why are ads allowed that say free postage when looked at for a closer look are not

[character_parties_aus]

Simply - because eBay thinks its more important to get fees out of postage and con buyers than be a reputable business. Does that answer your question?

Clealry ads should say postage included but eBay doesnt like that so it wrongly promotes free postage.

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[curraone]

and there are some sellers who are trying to list their items as "pick up only"  but apparently if they don't choose the proper option - which is quite fiddly - the item will show are "free postage" until you click on it and then shows "pick up only".      Not the seller's fault, really.

[kopenhagen5]

As curraone suggests, there is a problem with listing pick up items from iphones and ipads.

They appear in searches as free. We have reported it to both ebay and Apple.