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@digital*ghost wrote:

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:

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Your model might work for a seller with lots of small items or where people buy a lot of items together, or in certain other cases, but it's still not going to work for a lot of sellers.  You mightn't lose in the long run but a lot of us would, or else our buyers would feel ripped off and would be more inclined to feel like ripping us off in return (by saying the item didn't arrive).  No way do I want to invite that sort of thing!  I prefer my buyers to know exactly what things will cost and so far it seems to be working.

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If I thought what works for me was the solution for everyone, the first thing I posted would have been:

 

"Hey guys, why don't you all do this!?"

 

Instead of:

 

"Hey guys, why not have a think how you might work with eBay's tools?"

 

I posted it as an example of how I solved my problems with postage calculation, and I consider buyers not being able to see postage costs for any size of order up front, and pay for said order straight away, to be one of those problems. 

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I'm sorry but "Hey guys, why not have a think how you might work with ebay's tools" is no better than saying why don't we all do the same as you.  It's just as offensive because it infers that we haven't bothered to put any thought into it, or that we're too dumb to do so.  Some of us have given it a lot of thought and there is just no way to work around it with what we sell!  

If you can find a solution for your items, I'm happy for you, but please don't insinuate that the rest of us may be able to find a solution if we put some effort into it.