eBay's calculated shipping is less than what it actually costs?

[3islanders]

Is anybody finding that after you enter size & weight for your items, the amount eBay charges buyers based on that information is less than what it will cost you to ship it?  I don't sell much at all, but this is the 2nd time it's happened.  For an Expresspost item, eBay charged the buyer 'x' amount, and when I checked Canada Post's site with the same info, it's more.  We are already losing money when we charge shipping honestly at cost, because they charge fees on that...  what the heck with the shipping prices?  😠

[ypdc_dennis]

A second thought:  shipping sales tax and how it is handled

eBay shows the calculated Canada Post shipping cost without sales tax added.   eBay collects sales tax from the Buyer on item+shipping -- the Seller does not get that sales tax.

When you buy the shipping, sales tax is added to the Seller's cost.

So what you actually paid may end up higher or lower than what you got from eBay.

A good reason to be registered to collect sales tax, since you can recover sales tax spent on shipping.

Or you can use discounted stamps to ship parcels in Canada -- sales tax is assumed to be included in the face value of the stamps, so the tax is not added to the price.

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