topic Re: EBAY SELLING FEES in Selling

EBAY SELLING FEES

1964dragon — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 15:07:57 GMT

I THINK THAT EBAY HAS BECOME VERY GREEDY IN OBTAINING FEES OF SUCH HIGH VALUE FOR PEOPLE WHO SELL ITEMS ON EBAY

I SOLD AN ITEM FOR A $1000 AND HAD TO PAY $250 FOR SELLING THE ITEM WHICH I MADE A LOSS THERE WAS NO PROFIT

I WILL NOT BE SELLING ANYTHING ON EBAY BUT ON GUMTREE AND TRADING POST WHERE IT'S FREE

STOP BEING GREEDY THIS USE TO BE A FREE SITE AND ONLY HAD TO PAY TO ADVERTISE AN ITEM THAT YOU ARE SELLING

DISGUSTING REALLY

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sandypebbles — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:39:12 GMT

Yelling at other members is also disgusting

eBay do not read here and do not care if you sell or not

You are aware of the fees before you list the item for sale

See ya

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gutterpunkz05 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 23:59:48 GMT

I knew all time travelers would eventually find their way to ebay, in search of the illusive flux capacitor.

Please advise in which century ebays standard fees reach 25%, far greater than the current 13.4% + 30c.

and given that another service I use has just jumped 5.5% and is still only at 22%, while others I also use have been 22% + for years, ebay has a lot of catching up to do.

At least it is good to know that the $ eventually reigned supreme, and speaking of reigns , is Queen George still monarch of the UKUNEFFFF.

Edit.

Just to add, before you engage hyperdrive, remember to cancel your ebay listing from this time warp.

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sandypebbles — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:18:58 GMT

Well heaven only knows since it was apparently on another account (no completed sales on this one)

What the item was listed under (category wise) or what extras or what defects the account had to mean they have the special 25% fee imposed on them

Awful lot of yelling with still several items listed

Hope they know the correct eBay procedure for pick up items, and all fees still get charged

And have completed the Managed Payments things, read up about holds on funds as a new seller et all

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gutterpunkz05 — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:27:20 GMT

Hi Sandy, Yeah, I figure the sale is at some point in the future.

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paper-jack — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 03:18:31 GMT

I considered including quotes from your post but all those capitals are just so annoying, as well as being considered as shouting. Although I assume you were shouting as you are not happy.

As Ebay only take a fee when a seller makes a sale, that is hardly being greedy. Every human and their dog is able to list 1000s of item for free for as long as they wish (so ebay is a free site now). Given the cost of maintaining a world wide site etc ebays fees on selling are reasonable compared with other places. Naturally if a seller decides to pay extra for promoting their goods there is a fee but this is optional.

Ebay also provides a degree of protection for sellers and buyers. I may be wrong as I've never used Gumtree or Trading Post, but it appears neither of those sites offer much protection.

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imastawka — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 05:23:27 GMT

@1964dragon wrote:
I THINK THAT EBAY HAS BECOME VERY GREEDY IN OBTAINING FEES OF SUCH HIGH VALUE FOR PEOPLE WHO SELL ITEMS ON EBAY
I SOLD AN ITEM FOR A $1000 AND HAD TO PAY $250 FOR SELLING THE ITEM WHICH I MADE A LOSS THERE WAS NO PROFIT
I WILL NOT BE SELLING ANYTHING ON EBAY BUT ON GUMTREE AND TRADING POST WHERE IT'S FREE
STOP BEING GREEDY THIS USE TO BE A FREE SITE AND ONLY HAD TO PAY TO ADVERTISE AN ITEM THAT YOU ARE SELLING

DISGUSTING REALLY

You get 250,000 FREE listings.

I don't see any sale for $1,000 (or any at all for that matter) and you still have 4 items listed, and no way would the fees be anywhere near that amount.

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countessalmirena — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 05:28:11 GMT

“STOP BEING GREEDY” — you appear to be directing this command towards eBay members, just ordinary eBay members like you. These boards are not eBay High Command. They are public forums.

By all means, sell on whichever platform you wish. Be very careful about what information you provide and be suspicious about payment methods, especially by people who haven’t come in person. Make yourself aware of identity theft scams. PayID scams, eBay Motors scams (there is no eBay Motors in Australia handling the sale or holding funds in escrow), stolen credit card details used for buying, etc.

As others have said, posting in all caps is considered shouting… but worse than that (in my opinion) is that it’s a great deal harder to read. Normal sentence case is best, but just use lower case if that’s a hassle.

Like everyone else, I’m puzzled by this $250 fee you mention on a $1000 sale.

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k1ooo-slr-sales — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 05:44:15 GMT

I reckon the item had "free postage" and the OP is saying that on a $1,000 item they ended up with $750. That, or the OP chose to promote the item and suffered a % of sale price for the promotion.

These are the only explanations I can think of.

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jellybirddesigns — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 07:36:50 GMT

You've been a member for more than 20 years. How can you not know the fee structure for sellers?

The percentage has been around 13.4% for a very, very long time. You would only pay a higher percentage if you promoted the item, for example. Ebay has some of the lowest selling fees in comparison to other platforms.

Smart sellers take all fees into consideration when working out potential profit.

I really hope that you are signed up and fully verified for the Managed Payments system, otherwise you won't be getting a cent of your money.

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louise_2929 — Tue, 02 May 2023 03:28:02 GMT

I have been charged a 33.3 % selling fee on my last item. Outrageous !

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sugar249 — Tue, 02 May 2023 04:51:52 GMT

Maybe let us know how much you sold it for, and how the fee breakdown was done, we may be able to give some assistance.

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davewil1964 — Tue, 02 May 2023 07:33:32 GMT

London to a brick they used an eBay label and are including the cost of that in their calculation.

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sugar249 — Tue, 02 May 2023 07:36:02 GMT

That was my guess, but hoping they would confess

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domino-710 — Tue, 02 May 2023 07:48:50 GMT

I can only hope it was the buttons. lol

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sugar249 — Tue, 02 May 2023 07:53:04 GMT

I'm guessing the hat, the buttons with the postage label would be a fee of over 100%

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sugar249 — Tue, 02 May 2023 23:07:18 GMT

Just as an interesting aside @1964dragon, who started this thread a few months back and said they were stopping use of Ebay, they still have items listed on Ebay, plenty of yelling but no action. All Huff and Puff

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springyzone — Thu, 04 May 2023 23:34:57 GMT

I haven't sold on ebay in years but the first thing I'd do if I started again was look at the tables of fees and work out beforehand how much I'd be up for. Then factor that into my asking price.

I used to sell way back in the early-mid 2000s and the fees then soon added up every month. I don't know why you think this was ever a 'free' site for sellers. I can assure you it definitely wasn't.

Ebay isn't greedy but they are in business. If you want to use eg gumtree, that isn't free either if you want to promote your items and if you don't, they soon travel to about eg page 10 and get very few looks.

Marketplace is free but good luck getting your asking price.

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sugar249 — Fri, 05 May 2023 02:08:07 GMT

@springyzone wrote:

Ebay isn't greedy but they are in business. If you want to use eg gumtree, that isn't free either if you want to promote your items and if you don't, they soon travel to about eg page 10 and get very few looks.
Marketplace is free but good luck getting your asking price.

And if you go to gumtree or worse still marketplace the amount of scammer goes up 1000%,