Dishonest shipping prices

[Anonymous]

This is mt first post here so hi!I guess I have kind of a beef you could say,and I am finding it rather annoying.dishonest shipping prices. A lot of sellers are making  products look cheaper than jack the shipping prices.Some are not so obvious(so you really have to pay attention),but some just stick out like a sore thumb,Its not even a new thing.I just find its getting a lot worse than it used to be.Anyone who buys off of ebay enough has a round idea what shipping should be to their area.There are times where I have contacted sellers,when there is a product I like,Id tell them if they give me honest shipping price, id consider purchasing their product,and sure enough,Ive had as much as 30-40 dollars suddenly drop off from  shipping charges.Now Once again,i'm NOT saying all sellers are doing it.Does not E Bay have rules on shipping preventing that and if not why not? and if so why are they not doing anything about it?

[reallynicestamps]

Mostly US sellers?

They may be carelessly giving International Priority shipping instead of First Class International Package/ Canada.

The difference in cost is both huge and not well presented by USPS.

https://postcalc.usps.com/?country=10440

If you wanted to send a tracked package to Canada (use 90210 as a zipcode) it would be easy to think Priority was the only choice.

To even find FCIP/canada you would have to choose Size and Shape and then scroll to the very bottom of the list to find the cheaper rate.

By contrast Canada Post, to their credit, start with the cheapest service.

https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/far/business/findARate?execution=e1s1

And of course, there are many US and UK sellers who use the Global Shipping Program,  which is a Seller Protection system that adds Canadian duty and sales taxes to the shipping cost. It offers nothing for the buyer.

Does not E Bay have rules on shipping preventing that

Sellers who inflate the cost of shipping to make their asking price sound low are stupid.

First because the customer will be annoyed when the inflated price turns up, which will lose them a lot of sales.

And second because eBay charges a 10% fee on shipping, as well as on the selling price. So they are paying more while losing sales.