Originally Posted by jgedwa
This guy had $1 starting bids figuring that in the worst case he would make enough money through high shipping costs. He even said precisely that in his first email after the sale. How severely does Ebay crack down on that? I know that many, many sellers pad their profits with high s/h costs.
In eBay's terms that's called Fee Avoidance. They take a very dim view on anyone trying to cut them short. You can bet they will take action and having his confession is icing on the cake! Maybe he'll wise up and complete the deal?
