Unscrupulous ebay traders

[Acill]

Cyberus wrote:
So does this mean that because I find it a pain in the arris wrapping stuff up, and then I have to drive to the Post Office  to post it (I live in the sticks), I should charge more?

Like this guy did, over three times the cost of the postage?

Yes you can do that and should. I charge a few $ if I have to make a trip to the post office and if i have to buy a box. That all get added in to the shipping fee. Why should you as a seller have to pay for the box? You shouldnt. His fee was more then fair i think.

[Acill]

Effy wrote:
Two weeks ago I sold a laptop for 220 euro to be sent from Belgium to Spain and the guy payed by PayPal. Shipping costs were 29,50 euro according to the site of the belgian post, so I charged him 30 euro for that ... so far so good.
But ... PayPal reported 250 euro coming on my PayPal account from which their fee was 10,14 euro  :-o and when I wanted to transfer the money to my belgian account it costed me another euro  :-o + Ebay also charges me 5% of the bid (5% of 220 = 11 euro :-o   ) + 1,5 euro for advertising the object ...
So in reality I have received 250 euro - 10,14 - 1 - 11 - 1,5 - 30 = 196.36 euro ... while the bid was 220 euro ...
Does this mean I got ripped of by PayPal

Thats why I refuse to use Paypal, that and they fact after I sent an item to Estonia and it turned o ut the account he paid me with was reported as stolen (Odd that after i gave the tracking number not 10 mins later I got the email from paypal) and paypal held me at fault for sending the item to his gift address as he requested. Lost the money and the item on that one!