shipping is supposed to be on distance. the shipping for someone in the next town to you cannot be the same as for someone across the country. the person had a shipping fee to cover the most expensive as a default
And, Ebay used to side with the sellers, and many people would get F ed because of fear of negatives. I know I was afraid of a negative because of a hole sellers. ebay was FULL of them.
I find it pretty amazing you never had a problem, I remember checking people's feedback and you would always see negatives from angry sellers. Like i said, I am glad Ebay sides with the buyers now.
Ebay like anything else is a service, the client should come first, NOT the seller.
the seller is making a profit out of it, gaining something. People trust ebay to get a good item and a good experience. Not all sellers are bad obviously but things used to be ugly, there had to be a change.
my point is Ebay used to SIDE with the sellers, and that obviously didn't work too well. Sellers had their chance