subject: Get Cash Back from Ebay with Big Crumbs [print this page] The amount of $12 will be paid to BigCrumbs and which in turns gives to you. Remember that the shipping price is excluded from the final auction price. Here is the explanation.
Smart sellers are aware that Ebay will charge them a fee for the final auction price. So they ask a low price for their item and charge a high shipping cost. For instance, a Polo perfume is priced at $20 on Ebay and a shipping price of $7. But other sellers are selling the same thing for $10 and charging $17 for shipping.
As a buyer, you are paying $27) but the seller saves a lot on Ebay fees in the second example. Ebay charges a final seller's fee on the sales price of $10 instead of $20. Your pay check commission will be bigger, the bigger the Ebay fee is.