I totally agree. Even though the fees here are much lower here (for gallery auctions) there are still fees, and I think it's very wrong of people to try to pay less fees when they are already so reasonable! Personally whenever I pay fees here (which is very rare anyway) I am glad to do it, because I know it's going towards the site as a whole, not to some faceless company which doesn't give a toss about its customers.
Postage fees should be 'transparent' so buyers don't have to even worry about checking them. People who are obviously overcharging (or claiming to be in one country while actually shipping from another, hence the high postage costs) should expect to have their auctions reported.
Nobody objects to paying a reasonable amount more than the actual cost of stamps, as we all know jiffy bags, bubble wrap, etc. cost money, it's when it becomes obvious that the seller is also making a good profit from overcharging on postage, that people start to object. Like I said before, they keep having to add up two numbers every time they look at an auction, and they shouldn't have to do that.
Too true, that's why so many Ebayers are coming over here.
Its ripping ebay apart at the moment tho they wont admit it.
Most of this type of listing over there is by chinese sellers, pretending to be british based, who pay almost no fees and break all the sites other rules, and are swamping all the categories.
I think Ebid will keep on top of it, after all, we actually have a 'Report Auction' button over here! Feepay are still 'working' on theirs... I guess HTML programmers aren't cheap these days, what with their millions of pounds of profit every year, the poor dears can't afford to get one...No one can find what they want apparently so Ebid please try and stay on top of it