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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 984334, member: 22331&quot;]<b>A Good Reason To Vent</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial Black">As a seller with thousands of sales on numerous sites, I can generally guarantee that the shipping cost has little to do with what people will pay for an item, and significantly changes your net funds realized. I&#039;ve sold numerous identical items using another individual to place a similar ad with an identical item, offering free shipping, and the result was that people still purchased the items based on their total cost, with the free shipping item having a low bid and net sales price. </font></p><p><font face="Arial Black"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Arial Black">I learned some time ago that pro eBay (or employees?) individuals send that type of messages (e.g. Would you offer a &quot;Buy It Now&quot; price?, will you ship multiple purchases for a single coin price?), which I&#039;ve received constantly to increase the funds paid to eBay. To meet postal regulations, and eBay/Paypal shipping criteria requiring $1.95 minimum cost signature confirmation not allowed on first class envelopes, the minimum cost to ship a single coin is &gt;$3, and NOBODY cares when you don&#039;t ship as prescribed, without signature confirmation, and a buyer complains that they didn&#039;t receive their shipment. PayPal didn&#039;t accept delivery confirmation as proof of shipment, and it appears that eBay recognized the organizational disparity in shipping requirements, now mandating Signature Verification for proof of delivery. When you can&#039;t provide internet Signature verification of receipt, you are required to return their total funds paid, or PayPal will find in the buyers&#039; favor, giving them the funds, and placing a strike against your record. It only took one time to realize what happens when a dishonest buyer complains, so I now just return the funds upon complaint, and &quot;black-list&quot; the buyer.</font></p><p><font face="Arial Black"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Arial Black">My advice is: don&#039;t let whiners dictate your selling strategy. My only negative ever received in more than a decade of internet sales was from a competing seller that charges $5/coin shipping, with NO adjustments. He &quot;won&quot; 3 auctions of silver coins each at a price of ~75% spot, and then wanted all 3 coins shipped for 99 cents, which was less than the multiple discount offered in my auction body. He threatened to leave negative feedback if I didn&#039;t meet his demands, so I contacted eBay, notifying them of the coercive/threatening tactic, which neutral&nbsp; feedback in the &quot;buyers&#039;&quot; records indicated he had initiated previously. They said I must ship regardless, and I refused knowing that he would state non-receipt of product, and also leave negative feedback. EBay removed the neutral feedback from the competitive sellers&#039; file, I took the negative feedback, and the strike, which reduced my final fee discount, lowering my seller status.</font></p><p><font face="Arial Black"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Arial Black">The majority of eBay sellers are now starting at a realistic higher price which includes mandated charges, or a higher &quot;Buy It Now&quot;. They then are only responsible for the listing fees, and need not play the eBay/PayPal/buyer game of trying to reduce net sellers funds. More sellers are just leaving eBay when the realistic selling price is not met and they still have high listing fees. The general result is that the buyer will need to pay more for their &quot;bargains&quot; in the future, with a reduced selection available.</font></p><p><font face="Arial Black"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Arial Black">In my opinion, you will be best served by doing that necessary to realize a profit, and ignoring those who have little to lose. :thumb:</font></p><p><font face="Arial Black"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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