I think tonight was the worst shipping scam I have ever come across. My daughter was looking for a dress and found one that had 5 minutes left to bid on. She bought it for 20 usd. (while we discussed the china shipping fees and what they could be) The seller didn't have the shipping fee posted. The seller being LOUIEDOG83. Anyway, I was frantically looking for possible worst case scenario of shipping a 5 pound dress to US from China. USPS 1-3 day shipping was 80 dollars. Standard shipping was 37. Well she got the dress cheap enough so 80 (worst case scenerio) is reasonable.

She emailed him for the cost of shipping. He must have been sitting at his computer because she recieved a prompt response. Are you sitting down?? Shipping cost of the 5 pound dress (at the most) from china is 140 usd. The best part is she emailed him back and asked 'why so much' when 80 would be the expensive. His response was "I had to make up some for the dress being so cheap" he openly addmitted he was making up for his loss of money. 60 dollars if not more (shipping gouging)

The rest of the story! She refused to pay and he responded with "mutual agreement, no pay"

This guy >> www.mwgraves.com << has the right idea. Making a list of ebay shipping gougers.

When I sell on ebay I use actual shipping cost with the calculator. I think that should be the standard for all sellers. Global shipping calculators integrated into EBay like all their other little annoying features. What's one more anyway?

I think Ebay was orginally set up to sell the crap in your house you don't want. It has become a retailers paradise. It's out of control!!

Thank for the rant! :-)