ebay invoice for one item sold, geeeeeeeeeesh

Ii sold an Oster hand massager for my mother last month on ebay and made one change after I listed it a few minutes later, below is a copy of the inovoice. There were 3 columns on the right for credit , debit and balance but they didn't past properly on this page. I sold a massager for $38, made one edit 8 minutes after first listed and placed one extra picture in the add. Imagine the money side of the post all lined up in order, still somewhat daunting to decipher.
Type Item credit Debit Balance
Insertion fee 2972553746 -- -$1.10 -$1.10
Gallery fee 2972553746 -- -$0.25 -$1.35
Picture fee 2972553746 -- -$0.15 -$1.50
10-day auction fee 2972553746 -- -$0.10 -$1.60
Buy-It-Now Listing Fee 2972553746 -- -$0.05 -$1.65
Listing Designer fee 2972553746 -- -$0.10 -$1.75
subtitle Fee 2972553746 -- -$0.50 -$2.25
Insertion fee 2972553746 -- -$2.20 -$4.45
Picture fee 2972553746 -- -$0.30 -$4.75
10-day auction fee 2972553746 -- -$0.20 -$4.95
Buy-It-Now Listing Fee 2972553746 -- -$0.10 -$5.05
Insertion fee 2972553746 $1.10 -- - $3.95
Gallery fee 2972553746 -- -$0.50 -$4.45
Gallery fee credit 2972553746 $0.25 -- -$4.20
Picture fee 2972553746 $0.15 -- -$4.05
10-day auction fee credit 2972553746 $0.10 -- -$3.95
Buy-It-Now Listing Fee Credit 2972553746 $0.05 -- -$3.90
Designer fee 2972553746 -- -$0.20 -$4.10
Listing Designer fee Credit 2972553746 $0.10 -- -$4.00
Subtitle Fee 2972553746 -- -$1.00 -$5.00
Subtitle Fee Credit 2972553746 $0.50 -- -$4.50
10 day auction fee credit 2972553746 $0.20 -- -$4.30
Final Auction Value fee 2972553746 -- $1.72 -$6.02
Account Balance -$6.02

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I guess it's a good thing your not sellin' an aircraft carrier!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

Well that's how they make their money.

Are they always like that or was the computer in a bad mood the day you ordered?

and then Paypal charges you their fee!

Keith,Your post does not explain why you were charged the insertion, pict.,10-day, buy-it-now, etc. fees twice -for the Same auction! (?) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

it was listed in two categories..
Listed in category: Everything Else > Health & Beauty > Other Health & Beauty Items
Also listed in: Everything Else > Health & Beauty > Nutrition & Wellness > Massage > Massagers > Other Massagers


That effectively doubles the listing fees.

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mattheww50 said:
it was listed in two categories..
That effectively doubles the listing fees.

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Aha! -I forgot about that possibility. Thanks. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

I lined up everything in notepad before I transferred it here but couldn't get the colums to line up properly, I left it just to give the gist of their billing. By the time paypal take it's chunk,( I have them send me a check because I don't want to give them access to my checking account for any reason) they (paypal) and ebay get about 12% of the proceeds for my mothers oster massager that I talked her into getting on ebay, I paid for shipping and various fees.

That's a big list of transactions.

I save money from ebay listings:
- by hosting the pictures myself
- keeping the auction duration to 7-days
- don't bother with buy-it-now

What's the designer fee?

And what about the sub-title fee? Is that to bold the title in the listing?

I never opt for the extra features in my eBay listings. Maybe some of them make sense for high-priced items or retail sellers, but I've had very good luck with simplicity: title, description, single picture, one category, and 7-day auction.