When the hell did ebay get so expensive ( more so greedy ) 9.9 per cent for doing very little.

[posse2006]

 How can ebay charge such a high fee for selling an item, there not an austion house with an auctioneer, we do all the hard work and

they get to reep the rewards. I will no longer be using ebay to sell anything as you get similar results from using GUMTREE which is practically free. Thanks for nothing ebay.

[digital*ghost]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

So Slr Sales .... that all sounds reasonable, but perhaps you could riddle me this - why do eBay charge me more FVFs for selling clothes compared to other goods ?

What additional benefits do I get, or additional work does eBay do, to justify moi being slogged with additional fees for selling in a category that is pretty hard yakka.

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I never got why they raised the FVF on clothing, either, plus all of my categories cost more to sell in as well (all fashion accessories, craft supplies etc). At one stage, the higher FVF may have been justifiable because we have the benefit of variation listings, and in some of my (higher FVF) categories, I can also 'enjoy' 0 or cheaper insertion fees on auctions... 

But then I remember stuff like media sellers have the same FVF rates (store holders), but they're somewhat compensated with 5c insertion fees on BINs after the free allocation is used....plus other categories have use of the variation format with lower FVFs, so who knows. 

A few years back clothing was the best selling item on eBay (taking the crown from CDs, a media category), I doubt it is now, but while I know few people buy CDs anymore, everyone near me still wears clothes, thankfully. o_O

[davewil1964]

I sell books. I have always had higher FVFs than the rest of eBayland.

The last change actually reduced my FVF, but it is still high compared to a lot. Do I whinge? No. Do I think I am being victimised? No, compared to other booksellers.

Do I think whinging on the boards will make a difference? No.

[thecatspjs]

I think you make it pretty apparent that you prefer to whinge about dead threads being bumped

Does it make any difference.  No.  Do you still do it.  Yes.

*tounge-in-cheek*

[davewil1964]

At least the things I whinge about are likely to get some sort of redress. As compared to YOUR constant calls for sellers to be able to leave negative feedback.

[digital*ghost]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

I sell books. I have always had higher FVFs than the rest of eBayland.

The last change actually reduced my FVF, but it is still high compared to a lot. Do I whinge? No. Do I think I am being victimised? No, compared to other booksellers.

Do I think whinging on the boards will make a difference? No.

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I know you sell books. I know you've always had higher FVF. I know the last change reduced it some. So? 

And who's whinging? I know I'm not, I just pretty much said "I don't get it" and gave a couple of examples of why it appears inconsistent to me.

Virtually nothing related to eBay and their decisions / reasoning makes a difference, doesn't stop it from being an interesting or worthwhile point of discussion. If all I did was post a pouty "it's not fair", I'd understand your response, but since that's not what I did... I'll just add another "I don't get it".

[*crikey*mate*]

touche

[davewil1964]

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@digital*ghost wrote:

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@davewil1964 wrote:

I sell books. I have always had higher FVFs than the rest of eBayland.

The last change actually reduced my FVF, but it is still high compared to a lot. Do I whinge? No. Do I think I am being victimised? No, compared to other booksellers.

Do I think whinging on the boards will make a difference? No.

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I know you sell books. I know you've always had higher FVF. I know the last change reduced it some. So? 

And who's whinging? I know I'm not, I just pretty much said "I don't get it" and gave a couple of examples of why it appears inconsistent to me.

Virtually nothing related to eBay and their decisions / reasoning makes a difference, doesn't stop it from being an interesting or worthwhile point of discussion. If all I did was post a pouty "it's not fair", I'd understand your response, but since that's not what I did... I'll just add another "I don't get it".

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Plenty of others are.

I didn't realise I had to conform to your paradigm in order to post.

mea culpa.

[digital*ghost]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

I didn't realise I had to conform to your paradigm in order to post.

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No, I just expect you to be consistent with your own.

So, what has anyone else got to do with it? I know you're a stickler for the post being replied to being the one that's addressed with said reply, therefore I can only presume you were addressing my post with all your implications and insinuations re: whinging and expectations. 

Please, don't make up stuff that isn't there just for the heck of it. I said absolutely nothing that implied you had to conform with "my paradigm". 

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

I prefer to keep listing and keep complaining

Spoiler

Always good to have your perspective in a thread Slr Sales 

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well then . . . . it's not for me to defend eBay's fee structures for the items you sell so that you feel better about paying them . . . . . . which would give you nothing to complain about . . . . . . . so I wont add anything more to my contribution in post #9   

[thecatspjs]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

At least the things I whinge about are likely to get some sort of redress. As compared to YOUR constant calls for sellers to be able to leave negative feedback.

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Thank you for that opening.  Whilst off-topic, it is still is my right of reply to your incorrect claim about my posting habits.

I do not make constant calls for sellers to be able to leave negative feedback.

I respond to OTHERS posts about non payment and/or leaving feedback for buyers.

I do not want see the return of the previous feedback system.  I want to see developments and improvements in the current one that has signficant failings in terms of a fair and safe trading place for all.

I advocate the following:

That a "standard" non payment eBay automated response is left in a buyers feedback ie.  "payment was not recorded for this item"  

and / or

That the number of non-payment strikes an eBay member has received is shown as a tally on their feedback page - the same as bid retractions are

and

That the amount of time a non-payer has to pay when a dispute is open is reduced to no more than 48hours.

and

That strikes issue are NOT removed easily by eBay.

and

That significant improvement is made to identification verification.

etc etc etc