topic Re: BYE BYE EBAY in Selling

BYE BYE EBAY

creekman51 — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 15:14:52 GMT

ivé just paid out au$223.00 ebay and paypal fees on us$930.00 ebay sales ebay can go to hell as far as i'm concerned it's just out priced itself i wont be selling anymore as a matter of fact i'm bloody fuming PAYPAL WHAT A RIPOFF!!! for all the trouble listing,wrapping, posting ect they can stick their selling where the sun don't shine i'm better off going back to stand up auctions no drama paid quickly and less fees,thats my 2 bobs worth anyway..BYEBYE EBAY/PAYPAL your not getting another cent out of me!!!

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

davewil1964 — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 15:50:36 GMT

Sounds about right.

$US930 is about $A1200. eBay charge 9.9%, Paypal 3.6% plus conversion fees.

Good luck selling OS using bank deposit...

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

cummiscot — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 15:52:25 GMT

Good on ya mate...they squeeze us more and more,just because they dont have competition...they are a bully... paypal is a scam.. but try and sell on ebay without them! from 2 unpaid cases in 4 years,to 31!! unpaid case opened in less then 4 months... check out "facebook ireland" scam on paypal forum itself!! people being stinged for hundreds of dollars!! and its going on for 2 years!!

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

saarzi — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 06:14:31 GMT

Did you not know what the fees were before you went to the trouble of selling?

If you did know, why didnt you either a) not sell here or, b) take those fees into account?

Not being sarcastic, just wondering why people do this...

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

polly.the.cat — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 06:28:55 GMT

When you go to the New Car Dealership to Buy your New Car, have not you already done your maths ? and you know how many $'s you are spending, or how much the credit is going to cost you ? WHY SHOULD EBAY/PAYPAL BE ANY DIFFERENT ?????

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

creekman51 — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 06:31:53 GMT

no actually i didn't ivé been a member of ebay since 2000 and just an occasional seller of antique weaponry ebay used to be fair and reasonably priced, the last items i sold sellers could get around paypals conversion rippoffs not these days but thats not the point i'm making the point is ebay/paypal has out priced itself as far as i'm concerned and after this sting of over %20 in charges i won't be selling anything on it

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

creekman51 — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 06:38:25 GMT

ummmm because you don't know what price your going to get and ummm because you dont know what the postage cost (that ebay taxes you on) is going to cost and ummm fluctuating $ ect,ect

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

davewil1964 — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 07:29:03 GMT

@creekman51 wrote:
no actually i didn't ivé been a member of ebay since 2000 and just an occasional seller of antique weaponry ebay used to be fair and reasonably priced, the last items i sold sellers could get around paypals conversion rippoffs not these days but thats not the point i'm making the point is ebay/paypal has out priced itself as far as i'm concerned and after this sting of over %20 in charges i won't be selling anything on it

More like 16%. And you haven't mentioned postage

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

creekman51 — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 07:37:42 GMT

yes postage was 70 odd

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

mj_v2.0 — Thu, 24 May 2018 01:57:36 GMT

Yep, I just stung $153.00 out off a sale of iPhone 8 Plus, I told eBay they can shove their fees and heading I am off to Facebook market, lots of people are sick to death, and their offshore calls which they supposedly “don’t have”to save money, never live chatted to a call centre in my country. They cut corners to save money but rip the customers. Nice one eBay 🖕

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

mj_v2.0 — Thu, 24 May 2018 01:58:52 GMT

And what are able to to do about this rort? Wish their was a consumer watchdog onto this ripoff

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mj_v2.0 — Thu, 24 May 2018 02:00:23 GMT

I didn’t know either, didn’t think to be to fkd over with fees, I only sell items here and there, but $153 in 3 fees pfft that’s BS, not everyone thinks to ready this bs policy

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

mj_v2.0 — Thu, 24 May 2018 02:01:58 GMT

Because it’s not a bricks and mortar store that’s why, it’s the internet, they are scammers full stop.

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

lyndal1838 — Thu, 24 May 2018 03:10:30 GMT

What a waste of your energy and time.....replying to a 3 year old thread is not very productive, especially when some of the posters have not been on the boards for years.

Re: BYE BYE EBAY

*tippy*toes* — Thu, 24 May 2018 03:14:43 GMT

Like eBay gives a toss whether anyone leaves or not. Why would they care about a few small sellers leaving? I suppose people feel much better coming here making a grand announcement about leaving. Maybe they are expecting people to fawn all over them and beg them not to leave.

When I sold a phone a few months back, I used one of the totally fee free listing promos. I knew being a phone it would sell, so it didn't cost me a cent to sell.