topic Re: Ebay fees are a joke!! in Selling

Ebay fees are a joke!!

tazz2250 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:21:14 GMT

Well, this is becoming a common subject in this forum.. Not only the system to sell is not user friendly, but more, Ebay is stealing the seller in imposing his absolutely unjustifiable Fees.. For each $500 you sell, they charge you $45 . This doesn't count their payment system Paypal Owned by Ebay, that also make you pay fees for receiving money from buyers..

I have tried to sell a car, for $500 , the car was bought by a spoof bidder with zero feedback, that sent me emails asking me to sell the car without even waiting for the end of Auction.. Not only we saw the car going just for $500, no one bet on it while the value was over $1000, but now, this guy won the Auction, did not pay for it, live in Victoria when the pick up was well advertised in NSW , his contact number was disconnected, and he did not answer my emails.. BUT EBAY will charge me anyway regardless of me having to deal with all that crap.. Ebay, one thing, stop being greedy and reduce the fees or be ready to hit the rock bottom like many websites.. Already, I can tell there is a very sharp decrease on people using Ebay to sell.. Me to start with, I will never sell again anything using Ebay, I am disgusted of your EXORBITING fees THAT YOU CANNOT JUSTIFY JUST BECAUSE YOU RUN IT.. we are the ppls that make you win the money, so be a bit more smart and stop using us as milk cows.. soon it will turn very sour and you will have just smelling bad cheese on your table. I invite everyone to comment and say honestly what you think because the more you say, the better they will understand... thanks.

Re: Ebay fees are a joke!!

foxette-in-sox — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:53:13 GMT

Open a non payer case,wait 4 days,close & you'll receive a refund of your FVF-simple.

TSFE :-x

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*sparklz* — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:30:34 GMT

The fees are there for you to see before you even list to decide IF you want to sell via ebay.

There is nothing hidden about it.

IF an item was worth $1,000 then it would have sold for $1,000.

Anything is ONLY worth what the bidders want to pay.

As for the fees, open a non payer dispute 4 days after the sale ends and then 4 days later close the dispute to be credited back the FVF you paid .

Nothing ripping you off there, again it is ALL there for you too read IF you want to take the time to do so.

Click on the Resolve a problem from the drop down to the right of the sold item to open the dispute.

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kustomizer99 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:43:13 GMT

Ebay fees have just made a massive jump in the USA.... sellers are not happy!

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davewil1964 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:14:48 GMT

And you don't have to and shouldn't) accept Paypal for vehicle sales.

Might pay to read the site map re vehicle selling before your next attempt.

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the-kazbar — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:22:04 GMT

$45 to sell a car is actually pretty cheap

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viewmont1071 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:33:19 GMT

and $15.00 to list a car at auction (not even taking into account reserve fees) EVERYTIME and continually ending up with Non paying bidders is time consuming and not cheap at all.

In fact it is infuriating for the seller... and very profitable for ebay...

It is nearly impossible to use exclusion tools because most of my sales of vehicles come from low feedback bidders (think new or low use ebayers)... and that is generally the same profile that NPB have..... except the real ones pay

Thank the lord for the positive feedback comments left by affected sellers for NPB

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the-kazbar — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:37:17 GMT

the insertion fee is $8, not $15

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viewmont1071 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:11:56 GMT

woops I got reserve fees $14.95 and listing fees $8.00 costs mixed up

...... so at $22.95 per list ebay's profit from a NPB for a vehicle auction sale is even more profitable.... so a no reserve NPB vehicle auction is 800% more profitable than those NPB auctions afforded to the normal ebay member that can 30 items at auction for nothing... I wonder wher ebay make up the technical cost shortfall.....hmm.

On friday when I checked there were 6500 odd private seller listings in contrast to the 15000 odd listings that were private sellers 12 months ago.... I believe the amount of NPBs is a major factor in the declining private offering

I just went to verify the amount but it appears I cannot now separate private sellers from business sellers in the vehicle section???

what is this link all about???

http://sellercentre.ebay.com.au/fs5

Introducing a new fee structure

coming soon

LMAO.,,, is this an ebay au woops?

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holster100 — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:57:55 GMT

Ebay ripping us off again. How much money do they need to make?

If they didn't charge a fee for Paypal as well it wouldnt be so bad.

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extra-keen — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:30:42 GMT

I will be better off I think, just doing some quick calculations - not by much, but still for me that is encouraging. It certainly means I can afford to keep listed those items which only sell occasionally.

I will not be offering so many auction items under the new system, but that won't affect me greatly. It certainly won't be worth listing $5.00 worth of goodies when the listing cost is $1.50. That I think is ridiculous and would have to be aimed at reducing the number of low value auctions that folks can see. Thus creating a greater gap between professional sellers and mum and dad sellers getting rid of stuff.

Time will tell as to whether it is a successful move by ebay or not. As with all previous changes, those who move and adapt will most likely succeed.

And just on the subject the OP opened - I think this is the cheapest place to sell a vehicle and it works, but you have to be carefull, there are heaps of buyers out there who can make life difficult. The suggestions made by other members are very relevant and important. It is very important to know eBay's rules, in most cases they are there for the safety of all members - sellers and buyers, and if followed, work.

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vandenwildenberg — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:48:14 GMT

e-bay needs to drop fee prices .. for a buy it now item I will list on gumtree and facebook before e-bay every time ..no paypal cash on pick up .. e-bay used to be number 1 for me ..now number 3 .. and falling ...

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tuffy42tuffy — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:00:33 GMT

And is it correct that the final selling fee includes postage costs which have already been paid for as a service.Just wondering,does anyone know..?

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bluelillypilly — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:55:25 GMT

Fees are about to change to be much simpler.Over ten years ago I had a very small stall in an antique market selling "smalls" - not much worth a lot. My rent was $45 a week plus 10% commission on what I sold and I had things stolen or broken most weeks. Also most weeks I owed THEM money !! Ebay has proved a much safer and easier way - I still have a load to list and now look at it as recouping some money I "saved" with my buying !! It is so much easier to see what is selling well and hold on to other stuff for a while.It is your choice to sell on Ebay or not and to list at the price you want to achieve. Stop whinging and get some help to be more efficient in your selling if you want to continue.

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dbdog73 — Thu, 05 May 2022 11:51:54 GMT

I just sold something for $599 here in Australia. eBay fee was $83.76!! I nearly fell off my chair. I'll be sticking with Facebook Marketplace for such items in future. I feel robbed! I didn't realize they took so much.

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eol-products — Thu, 05 May 2022 12:00:18 GMT

Look at it from the buyers point as well as you could get one on gumtree for half that price. I think you would prefer to pay more in fees and sell for more at the same time.

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padi*0409 — Thu, 05 May 2022 12:46:33 GMT

@dbdog73 wrote:

I just sold something for $599 here in Australia. eBay fee was $83.76!! I nearly fell off my chair. I'll be sticking with Facebook Marketplace for such items in future. I feel robbed! I didn't realize they took so much.

Aside from dragging up a 9 YEAR OLD thread. Were you also stunned when Paypal + eBay fees were almost exactly the same as they are now ?????

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ratman0100 — Fri, 06 May 2022 03:01:56 GMT

Not every one knows about these things. Might be 9 years old but to some people it is new to them.

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padi*0409 — Fri, 06 May 2022 03:09:34 GMT

@ratman0100 wrote:

Not every one knows about these things. Might be 9 years old but to some people it is new to them.

Responders should be looking at the dates of threads before commenting, if those threads date as far back as this one, then it's a given that eBay policies will have changed during that time (which is the case here).

Thus the comment was not relevant to the OP, and the commenter should have opened a new thread with their problem.

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davewil1964 — Fri, 06 May 2022 07:58:43 GMT

Maybe 'some people' should check out the fees before listing/complaining. Easily accessible information. And current, rather than what is contained in this thread. And looking at how old a thread is before they bump it.