They are trying to stop the sellers who avoid final value fees by, for example, asking a buy it now fee of 5 dollars, and then a shipping fee of 25 dollars. You can't buy on Ebay too long, without coming across this. Actually, I like the idea of not charging submission or buy it now fees. I have a few items I would like to put on at a high starting price... like a grand... but I'm not going to do it if it costs me 10 bucks to submit.
At 07:36 AM 3/19/2011, you wrote:
You're entirely correct, however Ebay is spinning it as their 'tax' will help control shipping costs, because that's what buyers are complaining about. There's a bit of a disconnect here. My experience has been when you tax something, the price goes up, not down!?! Buyers complain about shipping because the cost of shipping via UPS/USPS/FedEX is too expensive, especially for the little guys. The little guys support the massive discounts that the big sellers get. UPS has a 'special deal' on shipping and it's based on quantity. If you ship like I do, you get a massive 5% off, which still makes them 25% higher than Media Mail. If your shipping costs are $1000/week, you get 20% off. Needless to say, it doesn't help me one bit.
