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<p>[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1872455, member: 38783"]Here's the language that listing, in my opinion, falls under:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-circumventing.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-circumventing.html" rel="nofollow">http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-circumventing.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, they pay a combined fee now so it works out in the end regardless.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, when the seller specifically states in his listing description he is charging that shipping fee to circumvent policy (which, granted he is misguided about), to me that's dishonest and I'm going to report it.</p><p><br /></p><p>And please don't argue about calling it "handling". Had any attempt been made to really disguise his obvious disdain for their policies and him wanting to do whatever he could to not let eBay get a cut of "his" money, I'd probably agree and call it a day. I have nothing against sellers charging a fair price for shipping and handling. Again, had it been stated as anything other than trying to be dishonest to begin with, it's a different story.</p><p><br /></p><p>And reporting this isn't all about killing the seller. It's also possibly helping the seller avoid a chargeback and negative feedback from the bidiot who didn't read the whole description and then gets a shock when going to pay. Maybe he gets a note from eBay telling him "nice try but it doesn't work that way anyways" and he realizes his mistaken thinking and won't bother the hassle again, who knows.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1872455, member: 38783"]Here's the language that listing, in my opinion, falls under: [url]http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-circumventing.html[/url] Yes, they pay a combined fee now so it works out in the end regardless. However, when the seller specifically states in his listing description he is charging that shipping fee to circumvent policy (which, granted he is misguided about), to me that's dishonest and I'm going to report it. And please don't argue about calling it "handling". Had any attempt been made to really disguise his obvious disdain for their policies and him wanting to do whatever he could to not let eBay get a cut of "his" money, I'd probably agree and call it a day. I have nothing against sellers charging a fair price for shipping and handling. Again, had it been stated as anything other than trying to be dishonest to begin with, it's a different story. And reporting this isn't all about killing the seller. It's also possibly helping the seller avoid a chargeback and negative feedback from the bidiot who didn't read the whole description and then gets a shock when going to pay. Maybe he gets a note from eBay telling him "nice try but it doesn't work that way anyways" and he realizes his mistaken thinking and won't bother the hassle again, who knows.[/QUOTE]
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