I always try to compare ebay fees to other busineeses you can take your goods to that also auction them for you.  Traditonal auction houses charge you upwards of 20% as a sellers fee as well as charging the buyers a buyers premium of upwards of 22%. So they take 42% of the potential overall value of the sold item.  Even online capable auction businesses like graysonline charge sellers 17% plus buyers premiums up to 15%. Until ebay gets to those sorts of levels then it still good value in my opinion.