[DeTomaso] Ebay fees a lot higher now?

[boyd casey]

The new Mantra for the 21st century . Pay More Get Less!
Boyd

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Cullen1972 <cmccann1972 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh man!! Doh!! Guess I'll just have to go back to the medieval times. I'll
> trade you a carbon fiber decklid for this chicken and two goats....
>
> Sent from my iPhone.
>
> On Jun 25, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > That's the way it used to be, but Ebay has caught on now you pay 9% on
> the total cost to buyer i.e. 9% on the final sales price and 9% on the
> shipping, so a seller cannot cheat Ebay out of anything! The seller needs to
> jack up shipping costs to cover the 9% he is being charegd by Ebay on the
> shipping.
> >
> > Julian
> >
> > > CC: wdemelo at cogeco.ca; kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> > > From: cmccann1972 at gmail.com
> > > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ebay fees a lot higher now?
> > > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:08:49 -0500
> > > To: julian_kift at hotmail.com
> > >
> > > Which is precisely why you will see many successful sellers have the
> lowest price of the item compared to others selling the same thing, but a
> higher shipping cost. The out of pocket to the buyer turns out to be a wash,
> same cost no matter what. But since the majority of fees are calculated on
> final sale price and not shipping, a seller can save money by making the
> item cheaper and jacking the shipping cost up beyond the real shipping
> cost.. Buyers tend to complain about high shipping costs... IMHO, they
> should think carefully. Most of the time the buyer is spending the same
> amount if money or less on the item he is buying, and the seller is cheating
> eBay out of fees, not the buyer into more cost. It's just the seller trying
> to recoup some loss on the sale due to the extreme high fees.
> > >
> > > Cullen
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > On Jun 25, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I was planing to list some items and this thread caused me to go
> check Ebay's fees and fine print;
> > > >
> > > > Yes it is 9% final sales fee, but that is now calculated on the total
> cost to the buyer i.e. item sales price plus handling & shipping fees! So if
> you ship an item at your true cost to buyer, you are on a loser from the
> start.
> > > >
> > > > But wait that's not all, as depending on how many items you list a
> month, if you want a reserve or But it Now there's more fees to pay! A
> reserve price auction for an item over $200 is now charged at 1% of reserve
> price up to a maximum $50 in fees.
> > > >
> > > > I'll be thinking carefully before I list too much on Ebay.
> > > >
> > > > Julian
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> From: wdemelo at cogeco.ca
> > > >> To: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> > > >> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:47:12 -0400
> > > >> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ebay fees a lot higher now?
> > > >>
> > > >> I just paid almost $50 for selling a few small items
> > > >> Will
> > > >>
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:
> detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> > > >> Behalf Of Ken Green
> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3:47 PM
> > > >> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> > > >> Subject: [DeTomaso] Ebay fees a lot higher now?
> > > >>
> > > >> I sold some parts on ebay and should have looked at their final
> fees. I
> > > >> thought they were about 3%, but they are 9%. Did they have a big fee
> > > >> increase at some point?
> > > >>
> > > >> Ken
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