Final Value Fee on Postage

Why do ebay cream money off for a service they don't provide (postage) and is this legitimate?  Sellers advertising a legitimate postage cost, on top of the value of an item, are left out of pocket due to a 'final value fee on postage'.  I understand the significant profits made on the value of items that supports the ebay that we have clearly all created but I do not understand how this can be justified for postage costs or how this can possibly encourage fair pricing.  Lesson learned for me - ebay will be my last choice for buying and I'll never sell on here again.  Can non-legitmate or disproportionate costs be recovered?

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When this was introduced over 4 years ago there was a big outcry about it, and many sellers who claimed to be top dollar lawyers or have access to top dollar lawyers/Watchdog show producers/journalists were going to stop it because they decided it was illegal.

 

Years later we're still stuck with it so clearly it's not illegal.

 

 

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