Fair enough, but it's not really clear to me in all those cases that a pro is boxing the bike. Also, when you get a bike from a store, the whole set-up there involves overhead, rent, wages to employees, etc., and what your LBS sells (in addition to actual bikes) is service, so they're going to charge for it. But on eBay, the whole idea (or, at least, the charm as far as I'm concerned) is that all extraneous expenses are removed and the item is just sold. I guess you have a point when you say your time is valuable so you'd charge for the boxing, but I tend to think of that as part of the price of the bike. I mean, if you sell a bike you probably clean it up first, but nobody tacks an extra $15 cleaning fee onto the top bid. What I'm saying is, I don't like auctions with built-in extra charges (aside from shipping, which is inescapable). It seems mildly sneaky to me, like a car ad that gives a price and then says, in small letters at the bottom of the screen, "wheels, windows, locks, brakes, and headlights cost extra."