what i also noticed was this:
i usually use "flat shipping rates" in all of my auctions.....so, with the new rate hikes, what i "had" been doing was opening up feebays shipping calculator wizard in their SIY form to figure out what the rate 'would be' for my item and then i would add my s/h fee and use that as my flat ship rate.
HOWEVER, feebay's rates are WRONG!!!! they are off by at least $1.00 on all shipment types (for USPS at least)....because i would be on the usps web site and i would be in paypal doing a "mock shipment" at the same time comparing the rates and what i found was that both paypal and the usps had the same (higher rate of course) and feebay was off by at least $1.....so when people paid for their item it would be let's say $5.20 for shipping, but when i actually went to ship it via paypal, it was $1 MORE!!!
so, any of you that may rely on feebay's shipping wizard, just know that it is OFFFFFF and can drastically hurt your bottom line and out-of-pocket expenses.
good luck,
kathleen
