eBay ! your FVF calculator is **bleep**

[masterstroke.eng]

I used the eBay FVF calculator to get an idea of my costs ,so filled out the boxes Buy now price $80 local shipping $15 4.9 klgs international shipping $220 hit the hit the calculate button and .... Listing fee + FVF on buy now $80 + FVF on local shipping $15 ...no mention on a FVF fee on the international shipping component . So one would assume that I would be charged a FVF on local shipping rate .NOT SO I checked my account after the sale when through and discovered the $ 21.80 charge for shipping Its really **bleep** me off . Lost time and money on the whole deal not to mention the the hour spent queuing filing out forms at the post office

[harley_babes_hoard]

The FVF's is worked out on the whole sale cost. If you are charging the buyer $220.00 then the FVF is worked out on that amount. If the buyer pays $85.00 for the purchase FVF is worked out on that amount.

Did you also read this

This fee calculator is intended for informational use only and doesn't include all potential applicable fees (such as supplemental service, store subscriptions, and optional upgrade fees). By using this fee calculator, you acknowledge that eBay is making no representations or guarantees regarding actual fee and sales amounts and that the results are estimates only. eBay Motors and Real Estate are excluded.

[masterstroke.eng]

Yeh but you have missed my point the calculator gave me a FVF On both postage options local and international which was a lower price than I was charged . Fat lot of good if ebay included disclaimers on it's accuracy makes a joke of the thing an no I didn't read the fine print . I,m starting to understand why a large number of sellers won't ship internationally , and as a buyer why shipping is so ridiculously expensive the only winners are eBay and the freight companies Alot of items we sell we can't absorb the the freight to offer so called free postage

[thecatspjs]

lol the disclaimer.

A multi billion dollar per year turnover company, can't get a FVF calculator to give a ballpark quote - spare me .....

[bigbrickshop]

This calculator?

http://www.fees.ebay.com.au/feeweb/feecalculator

It seems to be working ok for me. It is calculating FVFs when I enter international postage.

[thecatspjs]

If you enter both a domestic post price and an international post price as the OP did, it defaults the cost to the domestic post option.

You would think that some flag or message should indicate that estimate is for domestic only - or block entry of both post prices at once.

I can understand the frustration for those that are no so familar with calculation of eBay FVF and how the increase in FVF on international post can be signficant and somewhat of a surprise.

[bigbrickshop]

Ah, so it does. I didn't try to enter both a domestic and international post cost.

[mbselections00]

And just to add insult to injury, I read on the boards here somewhere you are not allowed to include the additional fvf for postage in postage and handling for International sales, you are supposed to include it in the sell price of items.  So, as my items are relatively small, fvf for International Registered is between $2 and $3 normally.  Am I really going to rip off all my local customers and add $3 to every item - won't sell much doing that.  I'm taking a risk I know, but I add $3 P& H for overseas orders, and if I ever post unregistered overseas, I drop the $3.  I don't sell much overseas, but every sale helps.  If I get done for it by eBay, then I will just stop selling Internationally.  Works well for me, but almost all my items are Large Letter, so it's easy to have set prices.

Probably no help to OP - well not now anyway, but maybe for future reference - if you can calculate overseas postage cost when listing, then adjust P&H accordingly . . . . . .