Final value fee

[sieda3593]

I really just don't understand why we are charged fees based upon the total amount of sale after sales tax is figured in. We're being taxed upon our buyers tax. SMH. I enjoy selling on ebay but can't get over this.

[chapeau-noir]

Here are the first several pages of threads about this - lots of chat and discussion.

[donsdetour]

Because it can be charged for is the reason: figure it at 10 percent when calculating price;

oH AND DONT FORGET THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTION FEES THAT SHOW UP ALSO;

In other words:

listing fees if any:

promotional fees if any:

Final value fees calculated on

final value of item:

shipping cost if any:

tax if any:

then

international transaction fee if any:

 all of this to calculate such as to make a buck.

Ebay needs to make a calculator for the mess so folks know what to estimate to make a buck now days...

[m60driver]

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@sieda3593 wrote:

I really just don't understand why we are charged fees based upon the total amount of sale after sales tax is figured in. We're being taxed upon our buyers tax. SMH. I enjoy selling on ebay but can't get over this.

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Your understanding is not required.  If it makes you feel any better cc companies have been charging their fees in the same manner long before there was an Internet.

[lepke1979]

And I don't understand why this question gets asked multiple times a day. But here we are. Asking questions with no real answer.

[redmodelt]

Because it is eBays site and that is how the fees are charged. Your choice to use the site or not, no one is forcing anyone to sell here. The fees are all covered in the help section.  Posting here is not going to change that. 

[chapeau-noir]

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@lepke1979 wrote:

And I don't understand why this question gets asked multiple times a day. But here we are. Asking questions with no real answer.

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I don't, either, when it can be answered with a quick forum search. It's why I put the link in - lots of chat and a possibility of joining a recent thread to add to the discussion. 

[heckofagame]

It is not tax. It is a final value fee. Write that down. 

[stainlessenginecovers]

They could just charge you 20% of the item price and be done. 

It's how they CHOOSE to do it- on the TOTAL a buyer pays.

[bonjourami]

You were paying fvf's on the total sale at Paypal too, but seems you are just now noticing that.

[1tuna]

I think many sellers forget about fees for a while and then remember them

many sellers are charged an extra 1.65% to ship to a Deleware freight forwarder

its done so often that sellers just overlook it

i payed the same fee with paypal for 10 years without really realizing it

as long as every one else pays it I dont question it

[monroe67]

Your feedback page says you are a top-rated seller who consistently delivers good customer service.  

The fact that eBay charges its fees based on the Final Value which,
as you say, is "the total amount of sale after sales tax is figured in", 
that fact is a Thing You Cannot Change.   This is eBay's playground.   eBay sets the rules and regs.  

Your understanding is not necessary.  Acceptance may help you.    

[redmodelt]

Before managed pay, there was a disconnect between the time the fees were billed/charged monthly and now that they are charged when the item is paid for, people are really paying more attention to them because they see them every time. 

[divwido]

First, understand this, eBay isn't doing this.  Your state is and the state your buyers are in.  They told eBay they have to tax a, b, c and d and eBay doesn't get a vote.  eBay is not trying to punish you, they are doing what the law says they have to do.  

[maxine*j]

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@sieda3593 wrote:

I really just don't understand why we are charged fees based upon the total amount of sale after sales tax is figured in. We're being taxed upon our buyers tax. SMH. I enjoy selling on ebay but can't get over this.

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It is easy to understand:   That's how payment processors make their money.  That is how they have always made their money. They collect a fee based on the total sale to the buyer for merchandise, sundry charges and surcharges, handling, shipping, sales tax.  They have done that since the invention of the credit card.  PayPal did that (plus charged an additional transaction fee of 30 cents).  A fee based upon the total sale to the customer is the business model for payment processors. 

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