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eBay fees are getting too expensive!!!

maddog1273
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I just sold a few items and noticed eBay took 12% of my total....Plus PayPal (Who is owned by eBay) took another 3%......
This is ridiculous!!!!
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

Is there any way to get these fees lowered for future listings. Like starting a store OR am I doing something wrong????

Any suggestions would be appreciated.....
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With a business account, you have to deal with lots of tax issues!

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I agree 100% Ebay fees are becoming outragously expensive. Like, right now for example...I just sold two items in total they add up to $100 dollars. Ebay is taking from me $43 dollars fee for my $100 worth.  It is as if they toke 43% profit from my sale...too much!

 

This is seriously getting out of hands here.

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How can that be.........

even with listing in 2 catagories....which is dumb....you're fees couldn't be more than 20 %



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Will it did! I decided that I no longer from here, until I am dead, going to be using eBay to sell anything. I am losing. I am not gaining.

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If total eBay ( paypal) fees were 43%......you're doing something wrong.......

 

& we'd all leave.......in a hurry !



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Exactly! I am using eBay!

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@amigaclassiclover wrote:

I agree 100% Ebay fees are becoming outragously expensive. Like, right now for example...I just sold two items in total they add up to $100 dollars. Ebay is taking from me $43 dollars fee for my $100 worth.  It is as if they toke 43% profit from my sale...too much!


If you managed to accumulate $43 in fees on $100 in sales, you're doing something seriously wrong. Do you charge $25 to ship your items?

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OMG . . . 43%! I pay eBay/PayPal total fee of 13%. You would have to applied all the bells & whistles which add up to amass a FVF of 43%. Even then that's like 30% more  than I pay and I believe the majority of veteran sellers.  I susgest you take another look at your

listings and rid them of any and all extras and then check your math. 

Good Luck!

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@pretty_good_week_in_vegas wrote:

@amigaclassiclover wrote:

I agree 100% Ebay fees are becoming outragously expensive. Like, right now for example...I just sold two items in total they add up to $100 dollars. Ebay is taking from me $43 dollars fee for my $100 worth.  It is as if they toke 43% profit from my sale...too much!


If you managed to accumulate $43 in fees on $100 in sales, you're doing something seriously wrong. Do you charge $25 to ship your items?


I did not realize that eBay actually charge extra based on how much the buyer needs to pay for shipping and handling O_O!! This is even more convincing me not to use eBay ever again. But to answer your question, no. I put nothing in terms of shipping and handling, except a template or default setting for shipping and handling and policey rule.

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@artie_chicago wrote:

OMG . . . 43%! I pay eBay/PayPal total fee of 13%. You would have to applied all the bells & whistles which add up to amass a FVF of 43%. Even then that's like 30% more  than I pay and I believe the majority of veteran sellers.  I susgest you take another look at your

listings and rid them of any and all extras and then check your math. 

Good Luck!


All I did is set the reserve price for my auction and then I get something like this down below. But for some reason it was another 7.99 or something and then fees where a little bit more and then the other auction combined and here we go or something:

 

Insertion fee:Free
Insertion fee(2nd Category) (Fee doubled because of listing in 2 categories):US $0.30
Buy It Now (Special offer):Free 
Buy It Now(2nd Category) (Fee doubled because of listing in 2 categories):US $0.25 
Gallery:Free 
Gallery(2nd Category) (Fee doubled because of listing in 2 categories):Free 
Reserve Price Auction:US $7.99 
Reserve Price Auction(2nd Category) (Fee doubled because of listing in 2 categories):US $7.99 
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@amigaclassiclover wrote:
All I did is set the reserve price for my auction and then I get something like this down below. But for some reason it was another 7.99 or something and then fees where a little bit more and then the other auction combined and here we go or something:

 

Insertion fee:Free
Insertion fee(2nd Category) (Fee doubled because of listing in 2 categories):US $0.30
Buy It Now (Special offer):Free 
Buy It Now(2nd Category) (Fee doubled because of listing in 2 categories):US $0.25 
Gallery:Free 
Gallery(2nd Category) (Fee doubled because of listing in 2 categories):Free 
Reserve Price Auction:US $7.99 
Reserve Price Auction(2nd Category) (Fee doubled because of listing in 2 categories):US $7.99 

1) Using a reserve is just giving money to eBay.

 

2) Using a reserve in two categories is insane.

 

3) A $7.99 reserve fee would be charged if you set a reserve price of $799 (reserve fee = 1% of reserve amount), so your claim that your were charged $43 for items that sold for only $100 is completely bogus.

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I would rather you call me an idiot then a liar!

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