Really with the platform eBay provides to have your goods sent worldwide 9.98% is pretty fair. Don't forget there's an small army of CSO and IT people to pay. Try selling something at a proper auction were you'd be looking at 20% plus in fees and the buyer is up for 20%.

My only grief with eBay fees is there FVF on postage, which now I pass onto the buyer. I would buy stuff off Gumtree but would never ever sell stuff. Imagine if you went to a market and hired a stall for $50 and sold $200  worth of stuff , there's a 25% fee right there.

I'm first to put the boot into to any corporation that is substandard.

PayPal provides you instant avaliability to funds, which you can link to ebay and click n send. It also offers protection for you and the buyer.

Good luck with Gumtree

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