Well, yes, I've never had any problem using Paypal like some others seem to have. It's just that I object to them charging me commission on money that I have to spend on postage, which means in effect I am making a loss on the deal.

As for ebay sellers charging ripoff shipping charges, yes, I've suffered from that too. I just charge for the cost plus a small amount extra for the packaging materials, if I have to buy them (jiffy bags or whatever). In practice I usually have plenty of them lying around from stuff I've bought (at least, small jiffy bags and record mailers), so I can just reuse them and not have to charge the buyer. I only charge for bigger items where I don't have the materials already and have to pay for them.

Mind you, as a seller I once had somebody complain about the shipping cost because they didn't want me to charge for the packaging materials. So I said, fine - just send me a self addressed package and I'll use that. He did too, and it must have cost him more that way - but some people are stupid :-)

If I see a seller charging ripoff shipping charges I won't usually buy from them. I say 'usually' because I guess if it was something I really, really wanted I'd perhaps pay anything to get it (assuming I had the cash).