How does e-bay get away with charging the seller for shipping costs?

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Originally Posted by grainsley

Agree about boycotting any auction using Global Shipping on Ebay..total rip. I just move on. In the past I have contacted sellers and asked why they can't just mail a $3 card in a pwe for 2 bucks, they would still make extra on their transaction. Too hard a concept for some I guess.........

It's too bad for the sellers (and me) that use Global as I have seen numerous times, cards I have wanted for good/great prices but when shipping is 2-3-4 times more than the card(s), I simply move on.

Just the other day I noticed some decent deals from a seller selling 52 topps cards, (that I have contacted in the past about him using Global shipping), who didn't sell or got very few bids on his cards.
To me, they were good deals, and if it weren't for his refusal to stop using Global shipping, I would have gladly paid/bid his asking prices.

I guess I will never understand it fully as I don't have enough experience in the game, but I am now, and have been for a while, way more careful/frugal as I always look for the best shipping rates before bidding.

This seller, who stated in his E-Bay ad shipping was $3 dollars, returned a $1 dollar to me as he said it only cost him $2 dollars.

This seller will definitely be getting my business again!