as a seller on ebay i know where these people are coming from. i use to sell a ton of genesis games on ebay. about 70 a week. after the listing fee, total auction final value, and then you get raped by paypal. if you sell a game for $100.00 you will probebly only see about $92.00 after all the fees, assuming the person pays paypal.
and on top of that you got, gas to go to the post office every day, materials exp: envelopes, pens, markers, tape. and most importantly, the hours of getting everything in order and packing them up.
so even if you do use priority mail and get free supplies, there are alot of factors to figure in. ebay is really a job if your serious about it. it will consume all of your time.
what i did was just start shipping for the actual cost to me, which was around $1.60 for first class. and it was amazing how much money i made. people will bid on your items first if you have lower shipping. it actually works out for the better if you try not to cheat people on shipping.
who you all should really be bitching at is paypal. paypal is a fucking ripoff
paypal runs ebay with a iron rule. if you don't accept paypal as a payment your aut of fucking luck. you will sell your items for half as much. and some people are so lazy that they can't, or just don't know how to address a envelope or buy a money order. they will just say fuck it and back out. on another token, if you do take paypal you get raped by the fees.
another thing, if you ship a item to a paypal user with a non confirmed address, or you just plain forget delivery conformation you're screwed. the paypal buyer can at the click of a mouse empty out of your bank account for the money they spent and get a free game. there are alot of people on ebay who use this scam everyday to get stuff for free from non experienced sellers. so in the end sellers really have no protection either. unless of course they spend another 45 cents for every item they sell to get the delivery conformation. cause it doesn't matter if the custome wants it, pays for it, or even sends an email asking you not to use it, you will have to get a refund to them. that is another expense in the shipping.
basically to sum it all up. paypal is a ludacris fucking company that has a monopoly over the biggest online store in the world, and there on a team fucking people over any which way they can.
any anger toward shipping prices should be directed straight to ebay and paypal. because paypal is somethin evil.
i think there is a anti paypal site
www.paypalsucks.com that explains alot more stuff you don't even want to know. like how paypal use to hide there contact info. it was impossible to find a phone number for paypal. it may still be impossible. you all should check it out if it's still active.
