One of the reasons I will not offer free post is that Ebay's postage calculator by Ebay's own admission, is intended to give an APPROXIMATE postage cost. It does not allow for insurance, purchase of packing materials, cubing (fragile items require larger boxes) etc. To insure and use Signature on delivery is my only protection against 'shonky' buyers. I often check the buyers feedback, given and received, and find numerous complaints about postage costs because they simply do not understand that the postal sticker does not always reflect the full postage price.
Before leaving feedback, complaining , ask the Seller WHY?.
My quarterly figures show that my postage charges barely cover the actual costs, let alone the cost of delivery to the post office, the costs of packaging etc.
I once queried a US seller re the postage cost and he sent me a note that it had to include his "time and gas to get to the PO, time in the wait line, stress of getting everything done which was so great that he had to go to the bar across the road and havea whisky to recover before he could drive home" His sense of humour won the day and I didn't ask for a refund!
