This is insane:
Item (DVD or CD) being sold for $5.00 on eBay with $2.50 postage & handling (total $7.50):
PayPal fee (owned by eBay) (on total amount $7.50) I do not know why it is so high = 48c
eBay Final Value Fee (on sale amount $5.00) 7.90% = 39c
eBay Listing-fee (if it does not sell and I want relist it is another 50c) = 50c
Total fees= $1.37c
Profit = $3.63c
I'm just here selling until I get rid of all of my possessions (I have a lot). I list almost everything at $5.00 at auction, no matter that it may be worth more. I usually only list 30 items a month but last month I thought I would list 100 items to see if it was worth it. It cost me $35 just to list 70 items, DVDs and a few CDs at $5.00 each and not all sold. I think around 15 did not sell. My complaint is not so much about the incredible greed involved here, in all the fees, but the fact that it just goes way too far when you have to pay to relist after an item did not sell.
And with the items listed so low already it is kind of ridicules to realist at the cost of another 50c.
I will keep going with 30 a month but it will take me ages to sell it all at this rate. I put items on another site but although the fees are very low I have hardly sold anything.
I think there is an arrogance attached to eBay that kind of says that if you want to sell you have to go through us because we have more buyers, so we charge whatever we like. That’s fine for the buyer but the seller is really getting screwed. I feel very sorry from anyone trying to make a living from selling on eBay.
You would think they would at least let a seller list until sold or withdrawn after an agreed period.
I know this will not make any difference but I felt like putting this out there.
Drew
