Shipping

[sweetkicker1]

Thank you for your help.  I was wondering why sellers charge very little for an expensive item, and then charge astronomical fees for shipping?.  For example I was looking at an ebike today and the price was 29.00  but shipping was 599.00  It wasnt just a matter of putting the price of the item and shipping backwards by mistake as I see this hundreds of times on items.  I presume it might be to cheat Ebay out of their selling fees but was wondering if it is for some other reason?

[pjcdn2005]

eBay charges a final value fee on the total sale which includes shipping so charging more for shipping doesn't benefit the seller in that way.  I really have no idea why a seller would set a listing up that way and to be honest, I haven't noticed that happening in the listings that I look at. Perhaps if it is international sellers they simply don't want to sell to Canada and don't bother to block it but just charge an outrageous amount for shipping???

[reallynicestamps]

EBikes are popular in my neighbourhood, and sell for over $3000. So even the total price points to a scam based on price alone.