Good Bye Ebay

[judew79]

I am a single mum that tries to make a small amount of money selling things on ebay... but after my statment from October, I no longer find it beneficial for me.  

My sales amount was $242 and then I had to pay 17.79% (43.50) in ebay fees..... gone are the days where we could make a decent sale and walk away with a good profit. All the charges for selling and the stupid pathetic money grabbing fees for postage, its not like it cheep to post items as it is, but now we are being charged for charging for postage.

Get real Ebay... I have been selling and buying for years, but you have lost me..... instead of sending my bloody surveys as a buyer, have the guts to send me one as a seller, actually send one to all sellers and give us a right to tell you what we think!!

Ebay, you are nothing but a money hungry, penny pinching piece of **bleep**.. Good Bye!

[kane1417]

Well said !, I left this week as well (see posting - Power seller divorces ebay).

Can the last seller please turn the lights out before leaving,thank you !!

[judew79]

I read that one..lol

I am currently joining up with an Australian auction site, hopefully I will do ok.... Its free listings and Quick sales 🙂

[kzb888]

May I ask why your fees were so high?

[bettyboopsadaisy]

I am almost exclusively a seller on ebay (for the last nearly 8 years) and I whole-heartedly agree with everything you are saying ! I am still selling but like all of us, have seen the sellers' position on this site eroded and eroded away until we are all fearful of some punitive measure or other that ebay has put in place, affecting us (often unfairly) not to mention the chipping away at our meagre profits by the 'big greedy giant'.

I DO often get sent surveys as a seller, and have got to the point where I just delete them (more often than not) because I don't believe, for all their fine words, ebay is in the least interested in sellers' views or issues. The surveys are merely a way of trying to convince us that they are interested and care (BS!!!!)

I do believe sellers are leaving ebay in droves now. I'm not saying that this is yet putting any sort of meaningful 'dent' in the seller base, as far as ebay is concerned. I think they might even be quite content to see small hobby sellers leaving and their new policies, many sellers believe, are aimed at getting rid of those very sellers. I've even noticed an increase in buyers leaving due to the rise in the cost of items on ebay (explained by the rise sellers have to cover in FVFs and charges on postage)

Good luck with your selling in the future, on whatever online site you choose !!

[judew79]

wanted14 I have no idea why my fees are so high.... I dont have a shop, I use my 40 free listings and I dont over charge on postage.. yet I was charged a stupid amount.

If I werent being charged fees for postage I would most likely stay, but to pay 17% in fees, plus the paypal fees, it just work out.

[collect247]

Ebay fees are 9.9% and PayPal are 2.4% + $0.30 so the most you should have paid is around 12.3% so I would be complaining as to why you were charged way more than you should have been.

[cmcoins2000]

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@collective05 wrote:

Ebay fees are 9.9% and PayPal are 2.4% + $0.30 so the most you should have paid is around 12.3% so I would be complaining as to why you were charged way more than you should have been.

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They are probably using the same method of figuring for these fees as they are using for the big guys feedback.

[diecastcorner2014]

last one to leave please swich off the lights

the high fees just dont match the market ebay has over priced there worth as a selling platform.

[judew79]

I am talking to them now and apparently the can justify the 17.79% in fees.... seriously where the hell did that come from?

Good bye ebay.. you can be shoved where the sun doesnt shine!