@Nova, if I was in a position of being so broke that $1.55 would hurt me, I wouldn't be buying anything on eBay, I'd be buying a loaf of bread! Ridiculous comment IMO.

i was not talking about $1.55, i was responding in general to some posts above that  that once buyer accepts postage cost they have no right to complain regardless how much overpriced it is.  And to your comment that it is the same people who complain about having to pay return postage - well, yes, when seller messed up and the buyer is left with the cost of postage, they have a full right to be unhappy.  People who do not have much money would be more unhappy than people who can afford to lose $10+ or what ever the registered return postage costs.

Just because people do not have much money does not mean they should stop living; they may still want to give somebody present, or are buying something they need.  Old people or disabled people, who cannot always get to shop, use on line shopping.  And to say that if they cannot afford to waste their money they should not be shopping is nasty in extreme.