The ebay fee is based on sales price, which does not include shipping.
Hence these assholes charge high shipping fees to increase the net. If
there is any question about shipping cost, establish this before the
purchase.

In the US, USPS shipping depends on where you go. There are some retail
outlets that take USPS shipments at a marked up rate.

You need to be very careful with ebay. Almost always I get better deals
elsewhere. I was at a local surplus shop and ran into an ebay peddler
getting items to sale. Well, at least that is more legit than
Radio-Mart(TM), where he gets items from Ebay and writes lies to get a
higher price when reselling on ebay.

Bob wrote:
BTW Before anyone says anything I do realize that I could have
prevented these
excessive charges by simply not dealing with this seller.


I bid $129 on a Sony ICF SW7600GR radio from a seller on Ebay.
The seller charged me $41 shipping. (I priced return
shipping via UPS, it is
$16.29)

The seller advertised shipping to Canada by Fed Ex. When asked
to ship by US Post Office
(because the brokerage fee is only $4.30) he failed to respond
and shipped the
item via UPS??.

When the package arrived I was faced with an additional $33.62
brokerage fee
from UPS for having collected $18.89 tax on the goods and $2.36
tax on the
tax ( total $54.87 )

My total cost was $224.87
($129+$41+$33.62+$18.89+$2.36)

Had I chosen a different seller my cost could have been $168.48
($129+$16.29+$18.89+$4.30)

You live and learn. (or) A fool and his money are soon parted.