@Drakonchik

So where I erred was eBay is always charging a final value fee on shipping.

I was under the impression they didn't charge the FVF is you kept your shipping charges under a certain amount and that it was an attempt to circumvent fee avoidance: this item is only $1 Buy It Now with $100 shipping charge.

I was wrong, but it's still BS to pay a FVF on shipping as it's a cost associated with the item and not a profit-center. Regardless, it's a policy of which the OP might not be aware and my intent was to bring it up in the discussion as such.

No need to get "snippy" about it.