12-11-2006, 08:58 PM
I listed a two PS3's (yes, I'm one of those, but more about that later) on eBay yesterday evening and eBay pulled them within minutes of their start time (they didn't even have time to show up in the search results yet).
eBay pulled my auctions because they claimed I was charging "excessive shipping" (this time they explicitly stated it). Now, my auctions had no Buy-It-Now price nor did they have a Reserve price, and they started at 99 cents. My shipping charge was $45. I stated that I'd be using FedEx 3 Day, with insurance and signature (the latter costs something like $9). Now, when I look on eBay for ongoing as well as completed auctions, isn't $45 like the average shipping costs on one of these things? What is eBay doing? Do they have me on some sort of watch list?
Am I being unusual (or unreasonable when compared to other auctions) in charging $45 for shipping this thing? I swear I looked at other auctions and they were charging more or less the same. Many about to be completed auctions were charging (much) more.
eBay pulled my auctions because they claimed I was charging "excessive shipping" (this time they explicitly stated it). Now, my auctions had no Buy-It-Now price nor did they have a Reserve price, and they started at 99 cents. My shipping charge was $45. I stated that I'd be using FedEx 3 Day, with insurance and signature (the latter costs something like $9). Now, when I look on eBay for ongoing as well as completed auctions, isn't $45 like the average shipping costs on one of these things? What is eBay doing? Do they have me on some sort of watch list?
Am I being unusual (or unreasonable when compared to other auctions) in charging $45 for shipping this thing? I swear I looked at other auctions and they were charging more or less the same. Many about to be completed auctions were charging (much) more.