I haven't gone through their detailed terms of service, but wouldn't you consider any cost related to getting the article from the seller to the buyer, including related ebay costs, to be a legitimate "handling" charge?
Ramón Sent via Blackberry -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 22:46:43 To:[email protected] Subject: Re: [T-Mobile-US] eBay & PayPal Fees On Mar 6, 2007, at 22:04, Gil wrote: > If you are a smart bidder/buyer, you'll either stay away from items > with > high shipping fees, or just report them to this link: > http://cgi1.: <http://cgi1.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?> > ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? > MfcISAPICommand=InlineSelfHelpWebf > orm&wftype=2023&rcode=LP%25P10077&subject=Excessive%20Shipping%20% > 26%20Handl > ing&bcrumb=+Home+%3E+Help+Topics+%3E%A0Rules+and+Policies%A0%3E% > A0Rules+for+ > Sellers%A0%3E%A0Excessive+Shipping+%26 > +Handling&instruction=&expirationDate= > > I don't know if it does anything, but I have seen a few of the > auctions I > reported taken down and the person suspended for 30 days - a those > people > suspended had high feedback ratings. I'm sure you could make trouble for someone but let's be realistic here. They don't hide the charge from you. People wouldn't have to resort to these "tricks" if eBay wasn't so greedy and constantly upping their insertion and end of auction fees. Yes, sure it galls me that they're "charging" a huge amount as the delivery charge but the actual price of the item when delivered is 95% of the time reasonable. I don't see what good it does to make things tough on a seller unless you feel good that you "showed 'em." It seems rather spiteful to me. You have the choice when you view the auction to either bid or not. If you think their charge for shipping is ridiculous simply do not bid on the item. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Transfer from your equities account. Receive up to $1,000 from GFT. Click here to learn more. http://us.click.yahoo.com/aZttyC/X_xQAA/cosFAA/G6uqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> - - T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US _ _ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
