Originally Posted by arejohn
As for the fees on shipping, this is response to sellers offering products for pennies with high shipping fees.
Yep, it was the jerks selling, for example, a legitimate $50 item for a couple of bucks and then charging $45 for shipping. They got around the sellers fees that way and still got their money. They basically forced eBay into making this change, so blame those schmucks for screwing it up for the honest sellers.