for $25.

With overseas buyers it's imperative to register your parcel because when I didn't somebody claimed they never got the item which I'm pretty sure they did. This adds to the cost. This is why I started listing silly prices for larger items to go overseas. Considering the exchange rate - they can afford it anyway.
 
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