Final Value Fee on Postage

[mh297]

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?

[*guinevere*]

Ebay have been charging FVFs on postage for over 4 years now, and the reason they started it was because some sellers were blatantly overcharging and making a profit on postage.

They would sell a £20 item for 99p and charge £21 postage.

Most sellers nowadays add the price of P&P to the price of the item and sell post free or charge very little postage.