Ebay - Page 2

Ken Kopecky · 04-06-2014, 01:42 PM

Keep in mind that the fee that ebay charges is based not only on the final selling price of the item, but they also charge a fee based on the cost of the shipping. Triple fee for them. Fee for the final selling price, fee for the shipping cost and the paypal fee.

Ken Kopecky
1454 E/SA

BillK · 04-06-2014, 07:41 PM

Doug,
That sounds high but like someone else said I don't know how the auction was listed. I sell a lot on E-bay and always figure its going to cost me 10% of everything including shipping. Here is a link to the E-bay "fees" page. Looks like it should be 10% but don't know if you used any optional services like buy it now etc.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

HandOverFist · 04-06-2014, 08:20 PM

Some one give this a try and see how it comes out... http://www.fees.ebay.com/feeweb/feecalculator

gbur · 04-07-2014, 10:31 AM

I have been using ebay for several years. The cost is usually 14%. No seller protection anymore. The last rtraw was sold an item, ship UPS using ebay account, get charged for 100.2 lbs instead of 10.2 lbs. That was 6 mo ago and haven't got it straight yet. To ebay >stuff it

Don Sofranko · 04-07-2014, 02:04 PM

I consider the most evil thing, is the raking you for 10% of the final shipping fee.

Its not my fault, all the really good buyers are in California, and most of the east coast. The further you are away, the more it costs, and the bigger their cut. Its 10 percent on the shipping fee, because some used to sell at cheap prices, with jacked up shipping fees. I bet 90 percent of the people didn't use that practice, but now everyone pays for that.

I believe mandatory paypal is 2.5%
So it just adds cost to everything you buy, because the sellers have to add it into the business costs.

Now the real beware is DO NOT ship anywhere without tracking. If someone tells ebay their item didn't arrive, they refund the money out of your paypal account... right back to the buyer.
While you claim it was shipped, they only believe certain tracking numbers, and greyhound buslines isn't on the list.

They turned it into a scamming buyers market. A large number of people quit doing international sales through US Postal Service, because of the limits on tracking to certain countries.

Time for swap meets again.... I need more social events anyway

Don

04-06-2014, 01:42 PM	#1
Ken Kopecky Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Edison, NJ Posts: 235 Likes: 375 Liked 273 Times in 56 Posts	Re: Ebay Keep in mind that the fee that ebay charges is based not only on the final selling price of the item, but they also charge a fee based on the cost of the shipping. Triple fee for them. Fee for the final selling price, fee for the shipping cost and the paypal fee. Ken Kopecky 1454 E/SA

04-06-2014, 07:41 PM	#2
BillK Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Waldorf Md Posts: 230 Likes: 12 Liked 30 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Ebay Doug, That sounds high but like someone else said I don't know how the auction was listed. I sell a lot on E-bay and always figure its going to cost me 10% of everything including shipping. Here is a link to the E-bay "fees" page. Looks like it should be 10% but don't know if you used any optional services like buy it now etc. http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html __________________ Bill Koustenis Last edited by BillK; 04-06-2014 at 07:43 PM.

04-06-2014, 08:20 PM	#3
HandOverFist VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 1,651 Likes: 8 Liked 33 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Ebay Some one give this a try and see how it comes out... http://www.fees.ebay.com/feeweb/feecalculator __________________ Rich Taylor I/SA - 321

04-07-2014, 10:31 AM	#4
gbur Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Spotsylvania,Va Posts: 354 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Ebay I have been using ebay for several years. The cost is usually 14%. No seller protection anymore. The last rtraw was sold an item, ship UPS using ebay account, get charged for 100.2 lbs instead of 10.2 lbs. That was 6 mo ago and haven't got it straight yet. To ebay >stuff it __________________ Gary Burr IHRA MEMBER # 1958 Stk 1949

04-07-2014, 02:04 PM	#5
Don Sofranko Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 121 Likes: 0 Liked 128 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Ebay I consider the most evil thing, is the raking you for 10% of the final shipping fee. Its not my fault, all the really good buyers are in California, and most of the east coast. The further you are away, the more it costs, and the bigger their cut. Its 10 percent on the shipping fee, because some used to sell at cheap prices, with jacked up shipping fees. I bet 90 percent of the people didn't use that practice, but now everyone pays for that. I believe mandatory paypal is 2.5% So it just adds cost to everything you buy, because the sellers have to add it into the business costs. Now the real beware is DO NOT ship anywhere without tracking. If someone tells ebay their item didn't arrive, they refund the money out of your paypal account... right back to the buyer. While you claim it was shipped, they only believe certain tracking numbers, and greyhound buslines isn't on the list. They turned it into a scamming buyers market. A large number of people quit doing international sales through US Postal Service, because of the limits on tracking to certain countries. Time for swap meets again.... I need more social events anyway Don Last edited by Don Sofranko; 04-07-2014 at 02:17 PM.

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