Ebay shipping prices MUCH HIGHER than actual USPS prices

[wowitszak]

I listed a pair of used shoes, had all my shipping details correct(weight etc), and quoted a flat rate of 13$ for the buyer. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention when paying for the label because I ended up paying 38$ to ship a 1-3lb USPS priority mail package--which I have personally shipped for roughly 10$ several times. I assumed the 38$ was the money left over from deducting shipping funds because the sold price was around 50. Why did I pay this absolutely foolish price?? Have never once paid more than 15$ to ship anything of any size on eBay, and I wish I had focused when printing this label but I was rushing at that moment. Obviously, there's no way to get reimbursed for this and it's my fault for not being thorough but this leaves me with a rather poor feeling.... I will definitely not consider eBay before any other seller platform if this is what I gotta pay for convenient shipping 

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@wowitszak 

eBay prices are actually discounted lower than USPS prices.

I see that the shoes were listed to ship for $13 using "standard shipping".

A USPS flat rate priority shoe box ships for $18 at the PO and $15 on eBay.  

https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail.htm#flatrate 

https://www.ebay.com/shp/Calculator 

The same item shipping in a custom box (not a flat rate box), would probably cost us much as $20 on eBay, depending on the distance.

Express mail might cost $38 if the buyer is in a nearby state.

You can review your shipping labels to see what service was actually purchased.

https://www.ebay.com/ship/labels/my-ebay 

Or perhaps the $38 is something else.