Outrageous Postage Charges

[cychris]

A seller on EBAY.COM is selling a 1948 Watford v Swindon Programme
(Item No 201122011382) It has a starting price of $17.50,with a BIN
of $45.00.Not sure how rare Watford programmes are from this era,so
don't know if this is a fair price?
When you come to check the postage costs though its a different
story,to post to the UK its an eye-popping $93.59!!!! I know sellers
make a little on postage,but this is way over the top.Be careful if
bidding on this one.
Chris

[Kickoff3pm]

my recent experiance with ebay tells me this could be down to the way ebay produce the shipping costs for sellers. The seller is a bit nieve perhaps.

As for sellers making "a little" on shipping. Not all of them do. Don't forget ebay take 10% and the are paypal fees too.

Seller Sends You £2.19 – Out of that you have these costs
Listing Fee £0.00 – normal free £0.10
Final Value Fee You Pay 10% – £0.22
Paypal Payment Fee You Pay – £0.29
Cost Of Your Envelope – £0.40 – averaged
You Pay Actual Postage – £1.20
Total Cost without allowing for your time in setting up, dealing with,packing, sending out = £2.11
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