fees on postage paid

[shedman61]

How is it that ebay gets away with taking fees from the postage amount paid?? 12% fees not good enough, taKE 12% FROM THE POSTAGE AMOUNT WHICH YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP TO PAY THE POSTAGE.

eBAY THE SELLER DOESN'T GET THE POSTAGE AMOUNT.

[shedman61]

Yes I remember that, I forget the system is for the WORST of us.

[shedman61]

Congratulations on being So Good.

[shedman61]

seems I'm in a matrix moment and everyone taking the blue pill.

[shedman61]

Yes. did see it. and ebay changed the fee structure to how it is now. and I learned the hard way by selling a $20 heavy item that had $60 for postage, work out the fees on that! it makes a lot of items un-sellable here on ebay... and from consensus here, that's a good thing! amazing.

[shedman61]

ok if a community member doesn't like the fee on the (correct) postage amount, they should keep it to themselves and shutup about it. got it. Thanks.

my thoughts are a lot do not think the fee on postage is right, but a few got all uppity because I bumped the caps lock as I was typing the original post.

[padi*0409]

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@shedman61 wrote:

seems I'm in a matrix moment and everyone taking the blue pill.

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Probably, except that you are the one taking the "blue pill'.

Common interpretations of a Matrix moment:

• Conscious Awakening/Enlightenment: Realizing the world, society, or even your own beliefs are a manufactured construct, not inherent truth, prompting a desire to break free.

           Choice: Choosing the "red pill" of truth over the "blue pill" of blissful ignorance.

[gutterpunkz05]

They could have simply increased the FVF to whatever they liked.   Apart from the the 2.5% transaction fee previously charged by paypal, which was incorporated into the ebay FVF at the commencement of managed payments, when was the actual last time that ebay FVF was increased?

[sandypebbles]

Nope, your words, not mine

I'm not the one spamming the forum though, so maybe you indeed have a point

And nobody is getting uppity about your yelling (because you thought posting here was telling eBay something), simply stating a fact

If you don't think fees on postage are right, then don't include postage as 'postage' and instead have 'free' postage and add that amount to the item price

Simple

[shedman61]

you were never offered the pill.

[shedman61]

as an aside, didn't the fvf go up slightly in last year or so?

it's not the fvf that is an issue for me, (altho expensive imo) they set the cost and you use it of not. it's just the postage amount gets included. ebay offers the postage labels, so 1 more step and they 'could' take the payment for it directly from the buyer.