Sellers... how do you price your P&P

Scissorino · 2013-09-28T18:41:37.000Z

I price mine honestly. In the UK, the Royal Mail (our main postal service) has a website that lets you find the cost of anything you're sending. I charge the buyer EXACTLY what it costs to send. I don't even charge packaging because I ALWAYS recycle packaging and sellotape is peanuts. It annoys me that so many other sellers are DISHONEST as they blatantly are trying to cover/avoid eBay/Paypal fees by charging more for postage (I've even contacted sellers before, asked if they'd send it for cost price and they've said no because they want to cover fees). I would have bought many more things from eBay had the postage prices not been inflated by the seller. I've not been to check the rules but am positive that it is against them. In my opinion, regardless of whether it is allowed or not to do this, it is bad for business. Sure, there will always (sometimes) be someone willing to pay ridiculous shipping costs but surely honesty and low cost postage would result in more sales? What's your take? Do you do it? If so, how do you justify it?