[Joeaksa]

One thing that you guys need to understand is that Ebay has been raising their commissions lately but they cannot charge a commission on the shipping and handling.

Many sellers are upping the "shipping and handling" charges and lowering their reserve or prices on items. This way they make the same profit but pay less to ebay.

I can understand their issue here but I usually send a note to anyone doing this saying that when they calculate a reasonable S&H that I will bid on the item. Most reply saying that I should bid on the item realizing that the price is lower if you take the total cost into account.

Personally on this I would email the seller one more time, and copy ebay on the email. After this I would contact Ebay saying that the seller is playing games with the shipping and let them handle it.

The other thing that I do is that I have my own FedEx account. After the sale I tell them that I will pay a $1 for a box and packing and then give them my shipping account. That way they cannot overcharge me for shipping. UPS and FedEx are both easy to set up an account and this is a good way to go.