knewdoors
Community Member

on ‎31-03-2014 02:47 PM

unbelievably

 

grubby cash greedy move by ebay

 

they want their fingers in every pie...

 

 

4myson2003
Community Member
In response to knewdoors

on ‎31-03-2014 03:11 PM

they want to eat it too

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knewdoors
Community Member
In response to 4myson2003

on ‎31-03-2014 03:26 PM

told ebay that it was a grubby cash grab..they told me

 

this

 

"These fees have actually been checked based on the needs in the maintenance of the site which is why we had this increase as well"

 

what about maintaining their sellers..

 

having a serious "Metallica time to stop holding hands and stand alone" moment aka Some Kind of Monster! and they tell the group shrink time to go....maybe it's time to set up own website and stick the fingers up at ebay..

 

understand how prices go up but this latest fee gauge sucks..

 

what a joke eaby is when it comes to fees..

tausara2009
Community Member

on ‎11-01-2015 04:49 PM

Thanks for your ire...I am a buyer looking to sell, and take offense at paying for something which I don't benefit from...don't mind them taking a commission on what I sell, but I don't see how with postage when that money is for exactly that...and depending on the particular item free postage is not feasible...a packet of seeds, i'd say free postage...but other bulky items start at $7.20 for up to 500gm...I am not going to outlay that...and those who do offer free postage, factor it into the asking price in a similar listing so what is the point...Australia Post does pretty well consideraing snail mail has reduced but online sales have increased...anyway I am having seconds thoughts selling on Ebay...I am sure I'll be up for more fees...paypal and so on, but getting back it is the principle I'll be getting less for my product because of the extra charge incurred through the mechanism of postage... MOST UNFAIR!

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tausara2009
Community Member
In response to tausara2009

on ‎11-01-2015 04:56 PM

PS.I have never heard of Quick Sales or Ruby Lane...so thanks...I suppose that is because when you google only EBay comes up along with Etsy.
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duck---dodgers
Community Member
In response to tausara2009

on ‎11-01-2015 05:15 PM

I had a customer in Singapore who wanted four items totaling $20,  postage was $38 AP, ebay's cut on postage $3.80 and paypal charges on top, He wanted to go ahead with the sale, I told him the postage component of the sale was ridiculous and talked him out of it.

 

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onleme
Community Member

on ‎11-01-2015 07:36 PM

Thanks for the heads up I am going to give quicksales a go.

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harley_babes_hoard
Community Member
In response to onleme

on ‎11-01-2015 09:37 PM

why do people drag up 9 months old threads?????
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i-love-my-sheep
Community Member
In response to harley_babes_hoard

on ‎11-01-2015 10:15 PM

@harley_babes_hoard wrote:
why do people drag up 9 months old threads?????

At least it's not as bad as the ones that drag up 2yo threads!

 

I find it interesting that most of the people above who said they weren't listing here any more 9 months ago have items listed. Obviously Slow Sales was too slow for them.

carouselfetish
Community Member
In response to hecklebird01

on ‎10-04-2018 01:49 AM

Thank you for posting alternative sites to me.

I've been buying from many many eBay sellers and the postage commission sickens me!! I've been posting about it and complaining about it to eBay. The postage calculator on this site always gets the postage way too high; then the poor seller has to refund to me. But they don't get a refund on that extra commission from eBay. It makes me furious!! It's unfair practice. The ACCC should act if the issue is presented to them by enough sellers.

But thanks for the alternatives, as you're right, the postage is way too high. Couriers are far better, and getting more competitive all the time. To heck with eBay!

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