Ebay fees are crazy...

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

Just realised they are now (or maybe have been for ages) charging a 10% final value fee on top of the listing fees...

It's just cost me £30 to sell 2 phones!

I wish I invented ebay, daylight robbery if you ask me!
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mrtEE · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Karma :

yes its a bit of a bummer, you pay 10% fvf, plus a listing fee, plus paypal fees!

But then if you think about it you often sell stuff for a lot more than you would outside of ebay, and you can sell stuff that would never sell elsewhere.

The Artist · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Karma :

eBay used to be, for me anyway, first choice to sell something, a bike, phone, computer and buy stuff.

Now I avoid it as much as possible.

Fees are way to high
Paypal fees are high
Buyers and Sellers just take the piss constantly.
Feedback system is messed up

I only use for things I can't get anywhere else and then it is usually from an ebay shop. Selling something, I would rather pay auto trader MORE because they don't fuck you about anywhere near as much.

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bacon · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Karma :

sold my dads amp and projector this week, nearly £100 in fees and around £35 in paypal, im disgusted

ebay final sell prices were £955 in total with delivery, after postage my dad will get £795. what a bunch of rip off mongs

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Oh I hadn't seen this, is this a new introduction? Was going to do a mass ebay listing session today, now not so sure.

I've just listed about 25 uni books on Amazon and their selling system is a lot better IMO.
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Stelmer · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Karma :

I sold a set of leathers on Ebay.

Total amount in fees was £40. Paypal and Ebay both took a percentage of the price, plus the listing fee.

An utter con. I felt ripped off.

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

I have been reading the ebay forums lately, seems a lot of people are equally pissed off.

Not sure what ebay are up to really!

Fairly high listing fees
10% final value fee
Forced free P&P on all items in certain categories
Forced payment by paypal
further 4% paypal fee

I have read something about paypal withholding payments for 21 days unless feedback is left or proof of delivery is provided, but not sure how true this is.

It's a shame really because Ebay have such a monoply with auctions, theres no real alternative, if you want to sell something you have no real choice but to sell on ebay so they can charge what they like and most people still have to use it.

But how they justify these costs I will never know!

Appararntly listing fees in USA are less than half of UK, as are the rest of the world.. why we're getting charged twice as much I will also never know! Brick Wall

I have more things I need to sell, trying to find alternatives to Ebay but failing!
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mrtEE · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Karma :

Drew · Banned Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Karma :

There is a better way around it.

As you have to put at least 1 free postage, select the 'collect in person' for the free postage, then charge whatever for 1st class etc.

As for listing fee, start auctions with 99p start price, and listing is free. starting at 99p or £45, the auction will probably end at the same price (unless it is a unique item which only one person bids on)

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_Will_ · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Karma :

You what!?! Shocked

I've just stuck my bike on there and they're gonna want hundreds!
Bastards, will be cancelling the thing before it ends methinks, robbing gits.
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Major_Grooves · The Doctor Joined: 10 May 2002 Karma :

To be honest they don't really want your business. They are trying to move away from being an auction site and more towards being a marketplace for retailers to sell good.s
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carlperkins00... · Crazy Courier Joined: 16 Jun 2009 Karma :

ive found that the best ways to get around ebay fees are to start the bidding at 99p, and only put one picture in. also if you write... "please message me your email adress for additional info on offers"..

you can sell it outside of ebay and sont have to pay final value fees.

NOTE: this only works with smaller items, ive sold my snowboard, leathers... etc like this.
probably wouldnt work with cars etc because you'd have to start them at 99p and might not get what you want for them.
this method is harder as you have to email all different people and stuff.. can get confusing. Laughing

yeah ebay is abit of a rip off...

gumtree is ok, takes ages though.

hope this helps people.

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the grim reaper · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Karma :

List your item cheap, tell people to contact you for any further details, make sure you leave plenty of details out so that people will mail you but still give enough detail to attract buyers. Sell the item outside of Ebay or mail interested parties to make you an offer.

Ebay get greedy = people cutting Ebay out of the deal.

Cheers

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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

As I said earlier I have been using Amazon Marketplace, you don't get a quick sale but you often get more than you would on ebay (most certainly the case with books).

Instead of putting stuff on ebay I am also trying to get people to buy stuff through forums and the like.
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smegballs · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Karma :

I sold a 125 MZ on ebay few months back.

MZ sold for 51 quid on ebay, I was charged 20 pound in ebay fees for that one item!!!

Seriosuly not impressed, when I sold my DT fees were only like 35 and that sold for about 500 quid!!