Ebay Highway Robbery Fees

[nh_sales_lv]

In the past month I have purchased and sold a total of $8,162.16 in Computer Graphics Cards. Of that Ebay has taken $1020.27 in FVF or roughly 12.5%. Outrageous Selling and Buying Fees, mind you on our Used goods.

This is Excessive but that's not why I am here today. I am here because I recently had a graphics card up for sale on ebay and it had one bidder. The bid was 600 usd. After the bidder placed his bid i looked at what i was selling and noticed a scratch on the pcb of the graphics card. Thinking to myself oh boy I can't sell this item to him because it was damaged i quickly ended the auction. It had many days left on the clock.

Come to find out a couple days later I get a charge on my ebay account for 75.30. Ebay charged me a FVF on an unsold item. There is no contract between me and the buyer, no money exchanged, no goods shipped or received. How are they able to get away with this ? This is not where I was raised. This Country has gone to the fleas and ticks of the world!

[katzrul15]

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/cancelling-listing?id=4146

E-Bay tells you that you may be charged fees for ending a listing early (see link)

This is not new, not derivative of ticks and fleas......just e-Bay policy. 

[nh_sales_lv]

It wasn't Policy when I joined Ebay 16 years ago, nothing in the policy then.... Looks like a later edition with no legal binding written with Chicken scratch

[nh_sales_lv]

Do you understand Katzrul15 that a transaction must take place for something to be considered a Sale? This is plain Theft on Ebays part

[johnrj1226]

1.  It is  part of the User Agreement  between you and eBay  - you agreed to when you signed on to eBay.  It is only a surprise if you did not read and understand the UA.

2.  Could have and should done a more through inspection before you listed your  item.  The onus is on you.

3.  Selling fee looks to be spot on from - none of them are hidden from the seller - pays to read then there are no surprises.

[coolections]

12.5 is what Ebay told you it would cost. You can try somewhere else if 12.5 is too much. The problem is trying to find that many buyers without Ebay. Good luck !!!!

[johnrj1226]

eBay sends you updates on the UA certainly & if you object to teh chages you can opt out - if you don't  you have agreed to the updates. eBay and most other companies do the same - Just received such a notification from PayPal and Spectrum.

Plus there are frequent ANNOUNCEMENTS on policy changes, etc  It pays to read. = no surprises.

[nh_sales_lv]

All of you are coming up with your Company Policy Shenanigans yet you refuse to look at the facts. NO SALE - NO FVF. Only CRIMINALS caught RED HANDED STEALING will hide behind your Chicken Scratch additions to a flawed policy.

[johnrj1226]

A sale is completed when the item is paid for and ownership has changed ( delivered or picked up by the buyer).  Was in  sales for 41 years.  It is only considered revenue or a "booking" until that point.

A transaction is a completed agreement between a buyer and a seller to exchange goods, services, or financial assets in return for money. ... A transaction may be recorded by a company earlier or later depending on whether it uses accrual accounting or cash accounting.

Key word "completed"

[nh_sales_lv]

Yes, no item was paid for and ownership never changed. Not a Sale, but that didn't stop Ebay from Stealing 75.30 from me.

[downunder-61]

"Do you understand" fee's, auction cancellation fee's, policy for seller's and NO FEE's to buyers other then the sales tax in their state- are all fully transparent and easy to find before agreeing to sell/buy here.

[nh_sales_lv]

Do you Understand the Definition of Theft in the Dictionary ?

Definition of theft

1a: the act of stealing specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it
b: an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property
2: a stolen base in baseball
3obsolete : something stolen

[femmefan1946]

But the eBay fee, while related to the transaction, is based on eBay's services in relation to that transaction.

In this case, eBay is of the opinion that the cancelled transaction actually took place, off site, in an effort to avoid those fees.

And eBay believes that since they helped the seller and the buyer find each other, eBay should get paid.

And that is why there is a fee.

[nh_sales_lv]

Who is Ebay to believe anything, the Item is in my Possession, the potential buyer in a Different state, No electronic communications were made in attempt to contact. Utter Nonsense !

[chapeau-noir]

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@nh_sales_lv wrote:

Who is Ebay to believe anything, the Item is in my Possession, the potential buyer in a Different state, No electronic communications were made in attempt to contact. Utter Nonsense !

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You'll have to lawyer up and engage eBay admin personally on this - none of us can help you, it's eBay policy.  I find this policy ridiculous, too, particularly since eBay so blithely sends buyers off site, but you really do need to keep up on this stuff so you don't get surprised.