I totally support
@R1600Turbo 's argument on his shipping. If any cheaper, he'll likely be losing money on many packages he ships.
Random Story Warning:
I've had very smooth transactions with Global Shipping Service on eBay. First one was bit glitchy, but everybody got through it just fine. That was to Germany.
This last one was with German member also, but over a week later, I'm still waiting for payment.
Auction Ends(1st day), eBay sends buyer link to pay for the item. It's stated in my auction that I ask payments made within one week after end of auction.
Couple days later, I give buyer heads up that due to Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S., if they paid me within 12 hours, I can ship it before the three day break. After 12 hours, I won't be able to ship for three days straight. No reply.
Six days later, I email them that payment is due tomorrow, please don't forget. No response.
Eight days later, I file claim with eBay. I get response in one day. Exact quote:
"Hello,
I Told you that there is a Problem with the payment.when i try to Pay i get the Information"before you can Pay please ask the buyer for postage payable.please send me a Bill with the Price for all together..i Need to Pay but what should i Do more?"
I told them that on international shipping(global shipping), eBay handles shipping & checkout. I have zero control over this postage situation, also checkout.
Maybe it's a glitch, but I think it's suspicious that first person who claims that he can't checkout due to a checkout error also claims that he's been contact me when I don't have anything from him in the inbox in the email, or eBay.
As for the star rating system *
checks eBay*
Looks like all 5.0 except 4.9 in communication. For the record, I do reply all messages & questions, even weird ones. While as a buyer, I wouldn't want any unnecessary emails for something I bought on eBay, I have started sending out "Thank you", "Your item will ship on XXXday" emails. I didn't think I cared about having "4.9" stars out of 5, but clearly I do. lol
So, that's a yes?
*Koala Statham gif, your house in the background* jk