oh, ok - because they wrote differently in their item description, they're allowed to circumvent eBay's policies and FVF's by profiting on postage (which eBay don't get a cut of), and they're also allowed to send 1006 g in a 500 g satchel and only pay Aus Post for the 500g..

Fair enough - I didn't know that - never knew I could make up my own rules to get around eBay's policies and fees or Aust Posts’...

Never knew I could do all that and still be ranked as a top seller.

Glad you cleared that up for me - Thanks.

*goes off to adjust listings*

as for correlation - LOL - head for business eh?

I'm gonna have a guess here - but chances are eBay are putting up their fees cos they're not making the profit they want - and here we have a top rated seller (and where there's one, there is possibly more) avoiding FVFs by putting profit into postage on a few hundred items a month. 

and as for AP - they were entitled to double the money they were paid - so it's like theft - going into a store and only paying for half of what you take. and just as it's done in our B&M stores - the price of theft (not to mention fraud) is worked into their budget - so if their bottom line isn't high enough - guess what they do? 

and I didn't get a discount on postage - I paid $4 over what I should have for a 500 g satchel - now if this happens a couple hundred times a month - that's a nice little tax free and fee free money earner, aint it? near enough a $1000 a month!

meh..... as you were.