Ebay is now charging 12.5% Options

[GeorgeKopf]

Most categories, including eBay Motors > Automotive Tools & Supplies.

12.55% on total amount of the sale up to $7,500 calculated per item (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif)
2.35% on the portion of the sale over $7,500 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

And, the last time I used Ebay they charged me 10% on the shipping cost too.
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[mepstein]

Way too much.

[Root_Werks]

Is that for the sellers? I don't use Ebay much anymore, but occasionally someone will have something I need.

[JeffBowlsby]

They also now require your account be linked to your bank account. Hackers would love to get our bank account info. No thanks. Buh-bye ebay.

[Ansbacher]

A pig's apatite is directly proportional to its size. Good riddance eBay!

Ansbacher

[GeorgeKopf]

Is that for the sellers? I don't use Ebay much anymore, but occasionally someone will have something I need.

@Root_Werks Yes this is for sellers but that means that sellers are adding 12.5% to the price to cover their costs.

[914Sixer]

Got a news letter from FedEx. They have too much business so they are going to start adding fee to surcharge to deliver. Says from $.30 for small stuff to $30 extra on top of the oversize charge. Click to open schedule.

[jd74914]

Lately eBay looks more like banggood than an auction site. There really don't seem to be good deals to be had now except in categories like used books.

[jd74914]

Got a news letter from FedEx. They have too much business so they are going to start adding a surcharge to deliver. Says from $.30 for small stuff to $30 extra on top of the oversize charge.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Its crazy...charging a surcharge to make more money. Normal businesses would add people and keep similar per part prices...

[Andyrew]

I sold some things a couple years ago... Fees totaled up to nearly 25% of the auction cost...

[bdstone914]

I found that selling on ebay usualky cost amout 20% when you add in listing fees, selling fees and PayPal fees. Last item i posted was supposed to be free if id did not sell. They took $20 anyway and it did not sell.

[GregAmy]

eBay is long past being a garage sale between individuals. They want to compete with Amazon, not tag sales.

I used to sell some scooter starters that I modded to work on another scooter that had NLA starters. Between shipping, eBay fees, and PayPal fees it became not worth my time.

[roblav1]

I stopped using EvilBay at least 5 years ago... it got to be so bad. And Paypal is there now too. I'd rather do checks for transactions between trusted people.

[billh1963]

Ebay "jumped the shark" years ago. I started using eBay in 1999 and I miss the early days when you could find all sorts of great items and sellers fees were like 3%. Now it reminds me of a cheap flea market.

[76-914]

Got a news letter from FedEx. They have too much business so they are going to start adding fee to surcharge to deliver. Says from $.30 for small stuff to $30 extra on top of the oversize charge. Click to open schedule.

FedEx sent me a letter saying that I owed them $57 from some items I shipped last July because of an error in the weight. I called and told them it was there error as it was weighed by their employee at their store. I had no way of weighing it since it was bulky and over 100 lb's. Furthermore, the Canadian buyer had paid the shipping charges and that transaction was over 8 months old. I no longer had any way of collecting that money from him. The lady said that I needed to send a letter disputing the charge and tell them why in my letter. A month later I get a boiler room form saying that they intend to turn over my debt to a collection agency but not a word about the disputed claim I'd sent them via email. I wrote back saying some one thought they would A: bully me into paying B: stick their head in the sand and hope I'd pay or C: they didn't read or receive my dispute. I sent it "certified mail" along with my original email disputing the charge on Wednesday. It will be interesting to see their next move. Oh, I forgot to mention that before I received their demand they tried to charge my CC that amount (I have a FedEX acc't) and Capitol One denied the charge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

[john77]

This hurt my brain to read. In what world is this now your problem? It's like buying something in a store and them contacting you months later to say the sticker price they put on it was wrong, so now you're going to have to pay the difference. Pretty sure any court in the country would laugh that out. Clowns.

Got a news letter from FedEx. They have too much business so they are going to start adding fee to surcharge to deliver. Says from $.30 for small stuff to $30 extra on top of the oversize charge. Click to open schedule.

FedEx sent me a letter saying that I owed them $57 from some items I shipped last July because of an error in the weight. I called and told them it was there error as it was weighed by their employee at their store. I had no way of weighing it since it was bulky and over 100 lb's. Furthermore, the Canadian buyer had paid the shipping charges and that transaction was over 8 months old. I no longer had any way of collecting that money from him. The lady said that I needed to send a letter disputing the charge and tell them why in my letter. A month later I get a boiler room form saying that they intend to turn over my debt to a collection agency but not a word about the disputed claim I'd sent them via email. I wrote back saying some one thought they would A: bully me into paying B: stick their head in the sand and hope I'd pay or C: they didn't read or receive my dispute. I sent it "certified mail" along with my original email disputing the charge on Wednesday. It will be interesting to see their next move. Oh, I forgot to mention that before I received their demand they tried to charge my CC that amount (I have a FedEX acc't) and Capitol One denied the charge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

[Dave_Darling]

They also now require your account be linked to your bank account. Hackers would love to get our bank account info.

That's why you have a special ebay-only checking account with no checks. Money comes in, it gets transferred straight to my regular account. No overdraft protection, either, so if they try to pull money out it just bounces.

--DD

[StarBear]

Ebay "jumped the shark" years ago. I started using eBay in 1999 and I miss the early days when you could find all sorts of great items and sellers fees were like 3%. Now it reminds me of a cheap flea market.

An expensive flea market.

[rgalla9146]

Ebay "jumped the shark" years ago. I started using eBay in 1999 and I miss the early days when you could find all sorts of great items and sellers fees were like 3%. Now it reminds me of a cheap flea market.

An expensive flea market.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) The heyday of ebay is long over.
It was once a very good resource for both buyer and seller.
Now you waste tme looking at the same cheap widget listed 100 times over three
pages for the sme price from the same seller. And expensive to boot.
How is that good ? what is the logic ?
Another good thing ruined.

[JeffBowlsby]

They also now require your account be linked to your bank account. Hackers would love to get our bank account info.

That's why you have a special ebay-only checking account with no checks. Money comes in, it gets transferred straight to my regular account. No overdraft protection, either, so if they try to pull money out it just bounces.

--DD

That’s the right workaround for it Dave, but I’m not a big enough volume seller to justify the monthly fees for the dedicated checking account. That cost would just add to the eBay fees adding fuel to the fire. What little I do have to sell it will be on this site or CL.