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> It looks absolutely insane to me, but some people seem to defend it. Before that policy, you had a bunch of items listed for $1 + $60 "shipping" to dodge fee
by Arainach 2mo ago
> It looks absolutely insane to me, but some people seem to defend it.
Before that policy, you had a bunch of items listed for $1 + $60 "shipping" to dodge fees. I'll take the current structure over that.
- asdff 2mo agoStuff is still getting listed like that on ebay.
- kube-system 2mo agoI use ebay heavily and I don't see it anymore, except for things that look like typos or people who clearly just don't know how to use ebay. There's no advantage to doing so because sorting/filtering includes shipping.
- account42 2mo agoSorting isn't strict (or perhaps affected by paid placements?) so buyers still have to look at the prices to see which item is actually the cheapest.
- kube-system 2mo agoSorting is strict when you select "Price + Shipping: lowest first", for the main results. It's been that way since they started adding fees to shipping.
- account42 2mo agoNo it isn't.
- asdff 2mo agoI still see it. Idk what the seller is thinking but I’m guessing they aren’t too smart.
- hooch 2mo agoMaking you pay ~12% fee on foreign country taxes collected by eBay, when those taxes can’t be gamed like postage was, is a bridge too far. I used to offer listings to the world, now I just add Japan for the odd rare item.
- aucisson_masque 2mo agoThat's interesting, at least it's a reason to put tax on delivery method.
- account42 2mo agoYou still get suspicious shipping prices just not as extreme perhaps. For a platform like eBay where I am less likely to buy multiple different items from one seller and that is integrated internationally, the list price should just include shipping (and import fees!) anyway to make comparisons easier.
- firmretention 2mo agoYeah, now you pay $30 in real shipping to have everything routed through ebay's hub and have your package take three times long to get there.