https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/10-OF-POSTAGE/qaq-p/4611658 <P>THROWING THIS ONE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The reason that Ebay takes 10% of postage is TO TEACH SELLERS THAT IT IS NOT GOOD PRACTICE TO OVERCHARGE ON POSTAGE. Ebay taking 10% is effectively defeating the whole object of the exercise and this is a FACT. To send an item for £3.30, the seller would have to charge £3.67 which after EBAY's 10% would actually leave the seller with £3.30 to post item, thus EBAY IS FORCING UP THE COST OF POSTAGE.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT and is Ebay handling this whole thing wrong.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Ebay should be working with it's members in the Community to combat this problem, not penalize it. As the saying goes TWO WRONGS DONT MAKE A RIGHT, Ebay is no different than those who caused this issue, they have just made it worse.</P> Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:06:06 GMT seahorse.stamps 2016-01-14T00:06:06Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/10-OF-POSTAGE/qaq-p/4611658 <P>THROWING THIS ONE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The reason that Ebay takes 10% of postage is TO TEACH SELLERS THAT IT IS NOT GOOD PRACTICE TO OVERCHARGE ON POSTAGE. Ebay taking 10% is effectively defeating the whole object of the exercise and this is a FACT. To send an item for £3.30, the seller would have to charge £3.67 which after EBAY's 10% would actually leave the seller with £3.30 to post item, thus EBAY IS FORCING UP THE COST OF POSTAGE.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT and is Ebay handling this whole thing wrong.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Ebay should be working with it's members in the Community to combat this problem, not penalize it. As the saying goes TWO WRONGS DONT MAKE A RIGHT, Ebay is no different than those who caused this issue, they have just made it worse.</P> Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:06:06 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/10-OF-POSTAGE/qaq-p/4611658 seahorse.stamps 2016-01-14T00:06:06Z