Fees are very high

[rusticweddingsigns]

I can’t believe how high the fees are for selling. Over 13% is taken out of the sale including the postage. I was shocked when I sold something for $15 plus $9 postage and paid $3.5 in fees to eBay. I already sell things at a cheap price so people actually buy things. Now I’m adding an extra $5 on everything to cover fees. Now with postage I really made $10 on my sale. I put it at $15 because it was the minimum I wanted to receive as it’s worth a lot more. Over 13% seems greedy to me!

[davewil1964]

They would be the roughly 13.4% fees you were notified at the time of listing, and which you agreed to by activating the listing?

eBay has faults but showing their charges upfront is not one of them. Assuming you actually read the stuff you tick you have read and agreed to.

[springyzone]

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@sugar249 wrote:

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@tashie001 wrote:

Agree!  I just sold something and got $388 (included $18 postage fee). EBay has taken $105 in fees!!! 

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Hang on,

The last item you sold was listed for $420 plus 18 postage,  so 438 total.  But looking at the sale you took a best offer, so less then that.

Can you explain how you paid 105 fee's but still manage to get $388,  have I missed something

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Yes, they haven't made it crystal clear. I think they may mean they accepted an offer of $370 plus 18  for postage & were charged $105 in fees on the $388?

I don't know exactly what fees the sale should have been up for but I do know that ebay fee scales are pretty upfront and easy to find and if I had been selling, I would have worked out the likely fees before I listed something. You can't expect to sell for nothing, except maybe on marketplace, so it is important to know beforehand what you'll be clearing.

[sugar249]

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@springyzone wrote:

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@sugar249 wrote:

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@tashie001 wrote:

Agree!  I just sold something and got $388 (included $18 postage fee). EBay has taken $105 in fees!!! 

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Hang on,

The last item you sold was listed for $420 plus 18 postage,  so 438 total.  But looking at the sale you took a best offer, so less then that.

Can you explain how you paid 105 fee's but still manage to get $388,  have I missed something

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Yes, they haven't made it crystal clear. I think they may mean they accepted an offer of $370 plus 18  for postage & were charged $105 in fees on the $388?

I don't know exactly what fees the sale should have been up for but I do know that ebay fee scales are pretty upfront and easy to find and if I had been selling, I would have worked out the likely fees before I listed something. You can't expect to sell for nothing, except maybe on marketplace, so it is important to know beforehand what you'll be clearing.

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I cant find anywhere on Ebay that says a fee for the item they are selling is in the range of 27%,  there is no logic to their claim.

[springyzone]

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@sugar249 wrote:

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I cant find anywhere on Ebay that says a fee for the item they are selling is in the range of 27%,  there is no logic to their claim.

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Yes, I thought it seemed a fair bit higher than I expected, but I didn't stop to do the calculations. You'd think though that they would be able to work out the likely fees at the time they listed. Maybe they sold other things too. Be interesting if they could come back here to explain how they got to $105 in fees.

[mcawesome84]

Considering gumtree , craigslist, Facebook ect manage to make a profit not charging anything it does raise a few questions.

[sandypebbles]

You still have several things listed so

All will be charged at the fees you agreed to when you listed

And dragging up a post from 2021 to complain you are paying the fees you agreed to pay at that

What questions do you have? 

[kh-stanley1]

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