topic Re: .sell for $1 weekends in Selling

.sell for $1 weekends

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:26:34 GMT

hi,on sell for weekends $1,does that mean small sales as well,example,I sold a $2 dollar item,would I be charged $1 fee?

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

davewil1964 — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:24:39 GMT

Yes

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

bluebudgies — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:33:23 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
hi,on sell for weekends $1,does that mean small sales as well,example,I sold a $2 dollar item,would I be charged $1 fee?

It always pays to read the terms and conditions of the offer before you accept it. They vary a bit but the t&c's for the next lot of weekend listings that start tomorrow say this:

Pay a maximum of $1 in Final Value Fees. They actually charge $1.10 because GST is extra to the $1.

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

louisas_lines — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:21:55 GMT

No. They only charge UP TO $1 plus GST, it's like a capped amount

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

davewil1964 — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:14:42 GMT

It depends on the particular promo. I know that last weekend's specifically stated pay $1. Not up to.

I've certainly been hit with $1(.10) for sales that would attract less than that normally.

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

elderbluedragon — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:36:27 GMT

NO if you agree to list and pay $1 fianl fees they Will charge you $1 + ( GST if applicaple ) so $1.10 even if the item sold for 50c

it was the agreement you made when accepting the $1 final fee listing

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

bikeden — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:44:48 GMT

I just went to list an item using this promotion. The only duration option is Good 'Til Cancelled. 30 days has been removed. As items are automatically re-listed at 30 days this promotion only runs for items sold within 30 days, if your item runs over you end up paying full final value fees. Another sneeky eBay trick, so watch out.

"Good ‘Til Cancelled listings created during the Promotion Period will be eligible for the promotion only until the listing automatically re-lists".

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

louisas_lines — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:53:26 GMT

My invoice begs to differ - I actually have evidence rather than guessing

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

louisas_lines — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:00:08 GMT

Oh look, I actually read the fine print (unlike you)

Here is the T&C's:

Note the word MAXIMUM

What is the promotion?

Pay a maximum of $1 in Final Value Fees for any items you list and make available for purchase in a single category during the Promotion Period (see exclusions below).
Final Value Fees are the selling fees charged on sale of an item, calculated as a percentage of your total sale price. The promotion does not apply to fees for optional features or upgrades or any other fees that may be applicable. Learn more about eBay fees.
All www.ebay.com.au members are eligible to participate in this offer.

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

bridiestreasures4680 — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:23:01 GMT

Yep. I nearly got caught with that too.

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

go-tazz — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:50:27 GMT

The pay a maximum of $1 refers to not paying more than $1 for items that sell for more than $11

The actual terms on the offer page are:

Weekends only: Pay $1 When you Sell!

List as many items for free and only pay $1 in Final Value Fees per item.

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

louisas_lines — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:01:53 GMT

@go-tazz wrote:
The pay a maximum of $1 refers to not paying more than $1 for items that sell for more than $11

The actual terms on the offer page are:

Weekends only: Pay $1 When you Sell!
List as many items for free and only pay $1 in Final Value Fees per item.

It actuall says: List as many items for free and only pay $1* in Final Value Fees per item

You ~~forgot~~ left out the asterix (*) - which references the terms and conditions - hence where the 'maximum ' comes in

For the items I've sold under $9 I haven't paid the full $1.

My invoice is not complicated to read, seriously. This isn't a tough concept

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

go-tazz — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:14:45 GMT

@louisas_lines wrote:

It actuall says: List as many items for free and only pay $1* in Final Value Fees per item

You ~~forgot~~ left out the asterix (*) - which references the terms and conditions - hence where the 'maximum ' comes in

For the items I've sold under $9 I haven't paid the full $1.

My invoice is not complicated to read, seriously. This isn't a tough concept

Making up your own "rules" now?

It does not have an asterisk as it states in full:

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

*tippy*toes* — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 02:54:57 GMT

Louisa is correct. Read the Ts & Cs (click on "learn more"). Not only is there an asterix, it also states that $1 is the maximum amount charged (+GST), not that's what you'll be charged for everything. I have also sold items for under $9 and been charged the correct amount, not $1 (or$1.10)

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

davewil1964 — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 04:48:48 GMT

As I said previously, it depends on the promo for that week.

This week's says what you say. last week's (or the one before) says what tazz and I said.

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

countessalmirena — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:11:53 GMT

Ah well, one must love those promotions, no matter how they change.

Let me now to the T&Cs of eBay promos (by eBay minds)
Admit impediments. The amount is not the amount
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the miscounter to miscount:
O, no! it is a never-fixed promotion,
That looks on asterisks and is oft shaken;
It is the sudden storm to every ocean
Whose worth’s unknown, although his listings be taken.
eBay promos're not Time’s fool, though eBay tweaks and tweaks
Within their bending dollars’s value come;
eBay promos alter much with their brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no T&C was e'er removed.

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

*tippy*toes* — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 06:13:37 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
As I said previously, it depends on the promo for that week.

This week's says what you say. last week's (or the one before) says what tazz and I said.

It must be different for different people then because I clicked on the T&Cs for each week back to the start of December, and they all say the same thing. Same promo number, same T&Cs......saying maximum $1. I must be lucky.

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

louisas_lines — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 09:23:20 GMT

I think it's called backtracking.

@everyone else apart from Tippy - I don't get how, if you don't actually know something, you keep arguing on your assumptions. I told you my invoices show that I pay less than $1 for sold listings under $9, I showed you the T&C's. What more is there to say really?

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

countessalmirena — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 09:27:27 GMT

@louisas_lines wrote:
What more is there to say really?

Floccinaucinihilipilification.

Re: .sell for $1 weekends

louisas_lines — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 09:28:23 GMT

I just went through all the Don't Forget to Sell This Weekend! emails I've received every weekend, going back to last August. They are all exactly the same - WITH the same asterix and same T&C's. Happy to email them to anyone who cares.