Promoted Listing fees algorithm - Ebay scamming sellers

[equipmentlab]

Ebay charged me promoted listing fees for items which were not clicked through the promotions.  I only found about it through an error. I sell lab equipment and a customer requested to split up a glass reactor as he only need the stirring mechanism.  luckily I had a separate listing which was only the stirring mechanism and I sent him the Ebay item number to save him time on searching for it.  He found the item and purchased it.  Few days later I was checking my payment fees and noticed that Ebay charged me the 2% Promoted listing fee even when they did not click on the promotion and found the item by me link.  Someone please let me if this is fair or even legal? Did anyone else notice this?

[nuclearomen]

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@isaiah53-57 wrote:

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@lakefor94 wrote:

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@12345jamesstamps wrote:

2% promoted listing?...I do a few promoted listings at 7 to 10 per cent. If your item has been promoted it has to be charged the promoted listing...especially if you want to get paid...plus eBay get that's promoted listing fee before you get the money for the sale...which can put you in the negative balance for a few days.

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I have everything promoted at 2%, 1175 listings. I am running about 60/40 on being charged for a buyer clicking on and buying from a promoted listing. 40%  of my sales do not get charged as being sold as promoted.

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This makes no sense. If you have EVERYTHING promoted at 2%, how can you have sales that do not get charged as being promoted??

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As someone who has everything promoted as well, can tell you the odds are slim to none that the PL fee on a sale doesn't apply, however, not impossible, just slim, on quick estimate, 95% or more of my monthly sales have the PL fee attached now adays. Ebay made it so they get their PL fees on sales even if buyer doesn't click THAT PL listing