I joined EBay in 1999 so been here a while with thousands of deals but I recently listed a motorcycle service manual on EBay Oz, it sold to a buyer in the USA. I had the size and weight listed correctly at 1.1 Kg, EBay under charged the buyer postage, when I got to the post office the postage was $10 more than eBay had charged. So after I received my payout $60.81 and deduct postage $57.15 I received $3.66 for my sale! The eBay fees are out of control and greedy!So after I contacted eBay a...

I don't post overseas for this very reason. You need to do the maths and have a good idea of your total costs before listing. Alternately when listing the item there is a 'calculate estimated fees' button.I set my item price to cover my purchase price, final value fee and fee on postage, whilst leaving a profit margin that makes it worth the effort (of listing, packing, posting etc).You need to treat it as business deal and be aware of your costs (in my case before even buying the item).

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