So You Know: A DVD that sells for $16.99 with Free Postage = $9.36 on eBay.

[shado-x]

In case you missed it!  Happy Selling!

[itsjustasprain]

Did you have a question? 

[tools*]

"Free" postage = shipping with tracking, which will most likely be $6+

But you knew this when you listed the DVD, didn't you?

[mooncat_watches]

You already knew this when you sold the GI joe figure a couple days ago

[funfactorychannel]

some might think Free Shipping means The shipping services provides it for free. And I am being serious this time

[chariot_badges]

I got in trouble last Christmas for insulting a shirt-tail relative.

She said, "Oh, I ONLY buy things that come with free shipping."

I said, "I bet you believe in Santa Claus too."

My filter has been broken for a long time. 

[kensgiftshop]

What did we miss?

Free shipping just means the buyer doesn't pay shipping, not the seller.

[simba6]

Well yea,  it should be worded shipping is free for the buyer.   The seller still has to pay for it.  They just don't charge the buyer.

[go-bad-chicken]

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@shado-x wrote:

So You Know: A DVD that sells for $16.99 with Free Postage = $9.36 on eBay.

In case you missed it!  Happy Selling!

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That checks out.👍

$16.99 - $2.60 (15.3% Media FVF) = $14.39

$14.39 - $0.40 = $13.99

$13.99 - $4.63 (1 lb or less Media Mail rate) = $9.36

[lakefor94]

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@shado-x wrote:

In case you missed it!  Happy Selling!

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I call that a metrics-buffer sale. 

[chariot_badges]

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@kensgiftshop wrote:

What did we miss?

Free shipping just means the buyer doesn't pay shipping, not the seller.

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To YOU it does, yea.

I was talking to a buyer.

Loved it when a customer would say, "Yea, I called on your 800 number because it's free."

[luckythewinner]

So You Know: A DVD that sells for $16.99 with Free Postage = $9.36 on eBay.

So You Know: a DVD that sells for $16.99 with Free Postage actually sells for $12.36. 

Free Postage isn't really free, and Media Mail actually costs $4.63. 

[mam98031]

You have a lot of experience.  Did you have a question about selling fees?

Free Postage offered by a seller isn't really free.  YOU do have to pay for it.  

[johnrj1226]

Some inexperienced sellers may have became too excited when they got to the word FREE and stopped reading and  did a Whoopee.  Then blamed the issue all on eBay. 

Do they still require students to take a course in Economics in High School or just  teach it via the "teamwork" learning method or let them find the answers via  the  hidden cell phone method?