Extortionate Fees

[wiltel0787]

Have subscription. Sold plastic toy (auction) £1.20

Postage (charged) £3.99

Postage (actual cost) £3.35

Buyer pays £5.19 in total

Ebay gets 96p

I get 88p (after postage cost)

I feel so foolish & ripped off. Anger would be a fair assessment...

[heckofagame]

Why are you angry? The fees are clearly exhibited in the Help & Contact information. 

Are you angry with yourself for not reading before you sold?

[divwido]

eBay never hid their fees from anyone.  The only person you have any right to mad at is you.

[pburn]

@wiltel0787 

You've found yourself on the ebay.com discussion board Community. You're certainly welcome here, but you might want to post this on the ebay.co.uk discussion boards to solicit advice and/or comments from your fellow ebay.co.uk members:

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Discussion/ct-p/13 

[soh.maryl]

The buyer paid you for the postage and you used those funds to pay the postage cost.

What else did you expect would happen? 

[luckythewinner]

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@wiltel0787 wrote:

Have subscription. Sold plastic toy (auction) £1.20

Postage (charged) £3.99

Postage (actual cost) £3.35

Buyer pays £5.19 in total

Ebay gets 96p

I get 88p (after postage cost)

I feel so foolish & ripped off. Anger would be a fair assessment...

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When you checked the fee schedule to estimate your fees, what did you calculate you would get?

Did you make a mistake in your calculation that led you to believe that you would get a different amount?

[wiltel0787]

I think it would be best if I remove my comment (above) + this one, but don't know how.

This is not the place...

Somebody do me a favour (& 'rockstar') & tell me how to delete please 😉

[donsdetour]

well do not start an auction at the low price: make sure you can make a buck and start it there.

[heckofagame]

You can go to options on the right and select unsubscribe if you don't want to receive any more notices

[pburn]

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@wiltel0787 wrote:

I think it would be best if I remove my comment (above) + this one, but don't know how.

This is not the place...

Somebody do me a favour (& 'rockstar') & tell me how to delete please 😉

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@wiltel0787 

I've contacted a moderator and pointed out your request to have the thread deleted. Hopefully, you'll have better luck with civil responses on the ebay.co.uk discussion boards.

[kh-gary]

Hi everyone,

This topic has been closed at the request of the OP.

Thank you for understanding.