Can a seller charge petrol, time, fees & other misc costs as part of postage ?????

[jbeach1971]

I have a seller who wants to charge me $29 for postage of a pair of shoes from Vic to Perth WA

I questioned her postage charge and i got back the following

"Yes, the postage is correct. These shoes are pretty heavy, especially with the packaging, and will weigh much more then the standard 500 g to ship. The price is a little higher than the actual postage cost to help cover eBay seller and postage fees, PayPal fees, etc. These shoes are in fantastic condition and cost about $140 when I bought them and I only wore them once or twice."

I only paid $9.99 for them - that was the starting bid and i was the only bidder

I also have another woman who wants to charge me $30 postage for 3 items from Chatswood NSW to Perth and her reponse was

"Yes, the combined postage of all 3 items to Perth will be $30. This includes the increased weight, bigger mailing box, petrol, ebay/paypal fees and time."

Is this correct ??????????????

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

Let's consider the shoe item and the costs involved in listing the item on eBay and being paid through PayPal.

Final price = $9.99 + $29 Postage

Seller costs:

9.9%x $9.99 final value fee = $0.99

9.9% x $29 fvf on postage = $2.87

Actual cost of postage (estimate) = $15

Registration or SOD = $3

Packaging (nominal) = $1

PayPal fee 30c + 2.6% on total = $1.31

TOTAL = $24.17

This leaves the seller $38.99 - $24.17 = $14.82

I'm not saying the seller is right or you are right, but if you were selling these shoes on eBay would you consider $14.82 a good return for the shoes and the effort of listing and selling these on eBay?