ebay fees

[serpy2]

WoW just listed a item for a buy it now for $800.00 and i get told the fees are around $90.00 WTF

the fees are getting outrageous 

Sorry ebay the last time ill be listing on ebay ,, 

[tstore]

Did you check the fees listed on eBay which are transparent before listing? Would you have sold the item for that amount outside of eBay? Would you have gotten that much exposure without eBay? 

[thecatspjs]

Whilst I agree that ebay offers high exposure etc etc  I still totally understand newcomers shock at the actual cost of selling fees when they list for the first time, as the devil is in the detail in size 6 font I think, and the promotional hype that is most visible is

40 FREE LISTINGS EVERY MONTH

FREE listings

List 4 FREE

[serpy2]

seriously living in a country town , we do far better selling on facebook ..
tstore i have been around on ebay for many years when listing and final fees where FAIR ,,and yes i seen all the fees prior to listing ,,And as i said i wont be back ,, after this listing has ended
With there now outrageous FEES they have to be loosing millions

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

if that style of winch has a replacement cost of over $2000, then why not have a Buy-Now price of $900 with Best-offer feature.  Then, if someone makes an offer you can counteroffer with $850 and you effectively halve your fees through getting $50 extra for the item if you sell for that.  You can set the listing up to reject offers below a certain amount to weed out the loonies that offer $50.

[ambridgebuckskins]

Serpy - try it on Gumtree too. l've had a fair bit on there (bigger pick up items). People are prepared to travel if they want the goods and l'm not that far from you.

Mind you, there are some...erm....interesting folk that read the adds. Be prepared for some extremely silly questions.