eBay's president of north america published a letter to end users talking about the problem of excessive shipping charges.

by excessive shipping he talks about situations where sellers sell an item for $1 and charge a $100 shipping fee.. he claims this is the #1 issue deterring buyers from completing transactions, and said eBay is starting to clean up the site and remove such sellers.

i am surprised it took them that long to deal with it, since this has been an issue almost from the beginning of the service. i think they can automate the removal of such items quite easily, it should help make the eBay listings a bit more honest.