why do prices change from add to purchase

[2012lolliesshop12]

could someone please explain if a add says a fixed price then you  pick colour then style and it gos up

[lyndal1838]

Because it is a multiple choice listing with prices dependent on size colour etc.

It is a listing format allowed by ebay.

[jellybirddesigns]

In my case, my cushion covers are often different sizes in one listing. If a person choose a 16" cover, they will pay one price and of they choose the 18" option they will pay more.

When looking through search results, Ebay always displays the lowest price point in a sellers listing and when you click on the item, you then get the different options and prices in the dropdown menus at the top of the listings.

[bsal6160]

if thats the case you should then have two listings. one for the 16" and another for the 18". simple. they are NOT the same item.

[jellybirddesigns]

It's the same item, the variation is the size.

It's like selling a blue dress in S, M and L.

You are not going to have 3 different listings for the same dress. The buyer chooses the size off one listing.

That's the point of variations.