topic Re: fees on postage paid in Selling

fees on postage paid

shedman61 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:54:12 GMT

How is it that ebay gets away with taking fees from the postage amount paid?? 12% fees not good enough, taKE 12% FROM THE POSTAGE AMOUNT WHICH YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP TO PAY THE POSTAGE.

eBAY THE SELLER DOESN'T GET THE POSTAGE AMOUNT.

Re: fees on postage paid

sandypebbles — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 06:09:30 GMT

Kindly stop yelling at other members, especially to ‘tell’ eBay something

You have been here more than long enough to know the basics

Re: fees on postage paid

padi*0409 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 06:17:08 GMT

Perhaps it's slipped your mind what GST is...............Goods and Services Tax.

Postage is a "Service".

Re: fees on postage paid

gutterpunkz05 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:47:51 GMT

Ebay has been charging commission on invoice totals, since about 2014, all approved by the ACCC

Re: fees on postage paid

davewil1964 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:39:03 GMT

You've sold a lot in the time this has been extant. You've only just noticed?

I'd sack my accountant...

Re: fees on postage paid

lezned-toycollector — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:36:49 GMT

@shedman61 wrote:
How is it that ebay gets away with taking fees from the postage amount paid?? 12% fees not good enough, taKE 12% FROM THE POSTAGE AMOUNT WHICH YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP TO PAY THE POSTAGE.

eBAY THE SELLER DOESN'T GET THE POSTAGE AMOUNT.

There are numerous ways which this can be done without the seller being out of pocket. For example, have you ever heard of a handling fee?

Re: fees on postage paid

shedman61 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:23:52 GMT

Not yelling! just capital letters. no, not yelling here

Re: fees on postage paid

shedman61 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:26:09 GMT

do you sell? add it up, it is fees on the postage amount that the seller pays. if youre stuck on the GST idea, why pay gst on a service?!! postal service.

Re: fees on postage paid

shedman61 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:28:50 GMT

I'm aware of it. how is it nobody thinks the postage amount should get fees charged on it. The post office wouldn't take less. you're only passing on the postage charge.

Re: fees on postage paid

shedman61 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:32:51 GMT

Thanks yes, but what happens is everything gets jacked up and buyers pay more, or sales go down, or seller gets less. Doesn't seem sustainable long term.

just a rant about how high ebay fees have got over last 20 years

cheers

Re: fees on postage paid

shedman61 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:36:19 GMT

Yes... I've been here! - for 12 years before that too!

look at the fee break down, why should ebay get some of the postage amount? is the point.

Re: fees on postage paid

shedman61 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:40:56 GMT

I know that didn't sound right! in short.. you pay fees on the item you sell. why does the postage have anything to do with it.

Re: fees on postage paid

padi*0409 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:48:11 GMT

@shedman61 wrote:

do you sell? add it up, it is fees on the postage amount that the seller pays. if youre stuck on the GST idea, why pay gst on a service?!! postal service.

It's irrelevant whether I sell or not, it's simply a fact of life that you do have to pay fees on postage as per the GST. All you have to do is increase your postage by a little to cover that amount, or partly cover it.

No amount of ranting by you is going to change that................

Again, postage is a "service" and GST stands for Goods and Services Tax, get it ?

Re: fees on postage paid

shedman61 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:54:54 GMT

GST is 10%

ebay charges 12.? % on the postage amount.

for a start a lot of ranting by a lot of people CAN change things. but it was a question to see if anyone else feels the fees on postage is right.

Re: fees on postage paid

padi*0409 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:17:02 GMT

@shedman61 wrote:

...................but it was a question to see if anyone else feels the fees on postage is right.

Well nobody that responded felt there was a problem with it, indeed gutterpunk pointed out that it was approved by the ACCC.

Re: fees on postage paid

sandypebbles — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:30:49 GMT

Then you contact the ACCC who said it is fine

I doubt they make decisions on things based on people's personal opinion

Since this is a member to member forum, no ranting won't change anything

Neither eBay (who are not about to change things based on rants) nor anyone else in a 'position of power' read here

And yes, I was a seller for a long time and I paid the fees involved in selling.

All sellers agree to them when they list

In my life, I have far bigger, real world concerns to focus my attention on than 'I don't like that fee' *stomp*

There are also many threads here stretching back to when Adam was still using a potty about people 'not liking' the fees and how they are going to the ACCC (who approved them) or they are going to stop selling if eBay don't remove said fee or the fee wasn't 'legal'

Re: fees on postage paid

gutterpunkz05 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:29:46 GMT

The fees on postage was introduced, to stop unscrupulous sellers selling items for $1 plus postage at $500, therefore only paying fees on $1, a practice that was widespread.

I don't need to look at the fee breakdown, as I am well aware of how ebays fee structure works, and incorporate all costs into the total sales invoice.

Re: fees on postage paid

lezned-toycollector — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:36:10 GMT

@shedman61 wrote:
Thanks yes, but what happens is everything gets jacked up and buyers pay more, or sales go down, or seller gets less. Doesn't seem sustainable long term.
just a rant about how high ebay fees have got over last 20 years
cheers

Congratulations. You seem to have grasped how a business model works.

You are now ready to commence calculating minimum sales prices for your goods.

Problem solved 😊

Re: fees on postage paid

lezned-toycollector — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:38:34 GMT

@shedman61 wrote:
I know that didn't sound right! in short.. you pay fees on the item you sell. why does the postage have anything to do with it.

Really?? You don't recall people selling items for 99¢ with $200 postage.

Re: fees on postage paid

pnc75 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:21:29 GMT

'Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit used only by the uneducated', as they say.