Recently bought 3 items in auction from a decent sized/established eBay chip seller. Cost of each chip ended up being $0.99 and shipping was listed on each sale as $3.99. When the final item was purchased the shipping was listed as $11.97 (3x $3.99) and reduced by $4 to $7.97. Obviously high for first class USPS mail of 3 single chips. When I asked about the final shipping costs the seller said "If [you] sell on eBay, you should know eBay charge you everything 10% including shipping cost, and when you put combine items eBay charge seller more on shipping again."
I double checked a recent combined shipping sale I did myself and only saw a "Final Value Fee on Shipping" which was 10% of the total shipping cost after I combined shipping. By this I mean original shipping was something like $30, combined shipping totaled $13 so I was only charged $1.30 in shipping fees. I don't have a special account of any kind so I was wondering if this seller has a paid account (or is there any reason) does eBay really charge additional fees for them to over combined shipping or is this seller just bullshitting me on why I'm paying him $4 additional in "shipping costs" on $2.97 worth of chips?
I double checked a recent combined shipping sale I did myself and only saw a "Final Value Fee on Shipping" which was 10% of the total shipping cost after I combined shipping. By this I mean original shipping was something like $30, combined shipping totaled $13 so I was only charged $1.30 in shipping fees. I don't have a special account of any kind so I was wondering if this seller has a paid account (or is there any reason) does eBay really charge additional fees for them to over combined shipping or is this seller just bullshitting me on why I'm paying him $4 additional in "shipping costs" on $2.97 worth of chips?