Forced low shipping costs of 4 EUR! | Suggestions and Feedback on the eBay Platform

kubis-electronics · 2025-10-28T19:22:54.270000Z

Why are you seriously forcing sellers to understate shipping costs? I can’t offer items with very low value whose shipping costs are at most 4 euros. I send them by registered mail and have to pay 22 PLN (registered mail) for that. At the current exchange rate, that’s 5.2 euros. On top of that there’s the envelope and the time spent waiting for the post. I face similar costs with DHL. I listed 8 euros. eBay recommends that I raise the prices of the items!!! Or for larger quantities. As far as I’ve heard, that’s the idea of eBay.de’s German branch. That is illogical and counterproductive. Why punish everyone, not just those who actually drive up shipping costs by, for example, listing 40 euros? And what am I supposed to do now if I often sell items for 3 or 5 euros? This will drive sellers away, since the number of buyers is already low enough. eBay sales will collapse, and in the end everyone will lose on eBay. Other selling platforms don’t have such strict rules, though! Selling on eBay is no longer profitable, especially for small sellers. This has forced me to raise the prices of small items and encourage buyers to purchase multiple items. That does not improve the situation! Think about returning to normality, because these are socialist practices that force sellers to pay! They are also driving up item prices for buyers. After all, all postal and courier services have become more expensive after the pandemic and as a result of the war, fuel price increases, and CO2 concerns!

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