Just observing my cost as a seller

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Pete, I am an active bidder and do not like goofy shipping charges and would rebel being charged $10 for the seller's PayPal and eBay costs. If an eBay seller of a normal baseball card posted a $35 shipping and handling charge, I'd pass on bidding figuring there might be somethng wrong with the seller's head ... However, if the shipping charge was posted from the start, I consider it cheesy for the winner to try and talk down the shipping price on a single lot after the auction. Considering the competing bidders were consciously calculating their bids based on the stated shipping charge (I do, as a bidder), it is materially the same as a winning bidder trying to negotiate lower the winning bid. I compare it to trying to negotiate a lower price on a restauraunt meal you've just eaten. At the least, it's not going to impress your date.