ebay?

[JUDWAK]

i just looked at a listing of mine
and
ebay are saying they will want a percentage off my sale?

anyone shed light on this?

[Apache]

No.

They do charge a fee (obviously), but don't take a percentage. Paste the text on here?

[animal]

normally you pay a listing fee and a percentage of the final sale value

[JUDWAK]

hang on a mo
its only poped up once now its not there
i'll go through the listing and review it and see if it comes up again
2 mins

[JUDWAK]

no its not saying it now and it did not say it when i listed it
it says
Congratulations. You've successfully revised your listing.

and not a red notice telling me that ebay will need a percentage because of the value my item has got too

it did not say that to start with?
but i listed it at 1 quid could that be why?
its now at 200 quid and is that now why they want some loot out of it?

[JUDWAK]

normally you pay a listing fee and a percentage of the final sale value

so whats the normal percentage they like to take?

[Sancho]

You pay a higher listing fee if you set a reserve or high start price.

[JUDWAK]

i see i think

[zetec rob]

Yep i'm afraid they take a cut of the end of sale price, i just got stung for 200 plus more fees on paypal, i won't be selling on fleabay again

[oneidadan]

The final value fees are almost hidden, you can get to see them by going through your account tab and they're in one of the sub menus there. It's a bit sneaky, you usually don't get told how much it is until your monthly invoice comes through.

[JUDWAK]

i had my sting sent by email lovery way to earn money out of you
its just legal too
fekin great idea
shame it was not what i had in mind
dick turpin did were a mask
this day and age its fek legal to robb you online
the days of highway robbery are over

[Apache]

See here. Took me 5 seconds to find.

Oddly enough, if I owned eBay, I'd run it as a business too, charging people to use it. Personally I dont see the problem. If you dont like it, try selling through the local papers?

[JUDWAK]

See here. Took me 5 seconds to find.

Oddly enough, if I owned eBay, I'd run it as a business too, charging people to use it. Personally I dont see the problem. If you dont like it, try selling through the local papers?

i think its a great idea
i did not morn i just pionted out how times have changed

if i owned ebay i would do the same too
except i would not charge myself

[GBV8]

Lately when I've been selling stuff I have used Gumtree. It has got me a sale every time and it's free.

[Rustinho]

See here. Took me 5 seconds to find.

Oddly enough, if I owned eBay, I'd run it as a business too, charging people to use it. Personally I dont see the problem. If you dont like it, try selling through the local papers?

My main problem with selling stuff through fleabay these days is the fact that they insist on you accepting payment via PayPal and the extra fees that adds via stealth, especially given that they are both the same company.

The other thing that annoys me is that they seem to have made the site so ridiculously buyer-biased in terms of the transactions (eg inability to leave negative feedback to stupidly awkward buyers)

I generally don't bother selling stuff on there anymore unless there is some specific advantage to me selling something on there. I'd much rather put an ad on a targetted forum (like this one for example!) if I have stuff to sell...