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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1948227, member: 37498&quot;]I disagree.</p><p><br /></p><p>As others have noted, shipping &amp; handling isn&#039;t just the amount the shipper pays to USPS or UPS to have an item shipped.&nbsp; It can also include packaging, insurance, labor, etc.&nbsp; The shipping expense on two items of identical weight and size can vary greatly, depending on the durability and the value of the item in question.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since it really isn&#039;t very difficult to calculate what the total cost is when you&#039;re bidding, I don&#039;t see why it&#039;s a problem.&nbsp; Heck ebay even shows the S&amp;H charges on the screen when you place your bid, and they add it into the total when you using Buy-it-Now, so it&#039;s really hard to miss.&nbsp; They even make it possible to sort by price using total price (price + shipping).</p><p><br /></p><p>The ONLY thing I don&#039;t like about shipping fees on ebay is that ebay will not refund those fees unless you invoke buyer protection for an item not received or SNAD.&nbsp; So free shipping is a little more confidence inspiring in that regard.&nbsp; (If a seller knows they will have to eat the original shipping expenses on normal returns, they may be less likely to send questionable items.)</p><p><br /></p><p>While I don&#039;t like that their final value fee policy that includes shipping results in more revenue for them, I do have to admit that it was very effective in curbing the shipping expense abuses that were occurring before the policy change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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