[jingram058]

Originally Posted by G1911

I don't really get the objections so far.

1) eBay must have fees. They don't seem to be out of line; aside from collecting final value on sales tax.

2) The seller sets the shipping, not eBay. Undercharging for shipping is clearly not their fault.

3) I'm not clear why a new seller would object to having to follow through before payment.

4) The sales taxes and 1099's, whether one is for or against, is not eBay's choice and they have no choice at all.


I think a better criticism is that eBay employees at fairly senior levels have mailed death threats, stalked, and placed GPS tracking devices on the vehicles of some criticizing the platform. But that's just my opinion.

$421 sales, $337 after sales - eBay's fees are too high.

Can't get paid via PayPal, now have to use bank account, and have to wait until items received. Fair enough, reduces or eliminates fraud.

eBay computed the shipping. One item, a vintage program, worth WAY more than it sold for (nice, but I could live without it) was stated in description clearly would only be sent Priority Mail, due to scarcity and desirability. Buyer complained that $10 for eBay-computed was UNREASONABLE, quote. Ended up costing $19 to ship.

Each item ended up costing more than computed by eBay, $55 for 7 items, and eBay demanded tracking for each item.

I have sold on eBay, but not since 2017. I don't remember it being this annoying. But things have changed. In retrospect, I would have kept the items. I will not sell on eBay again.

Perhaps if I sold more, things would improve over time. I believe payouts come faster once you regularly sell. Also, the more high-value you sell, fee percentages lower.

It's not for me.