ebay taking fees that include shipping costs

[sweetcheeeks38]

why does eBay add my shipping costs to the total sale and then take their selling fees from me that includes my shipping costs, those are not profits they are fees that I have to pay to ship my item they are not income from a sale? So why should I have to pay a fee and then pay shipping? It seems I should double my shipping charges because I pay double to ship anything........

[eburtonlab]

eBay fees are calculated based on the total amount the buyer pays.

Back when eBay calculated fees based on just the item price, some sellers would sell a $100 item for $1 with $99 shipping to avoid paying eBay fees. By charging fees based upon the total amount the buyer pays, eBay removes the incentive for sellers to play such games with pricing, and no longer penalizes sellers that charge a higher item price and offer free shipping.

eBay does not base fees on seller profits; eBay has no way to know what amount of a sale represents profit, if any. It is up to sellers to determine if the profit is sufficient to justify the sale once all costs and fees are taken into account.

[disneyshopper]

It seems I should double my shipping charges because I pay double to ship anything........

If you end up paying double what the buyer paid you, you are doing something wrong.  I only looked at one listing and it ships USPS Parcel Select Ground.  That label cannot be printed using ebay shipping because of the long transit times, so you have to upgrade to Priority, or ship using Paypal/Pirateship/USPS.COM Click N Ship.

[sweetcheeeks38]

It's just another way of eBay grabbing all the money they can from you they know how much was bid on the item that I am selling and take their fees from that and leave the shipping costs out of it

[sweetcheeeks38]

I'm not doing anything wrong I am saying I have to pay fees on my shipping costs and then pay for shipping at USPS so that is where the double the amount of shipping cost statement comes from and I feel that should not be added before I pay eBays large fees, everyone defends eBay and just pays extra fees on shipping and it is nonsense

[sweetcheeeks38]

No you are wrong, I pay fees on my shipping price then I have to pay for shipping which is nonsense and stop defending eBay as they are not correct in everything they do and personally I find most of the policy and CSR;s on the phone are very unprofessional and seem to only work against the seller!!