Quote Originally Posted by harsas View Post
If you check prices you will see that items with free shipping cost more so the actual item cost is the same to the customer. Free shipping offers excitement to those that actually believe that there are free things in this world while the reality of customer paid shipping offers the security of the seller not going into pocket for shipping.
On many of my item I always go "free shipping" (costs me $2.60 like talked about above) The reason I do this? Many customers buy 2 to 5 lots of some of my auctions and every lot has that $2.60 built into the price. 5 lots will still only cost me $2.60. I just made an extra $2.60 on 4 lots.