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ebay is too expensive and greedy

ecomovement — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:12:51 GMT

ebay stole my profits. yes i know that you should read the terms and fee conditions but there aren't any other auction alternatives that efficient as ebay yet but i hope there will be soon. 7.9% is a complete rip off and they know it. I sold and ipad for $370 and ebay took $29.30. That says it all. we are all played like sheep paying those public company profits......

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

koalablue12 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:19:47 GMT

Okay - this has been said before I know but here I go......what would it have cost you to advertise in a paper ?? remembering said paper only reaches a limited number of potential buyeers - against eBays number of potential buyer's. I honestly do n ot think $7.90 in every $100.00 sold is theft. Sorry

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

annies_fancy_dress — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:53:46 GMT

I gather you've never had to pay Yellow Pages advertising.

Advertising items to Sell is all about cost versus benefit.

You still got well over $300.

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

the3coopers — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:24:58 GMT

I sold and ipad for $370 and ebay took $29.30.

Maybe you would have preferred to sell it elsewhere for $300 and pay no fees?

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

***super_nova*** — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:34:04 GMT

How much would you think would be fair to charge for worldwide advertisement with photos and all? ?:|

I am more than happy to pay the very reasonable eBay and PP fees.

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

thesoulyearns — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:44:07 GMT

It pays (literally) to make sure of the profit you'll be gettng.

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

leader-of-the-band — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:04:04 GMT

ebay stole my profits. yes i know that you should read the terms and fee conditions but there aren't any other auction alternatives that efficient as ebay yet but i hope there will be soon. 7.9% is a complete rip off and they know it. I sold and ipad for $370 and ebay took $29.30. That says it all. we are all played like sheep paying those public company profits......

So let me get this straight, your "profit" on the the $370 iPad was only around $30? Just curious.

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

koalablue12 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:07:19 GMT

That sounds about right Leader, got me how someone survives on such a small margin ?:|

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

leader-of-the-band — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:14:11 GMT

That sounds about right Leader, got me how someone survives on such a small margin ?:|

If I bought something for $340 and intended to sell it for a profit on eBay I would start an auction at $400 and include a Buy-It-Now price of $420 to tempt someone into bidding to stop anyone else from using the B-I-N. If it sells for $400 you still make a profit once fees are taken, and at $420 you make even more profit. Poor business practice to sell something at no profit, or even risk a no-profit sale.

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leader-of-the-band — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:16:53 GMT

eco, If I lived in Sydney I'd be onto that wardrobe! It looks great. I've put it onto my watch list.

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

mens_choice_ladies_lingerie — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:33:50 GMT

The bigger companies can simple afford to stich their own lables on chinese products

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

phorum_junkie* — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:38:24 GMT

Not sure I understand, why would you offer something for sale for less than your outlay?

If I have something that cost me $100 and I want to sell at a profit I would start it at a minimum of $150 so that my expenses of just over ten percent including eay fees were covered and I was still in profit. Every dollar it went over that start price I would still be making nearly 90c extra profit.

Of course you could have listed it on a couple of other sites and your fees would have been considerably lower but that would be because it sold for a lot less, if at all.

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

mens_choice_ladies_lingerie — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:25:59 GMT

the 7.9% is paypals fee, hint your allowed to charge as much as you se fit for postage and handling (and Handling)

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

rumplebear1951 — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:33:19 GMT

the 7.9% is paypals fee, hint your allowed to charge as much as you se fit for postage and handling (and Handling)

Actually you are not allowed to charge exorbitant postage and if you do you will probably find your listings reported.

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

***super_nova*** — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:40:46 GMT

the 7.9% is paypals fee, hint your allowed to charge as much as you se fit for postage and handling (and Handling)

No , you are NOT allowed to charge as much as you see fit. You are only allowed to charge as much as it costs to post, plus cost of wrapping and handling. To charge more is reportable as "fee avoidance" because you do not pay FVF on the postage&handling you are charging. By charging more than double what it cost you to post, you are not only ripping off eBay but all the honest sellers who only charge for the actual postage.

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

bright.ton42 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:20:56 GMT

, hint your allowed to charge as much as you se fit for postage and handling

This misleading advice was also given in another thread. Makes it a bit hard for OPs. 😐

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

the3coopers — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:37:45 GMT

the 7.9% is paypals fee, hint your allowed to charge as much as you se fit for postage and handling (and Handling)

Furthermore, 7.9% is EBAY's fee... Paypal is heaps cheaper than that.

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

st.ashg88 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:12:09 GMT

I Agree with you, And at the end of the month you will probably be charged $29 again , As my items sell ebay takes a % before sending payment to paypal then at the end of the month they take it again so they are double dipping so to speak

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

lyndal1838 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:24:23 GMT

I Agree with you, And at the end of the month you will probably be charged $29 again , As my items sell ebay takes a % before sending payment to paypal then at the end of the month they take it again so they are double dipping so to speak

Ebay does not "send payment to paypal". Where do you get that idea?

Re: ebay is too expensive and greedy

st.ashg88 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:40:12 GMT

Ebay takes a % before the money goes to paypal then at the end of the month it's taken again