Ebay listing fee rip-off warning

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Posted By: Howie

***10¢ Fixed Price Listing Day Tomorrow, May 12th***
Date: 05/11/05 Time: 03:05:16 PM PDT


As a special offer to our sellers, we are pleased to announce a one-day promotion for www.ebay.com and www.ebay.ca where the insertion fees for Fixed Price listings will be 10¢!
The promotion starts on Thursday, May 12, 2005 at 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second) and ends that same day, Thursday, May 12, 2005 at 23:59:59 PT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds). Listings which were created prior to May 12, 2005 and scheduled to start during the promotional period will also be eligible for the special promotional rate. For more information about this promotion on www.ebay.ca, please click here.

During the 10¢ Fixed Price Insertion Fee Sale:

For Fixed Price format listings, the insertion fee will be 10¢. For more information about this promotional pricing, please click here.

The 10¢ Fixed Price Sale will not apply to eBay Motors vehicles and non-vehicles, International, Live Auction, Professional Services, Real Estate, Ad Format, and Store Inventory listings. Also, the following Business & Industrial categories are excluded from this promotion: tractors & farm machinery (category #91952), heavy equipment (25249), concession trailers, carts (67145), imaging and aesthetics equipment (92035), forklifts and other lifts (97185), manufacturing equipment (92080), metalworking equipment (92082), and commercial printing presses (26247). Please click here for more details.

All other fees (including Final Value Fees and optional listing upgrade fees such as Border, Bold, Highlight, Gallery, Gallery Featured, Featured Plus!, Listing Designer, Subtitle, Reserve, Extended Duration insertion fees, etc.) will still be charged. The promotional rate does not apply to listings with a start date prior to May 12, 2005, including those listings revised during the promotional period. The promotional rate also does not apply to listings created during the promotional period (May 12, 2005) that are scheduled to start after the promotion ends.

We hope you enjoy the one-day 10¢ Fixed Price Insertion Fee Sale!