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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;buddy16cat, post: 1498203, member: 37356&quot;]I don&#039;t see anything wrong with giving an honest rating.&nbsp; If the surveys ask if the shipping cost is reasonable and it isn&#039;t, the seller is profiting from it,&nbsp; I don&#039;t give the negative feedback nor a positive since that would not be an honest ranking.&nbsp; It is not my job to police shipping costs if people are honestly charging what it costs to ship the item or profiting from it or using it to cover fees.&nbsp; I am not going to give a positive feedback when they put a stamp on envelope and charge $1.99 for it.&nbsp; Some do charge what it costs,&nbsp; I got one package marked $1.80 shipping and that is what I was charged, as far as others though I have no way of knowing if the method they are using is charging what they charge.&nbsp; Whether you charge more for shipping or start your bid higher is on you but when people see a stamp on an envelope when you charged $3 they are going to respond and you shouldn&#039;t ask people to lie for you to keep your rating up.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t want the feedback, don&#039;t charge more than the max it will charge you to ship.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t really honest to charge more for shipping to make sure you get the amount you want.&nbsp; In the case above since I added the shipping to the cost, I probably won&#039;t rank shipping cost at all but will certainly not give a positive ranking for it.&nbsp; It really doesn&#039;t matter since most are going to get out their calculators but new bidders may end up making a mistake, which I already did but the seller cancelled my bid.&nbsp; Some are just unaware of the shipping manipulation.&nbsp; In my view though, since Ebay deducts fees from the shipping, it is best to start the bidding higher and give an honest shipping amount.&nbsp; You could add a little more to cover the fees on shipping.&nbsp; Paypal also charges fees on shipping don&#039;t they?&nbsp; I know though that on low cost items, the fees can be outragous.&nbsp; I sold one wheat cent for $1.04 plus a stamp and Ebay and Paypal took 46%.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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