shipping

[donmegatony]

is it legal for me too charge shipping for a digital product even though i am not sending a physical product?

[wooden_flower]

@donmegatony 

Legal? Yes. Ethical? No.

What type of digital product? Most digital items can not be sold here. Items that can be delivered digitally are usually listed as local pickup, so there is no shipping fee. With local pickup, the buyer is given a code to give the seller to confirm receipt.

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/electronically-delivered-items-policy...

[donmegatony]

No this is not legal in the United States and I will be reporting this seller to my local postmaster general and my states attorney general. To have these types of fraudulent listings removed, and possibly have a sanction/fine against the sellers who are doing these illegal activities.

[glorybells]

You asked the question as though you were the seller.  You should have stated that you were asking as a buyer.

As @wooden_flower stated, in general, digital items can’t be sold here AT ALL, although with literally billions of listings on the site, some do unfortunately slip under the radar.

[wooden_flower]

@donmegatony 

Don't bother your post master - they have no authority over what retailers charge for delivery.

You could complain to eBay, but you're better off to report the seller for listing digitally delivered items. Every item has a report link - use that to report the listing that violates policy.