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Rich W.For those of you lamenting how these ebay changes hurts the little guys who sell occasionally on ebay, let me tell you how it affects a regular seller.
I sell 75-150 tobacco cards per week on ebay. I start all my bids at $5.00-9.99. Thus, I will save 5 cents per listing. Plus I will save .35 per listing for Gallery. A total of .40 savings right off the bat (isn't ebay the best?!!). Now if my sales average $20.00 per card, the extra final value fee on EACH sale is $.70 (3.5% increase in final value fees up to $25.00). If I sell 100 cards per week, eBay gets an additional $30.00 per week, or $1,560.00 per year. If I can somehow garner the 15% credit for being a good Powerseller, then I may lower my overall cost down to a more palatable level.
eBay words this as if they have listened to the populace and have granted huge changes to benefit their customers. This is merely another shareholder-based, "economic" decision that allows ebay to further benefit from their monopolistic position.
Bottom line is most of us have to live with this monster. I can not imagine business without it, but my monthly bills to ebay and Paypal pain me.
Rich W.