EVERYONE knows there’s no such thing as “Free Shipping.” We just move the cost to the item price and therefor more eBay fees. Reward for that is higher placement, and a small reminder at the DSR page asking buyers to rate accordingly. Shouldn’t that be like automatic 5 stars?

And if I can prove I can ship within the time stated in my listing, say with USPS or UPS, shouldn’t the Shipping Time get 5 stars automatically as well?

There are buyers who still thinks “How quickly did the seller ship the item” means “How long it took for it to arrive” and that just sucks since I’m a international seller.

But it is eBay’s playground… they can do whatever they want. If we want to use them to make money, we have to play by their rules. And their rules are not to make sellers happy, but to make as much money off us as possible. Keep this in mind and you’ll see why they do things the way they do.