the captain wrote:

for those of you that buy on ebay, do you look at the shipping price
and deduct that from the maximum you are willing to pay or do you just
ignore shipping and bid whatever you want.

this is something I have wondered for a few years now

I consider the shipping cost when deciding if or how much I'll bid.

A year or two ago someone listed a full set of OEM ink for my printer for $14.95 buy it now - an insanely good price - but he wanted $325 for shipping. So what looked like an incredible deal up front was actually a pretty average total. I presume he was
looking to lower his final value fees.