Beretta1526
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I'd like to preface this with a sanity check. If I'm wrong about this, let me know, because this really ticks me off.
eBay, in a GREEDY move, just screwed just about everyone that wants to list an auction style item that will sell between $25.01 and $1150.00 starting March 10th. An item selling for about $500 will now cost MORE THAN DOUBLE what it does now.
I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO SELLS ON EBAY TO SEND THEM A MESSAGE THAT THEIR NEW RATES STINK LIKE A PAPER MILL.
They are pulling a fast one by reducing insertion fees, but SLAMMING you with the Final Value Fee percentages. I'm not even going to analyze the insertion fees, as it's only meant to distract you from the percentages and are only marginally different in comparison.
Under the current fee structure, eBay gets you for 8.75% of the first $25. That is $2.19. Then, from $25.01 to $1k, your percentage is 3.5%. That makes $34.12. After $1k, it's 1.5%. (Example: Item sells for $500. Your final value fee is $18.82. Not too bad to swallow, even though most get robbed for an additional 3.9% + 35¢ from PayPal to take the payment.
THE NEW FINAL VALUE FEE IS A FLAT 9% with a $50 cap. That means that same $500 sale price item now costs you $45 to sell on eBay (not including insertion fees). PayPal on top of this is just adding insult to injury.
THIS IS HIGHWAY ROBBERY. More than double the final value fee.
If nobody says anything to eBay about this, we all get screwed. From an approximate 3.5% final value fee for most items to a 9% final value fee is downright ludicrous (regardless of the $50 cap*). I urge anyone that sees this post to contact eBay and let them know that they are getting WAY too greedy and need to re-evaluate their price structuring for final value fees.
Link here to new seller fees.
[SIZE=-2]* - the only way you make out on this deal is if your item sells for more than about $1150. It seems to me that most items on eBay sell between $25 and $1k anyway, no?[/SIZE]
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eBay, in a GREEDY move, just screwed just about everyone that wants to list an auction style item that will sell between $25.01 and $1150.00 starting March 10th. An item selling for about $500 will now cost MORE THAN DOUBLE what it does now.
I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO SELLS ON EBAY TO SEND THEM A MESSAGE THAT THEIR NEW RATES STINK LIKE A PAPER MILL.
They are pulling a fast one by reducing insertion fees, but SLAMMING you with the Final Value Fee percentages. I'm not even going to analyze the insertion fees, as it's only meant to distract you from the percentages and are only marginally different in comparison.
Under the current fee structure, eBay gets you for 8.75% of the first $25. That is $2.19. Then, from $25.01 to $1k, your percentage is 3.5%. That makes $34.12. After $1k, it's 1.5%. (Example: Item sells for $500. Your final value fee is $18.82. Not too bad to swallow, even though most get robbed for an additional 3.9% + 35¢ from PayPal to take the payment.
THE NEW FINAL VALUE FEE IS A FLAT 9% with a $50 cap. That means that same $500 sale price item now costs you $45 to sell on eBay (not including insertion fees). PayPal on top of this is just adding insult to injury.
THIS IS HIGHWAY ROBBERY. More than double the final value fee.
If nobody says anything to eBay about this, we all get screwed. From an approximate 3.5% final value fee for most items to a 9% final value fee is downright ludicrous (regardless of the $50 cap*). I urge anyone that sees this post to contact eBay and let them know that they are getting WAY too greedy and need to re-evaluate their price structuring for final value fees.
Link here to new seller fees.
[SIZE=-2]* - the only way you make out on this deal is if your item sells for more than about $1150. It seems to me that most items on eBay sell between $25 and $1k anyway, no?[/SIZE]
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