Should EBay reintroduce listing fees to discourage overpriced listings? | Buying

ekrabappel · 2025-08-05T20:21:58.706000Z

OK, a bit of a sound off here. I collect old photos and albums and often see items that are way overpriced. Now before you jump down my throat that it is only my opinion that the item is overpriced, consider this - the same items get re-listed over and over again. Some items have been on the market for 6 months or even a year. I've even had 10-20% discount offers sent on some of these items which I assume were sent to If all those who looked yet the items are still on the market. If items haven't sold in over 6 months, including when discounted by 20%, that screams overpriced. Problem is, when I do searches, I have to plough through stacks of these listings every time. Most of the overpriced items are listed by a handful of sellers yet there is no way to block those sellers from the search results. It makes EBay experience as a buyer, somewhat frustrating. If it costs say 10c to list an items, with the fee refunded when the item is sold, I wonder if that would reduce the number of overpriced items clogging yup search results? It may also stop scammers selling 'RARE 1988 $2 coins' In fact, did EBay once have a system like that?

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