Unscrupulous ebay traders

[Effy]

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

[Effy]

A while ago when I didn´t know much about money transfers I went to my bank with a note about whereto and BLZ and Konto when transferring from Belgium to Germany. This costed me 8,5 euro. When I did homebanking on my pc then it costed me 6,25 euro. But when I now use IBAN and BIC it will cost me only the same as when I transfer money to my mother a village away from me ...

[Effy]

That´s why I try to sell objects at a minimum price where most fees are in-calculated ...