I don't know about the listing fees, but I do know that the final value fees have more than doubled for me. If you do not have a eBay store, you are paying a 10% fee on your total sale and that includes the amount you charge for shipping. If you do have at least a eBay basic store that costs $15.00 a month, you pay a 9% final value fee.
I sell Bernina embroidery/ sewing machines on eBay. Been doing this for the past 12 years. My total listing fees for a $2,800.00 plus sale were around $120.00 per machine back on April. The price increase went into affect sometime in June I believe. Selling just one machine a week, my normal eBay fees were once around 450.00 a month. It had been that way for many years. This past month I sold 4 Berninas, one machine a week, my eBay is billing me just over $1,000.00 for selling those four machined. If I were getting the machines that I sell for free, well I would be making good money, but as with any business, that is not the case. I pay a premium to get in nice machines, then I do all of the service work, cleaning and testing before they are listed. eBay is now getting $550.00 more a month from me basically taking about half of what I once made as the profit margin is very slim. If I were to sell 52 machines in a years time, one a week, eBay will end up making over $13,000.00 and I will end up with about $10,000.00. It has gotten to the point where eBay is making more than I do, and I am the one doing all of the work!!
Sorry for rambeling on, but at 55 years old I have invested the past 12 years and lots of money in my business and I am so upset about this fee increase that I don't know what to do.
Trust me, from what I am reading on the Internet about this major fee increase, there are many others just as upset as I am.
