Never Selling again, Fee's have doubled

[heath71c]

I don't sell much on Ebay, maybe 1 item or so a year, just received an invoice and nearly died. What a joke, going from 5% now to 9.9%, ebay good bye, i see you don't care about the small sellers like myself, only here for the large stores etc. What a rip off!!!!! Nearly 13% gone in ebay and paypal fees.

[casbit33]

You don't have to leave, just put up your prices and postage to cover it.

[wehavethatau]

One less seller to compete with? Yayyy 🙂

[imastawka]

You started your auction at .99cents and sold for $2,550

You would have been screaming about something else if it had

sold for .99 cents

It pays to know your selling platform before you list.

At least you sold for a decent price.

[beach_and_home]

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@ozfalcon2801 wrote:
One less seller to compete with? Yayyy 🙂

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Exactly !!

[horizon1907]

Yes the fees etc have risen. I can sort of understand why you are a bit upset. BUT. Surely, when you were listing it, didn't you read any of the information given? It's all there as you progress through the listing.  Also, why would you start an auction at 99c ??? As mentioned, you would have been up the "Proverbial Creek "if you had only 1 bidder. You made a profit, so a lesson well learnt I'd say.

[amber-eyed-girl]

Also, your listing states you take Paypal if the buyer pays the surcharge, that's against policy so reportable. Things have changed around here so if you do sell anything else, have a look at the seller pages via the Site map link below, to limit the surprises. Congratulations on a good price from a 99 cent start, I would have been panicking there!

eBay does suggest starting at that price but always start an auction at a price you would be happy with if only one bidder, taking into account the fees as best you can estimate 🙂

[digital*ghost]

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@heath71c wrote:

I don't sell much on Ebay, maybe 1 item or so a year, just received an invoice and nearly died. What a joke, going from 5% now to 9.9%, ebay good bye, i see you don't care about the small sellers like myself, only here for the large stores etc. What a rip off!!!!! Nearly 13% gone in ebay and paypal fees.

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Well, actually.....

When fees were 5~% they applied a sliding scale. Your $2550 item would have incurred fees of less than $90.00 a couple of years ago.

Now, at a flat 9.9% it works out to 252.45, so that's nearly triple... But don't worry, the max FVF on an item is only $250*, so you did manage to "save" $2.45. 

Not to make you feel better or worse about it or anything, but I can't resist doing the math. 

*increasing to $750 on the US site for non-store sellers, so will probably increase to that here, too. 

[2011jhar2703]

If you only sell a couple of things a year it's not worth it. I think doubling of fees is a ripoff too.