So a listing can’t say, “Price is $x plus fees and shipping”, or “Price is $x, buyer pays fees”?
Post #50 somewhat addresses my question which was similar.
You can essentially say your price is
"$xxx plus shipping and handling" and not fear repercussions.
But you cannot state it as "buyer pays fees."
Not really that hard to switch it up, in all honesty. All it boils down to is verbiage.
A lot of this just requires "MATH" when you choose what to do for your listing, when trying to stay within the rules and not shoot yourself in the foot. Whether you decided to build the fee your paying into the asking price of the gear or add it to shipping costs, either is up to you to decide and legal.
If you choose to tell someone that you won't accept an offer due to the fees making it not worth your while, also legal.
All sellers can't do now is DEMAND fee free payment from an electronic payment service that isn't offering buyer protection.
But you can DEMAND fee free payment from MONEY ORDER or CHECK and allow it time to clear before shipping. That is 100% legit, due to regulations with mail fraud.
So it's not like we're out of options.
And for buyers, it appears that if you wanted to offer to the seller, using fee free payment, THAT IS OKAY, but you are taking the risk on it yourself and neither TB or the payment service won't help you if you end up screwed over.
You can read peoples feedback.
You can ask the questions you need to.
You can gauge the seller's honesty with a few tactics.
And if you decide to trust them, you can pay them however YOU want.