Don’t get sticker shock over the shipping cost. Obviously, I’m factoring in a base starting price to save on fees. Can I do that? Well, others do. Let’s see what happens. (Can you tell I’m new to selling?) haha<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
$11.50 shipping for a $12 mug. Hmmm. Does the honesty make it all right? Or does the honesty make you doubt the integrity of the seller? Here is a link to the auction<\/a>. You decide for yourself.<\/p>\n eBay does have rules about such things<\/a>:<\/p>\n Excessive Shipping Charges Policy<\/p>\n Sellers may charge reasonable shipping and handling fees to cover the costs for mailing, packaging, and handling the items they are selling. While eBay will not prescribe exactly what a seller may or may not charge, eBay will rely on member reports and its own discretion to determine whether or not a seller\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shipping, handling, packaging, and\/or insurance charges are excessive. Shipping and handling fees may not be listed as a percentage of the final sale price.<\/p>\n Sellers who want to be sure they are in compliance with this policy may charge actual shipping costs plus actual packaging materials cost (or less).<\/p>\n In addition to the final listing price, sellers are permitted to charge:<\/p>\n Actual Shipping cost: This is the actual cost (i.e. postage) for shipping the item.<\/p>\n Handling Fee: Actual packaging materials costs may be charged. A handling fee in addition to actual shipping cost may be charged if it is not excessive.<\/p>\n Insurance: Sellers offering insurance may only charge the actual fee for insurance. No additional amount may be added, such as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153self-insurance\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Sellers who do not use a licensed 3rd party insurance company may not require buyers to purchase insurance. This is a violation of state law.<\/p>\n Tax: Only actual applicable federal, state, country, city, VAT, and equivalent taxes may be charged.<\/p>\n For cross border transactions, sellers may not collect tariffs and duties. However, buyers may be responsible for actual, applicable tariffs, and duties as requested by respective country laws.<\/p>\n Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including: I do note that the seller no longer includes this “honest” caveat to their auctions, but continues to try to charge very large shipping fees. <\/p>\n Note this auction.<\/a> A seller on eBay has this explanation for the exorbitant shipping being charged for their auctions: Don’t get sticker shock over the shipping cost. Obviously, I’m factoring in a base starting price to save on fees. Can I do that? Well, others do. Let’s see what happens. (Can you tell I’m new to selling?) haha […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8,18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-are-they-crazy","category-borden-buzz","category-ebay-auctions","category-lizzie-4-sale","category-on-the-web"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"mug\"](\"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/mondolizzie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2006\/10\/e0_2-JPG.jpg\")
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\nListing cancellation
\nLimits on account privileges
\nAccount suspension
\nForfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
\nLoss of PowerSeller status<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nAnd this auction.<\/a>
\nAnd this auction.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"