Quote Originally Posted by Bidoofdude View Post
Unfortunately many use the postage costs as a way to make the bulk of their profit. eBay and presumably Gumtree (?) take a cut only from the list price, not the shipping quote, which is a way to get around paying much in fees. I wish there were more means to report listings with exorbitant shipping costs, but it doesn't seem to be really going away anytime soon.
Ebay (at least) have been taking a cut of postage costs for quite a few years now. Which is a bit of sham seeing as they are in no way involved with the postage of the item for most sellers - unless they specifically use Ebay postage labels.