Ebay sticking their mitts into sellers pockets again

[RichardSimon]

Starting March 30, 2010 selling on eBay will be a better deal than ever!

List Auction-style FREE--no Insertion Fees--when you start your Auction-style listing under $1.


Get new, lower Insertion Fees for all other start prices.


Either way, pay one easy Final Value Fee of 9% of the winning bid (but never more than $50)-and pay only if your item sells.


List in Fixed Price for 50¢, with Final Value Fees for the most part staying the same.
This new standard fee structure will replace the current "first 5 listings free"--you'll pay no Insertion Fees whenever you list Auction-style and start pricing under $1!*

Get complete details on the new eBay fees and get ready to SELL!

Sincerely,

eBay Seller Team

[D. Bergin]

So once again Ebay punishes sellers who actually SELL stuff and encourages more listings of 99 cent crap.

Nice.

If that 9% final value fee is accurate, Ebay fees just went up dramatically for any items that sell for over $25.00.............unless it's a really high end item and the $50 cap works for you.


I love the part.

"- and pay only if the item sells". Awfully nice of Ebay to not charge me a final value fee on an item that didn't sell.


Leon and Matt's new auction site is starting to look better and better.

[D. Bergin]

But..........."Ebay will be a better deal then ever!"


Happy Day!

[Exhibitman]

Between fleecebay and payfraud the total hit for a non-store seller of a $100 item at fixed price is 13.2% (10% ebay and 3.2% paypal). For a few % more I can consign to an auctioneer and not waste my time.

[D. Bergin]

Not including insertion fees which I haven't even wrapped my head around yet.

Start an item in a traditional style auction listing at $9.95 and have it end at $200.

Present Final Value fee - $8.32
Future Final Value fee - $18.00

That's well over a 100% fee raise.


.............and yet somehow Ebay is selling it as a fee reduction.

[birdman42]

At least they're not charging a 17.5% buyer's fee (yet).

Bill

[iggyman]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Not including insertion fees which I haven't even wrapped my head around yet.

Start an item in a traditional style auction listing at $9.95 and have it end at $200.

Present Final Value fee - $8.32
Future Final Value fee - $18.00

That's well over a 100% fee raise.

Yikes! What if you start an item at .99 cents and it sells for $500.

Present eBay fees = $18.81
Future eBay fees = $45.00

Ouch!!! That is going to leave a mark. They've capped the fees out at $50, but if you do the math.......any sale for less then $1273.75 and your fees go up. They are really going to punish the nickel and dime sellers. I'm sorry to say that includes me. It's time to start the divorce proceedings.
Does "Grand Slam" need anymore pilot sellers???

Lovely Day...

[rhettyeakley]

The people running eBay have to be insane to think this is a good idea. They have already done so mach damage in the past that this is just the icing on the cake. It is almost like they are trying to see how fast they can run this ship into the ground!
-Rhett

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

The people running eBay have to be insane to think this is a good idea. They have already done so mach damage in the past that this is just the icing on the cake. It is almost like they are trying to see how fast they can run this ship into the ground!
-Rhett

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...the CEO of ebay can't wait to use his golden parachute. I got that email the other day and just shook my head...it won't hurt me much because I'm a casual seller and usually only sell something when I'm looking to buy something else, but this is really going to hurt my brother.

[Anthony S.]

Ebay's fee change emails are so disingenuous. Perhaps McDonalds should advertise a 99 cent Big Mac with the "new, easy handing the Big Mac to the customer fee of $6.99."

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

Ebay's fee change emails are so disingenuous. Perhaps McDonalds should advertise a 99 cent Big Mac with the "new, easy handing the Big Mac to the customer fee of $6.99."

Are you kiddin' me? Didn't you read this part?

Either way, pay one easy Final Value Fee of 9% of the winning bid

See there, it's "easy"! Why in hell would you want to pay 8.75% of the first 25 bucks and 3.5% of the amount over that when you can just pay an easy flat fee of 9%?

Keeps things easy peasy, and your calculator in tip top shape not having to figure out all that complicated math.