Final Value Fee component "Other" that I don't recognize
I sold a book just recently and looked at the payment details, specifically the final value fee calculation. There is one I have not seen before, called "Other" for 28 cents. Everything else I am familiar with, what is this extra "Other" fee for? Hope you can decipher the image, Fee based on 77.10, item price of 65, shipping 5.38, sales tax 6.44, all fine, but then the mysterious "Other" for 0.28
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monroe67
·1 year agoWas the delivery address in either Colorado or Minnesota?
Those are currently the two states that ask their residents to pay a delivery fee when they buy things online (or through catalogs or TV shopping channels, etc., etc.), and have them delivered into those states.
The buyer paid that extra 28 cents. eBay sends it to the taxing authority of the state of delivery
YOU, as the eBay seller, are charged the Final Value Fee (FVF) percentage on the total paid by the buyer.
That "other" charge was 28 cents. Your FVF was 15.3%.
$0.28 x 0.153 = $0.04284, rounded down to $0.04.
You Paid eBay Four Cents more in FVFs on this sale than if the delivery address was not in Colorado or Minnesota.
But don't worry: you can add those Four Cents to all the rest of your eBay fees, and deduct them when you are doing your tax return documents early next year.
hajbo
OP1 year agoIndeed, shipping address was to Denver, CO.
Also correct that this extra tax adds only a small amount to my FVF, but I was just wondering where this line item came from, as I had not seen it previously.
Thanks to all for clarifying
wastingtime101
·1 year agoJack is correct @hajbo . It's a retail delivery fee which shows as "other" on the payment transaction and shows as "retail delivery fee" when you view the financial summary on your order details page.
Colorado started this in 2022 and Minnesota followed. Several other states are trying to implement the same.
It's basically another form of tax.
This has a decent overview:
https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america/2025/03/retail-delivery-fees-2025.html
comicsadelphia
·1 year agoTaxation without explanation.
1786davycrockett
·1 year ago@comicsadelphia
"Taxation without explanation."
Nonsense -- the tax is applicable only to the state of Colorado.
This is a package delivery tax that was discussed, voted upon, and agreed to by the state government of Colorado.
Unless individuals in Colorado chose to deliberately ignore all available avenues of media information, it would have been impossible to claim "taxation without explanation."
Not everything is "vast conspiracy."
comicsadelphia
·1 year agoNot saying it's a conspiracy, I look at it as though how much more tax can any individual in this era take anymore. Taxes are everywhere. We are left to survive on credit cards and loans it seems.
dryophelia
·1 year agoI’m sure “THEY†will let us know when we’ve given too much. Obviously, we aren’t there yet.
kensgiftshop
·1 year agoYou don't need a credit card or loan to survive.
soh.maryl
·1 year agoIt's my understanding, from other information here, that this also applies to the state of Minnesota.
1786davycrockett
·1 year ago@soh.maryl
The Minnesota Retail Delivery Fee is 50 cents for deliveries over $100.00.
soh.maryl
·1 year agoThank you.
theteamsetguy
·1 year ago@comicsadelphia ,
It is to make up for the lost revenue as the result of EVs not paying gas taxes. The roads still need to repaired whether they run on fossil fuels or clean energy.
hajbo
OP1 year agoThank you for your explanation, turns out nothing nefarious going on here.
I think ebay should amend their FVF explanation page to show how this line item might arise for certain transactions.
Thanks again
monroe67
·1 year agoQuestions about how eBay's Final Value Fees (FVFs) are calculated come up very often in these forums, unfortunately. Many, many inexperienced sellers do not understand that the percentage part of the fee is charged on the Total Amount Paid By The Buyer.
Most of the regulars who post answers to those questions cite the three main components of that Total Amount which apply to most eBay purchases: (1) Item Price + (2) Shipping Cost + (3) Sales Tax.
Here's the quote from eBay's User Agreement which lists five possible components of the Total Amount (emphasis on the additional two) :
"The total amount of the sale includes the item price, any handling charges, any shipping costs collected from the buyer (some exceptions apply ), sales tax, and any other applicable fees."
"Handling charges" are added into the shipping price by sellers in their own Shipping Policies. Each seller can decide that amount (if any) for him/herself. If you add a $0.99 handling charge, and the calculated postage for the size and weight of the item comes to $4.99, the listing will show, to potential buyers, a total shipping charge of $5.98, which includes your $0.99 handling charge.
"Other applicable fees" could mean a lot of different things for different states.
The important thing is that any such "other applicable fee" is paid by the buyer.
Examples: California and a few other states have a fee for "Tire Recycling" that applies when new tires are delivered into those states. Some states require an "e911 fee" which is "collected on calling cards, plans, replenishments or devices sold with prepaid wireless service." And, as we now know, both Colorado and Minnesota charge state-wide delivery fees.
hajbo
OP1 year agoBy the way, you were very helpful with an issue I posted a year ago, regarding a package shipped by Fedex where I was charged a higher shipping fee than the buyer was asked to pay, after numerous phone calls to ebay the extra charge was refunded to me, so all's well on that problem also
buyselljack2016
·1 year agoperhaps went to one of those states charging a "highway" fee for delivered items.
Not sure exactly how that shows.