Shipping cost and size dimensions

[daytonabeachbum2]

How frustrating has ebay become shipping cost and sales tax have eroded a lot of the  profits sellers can make

 then and to  add insult to injury the post office has thrown  at customers this not so new but more expensive package size dimensions the post office has thrown at us needed to  print a label. When an   inch over is the  difference that  will  cost the seller not  a few cents more but several dollars more. recent example buyer paid $15 and actual cost for me to  ship became $24 because of size dimensions  Now there is no way possible to know the exact shipping dimensions unless you box up all your potential items weigh them and measure them not just the item itself but the box that it is going to  be shipped in  This is not always practicable but this is the reality where we are at selling here on ebay. My suggestion to  be safe  is to  stop selling anything larger then the Priority boxes provided by the post office or risk loosing money when it comes time to  ship and you fine you made  an error in the size dimensions  Very  frustrating to sell here and not make any money so why bother

[fern*wood]

What type of service are you picking when you list?

[nomderd]

My comment was in reference to someone else commenting on being charged 10% for the shipping charges. I know the thread isn't about sales tax.

[buyselljack2016]

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@nomderd wrote:

My comment was in reference to someone else commenting on being charged 10% for the shipping charges. I know the thread isn't about sales tax.

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Post #8 by you said "sales tax", and made no reference to 10% on shipping.

 

[donnamgibs]

Even if you do things to the exact size and weight, you loose. They are taking a large percentage of what you are making and what the post office is making FROM YOU. The only people making any money is Ebay.

[nobody*s_perfect]

The eBay shipping calculator in listings can be set to charge the buyer either the online ("eBay") postage cost or the retail ("In store") postage cost.  If you leave it set to retail, which is the default, and then purchase online postage, you have an automatic built-in margin to use for your handling cost to cover bubble wrap, fees, etc.