[PJ-Comix]

Me, I either want a book fast, or I want it shipped cheap.

I don't get the sellers who try to make a few extra bucks by overcharging on shipping. All it does is keep their bids down. Sometimes I even offer free shipping if the buyer uses Buy It Now.

[hunter112]

It's just a way to jack eBay out of some fees. They'll tolerate a certain level of high S/H fees, which don't figure in to a listing fee (when you use a Buy-It-Now only on an auction, you have supreme control over that!) nor in the final value fee. The only piece of it eBay gets is their percentage on the PayPal transaction that often takes place after the sale.

One way eBay has tried to point it out is to change the My eBay-Buying page to show the totals with stated shipping.