When did final value fees on eBay get so expensive?

[keithsky]

Yeah they don't care about long time dealers or customers. I have been on Ebay for 12 years and they sent me an email last week saying it was my Ebay annivesary for being on there 12 years and thanks for all my support. Really? 12 years of paying fees and all they say is thanks for my support? No 10% off my next purchase or some money off on buying or selling something no just a thanks for my support. Real personable. The same form letter they send to everyone. Idiots

[Exhibitman]

If it makes business sense for you to front the costs for a store, then you get discounts. The cheapest possible store is $15.95/mo and gets you a 1% discount on fees. The break-even point is $1,595/mo in gross sales.

[Vegas-guy]

Thanks for all the feedback.

I only sell some cards from time to time and maybe the occasional "other" items so I won't need an ebay store. It's probably been a few years since I sold anything, I just don't remember the final value fee being so much?

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Vegas-guy

Thanks for all the feedback.

I only sell some cards from time to time and maybe the occasional "other" items so I won't need an ebay store. It's probably been a few years since I sold anything, I just don't remember the final value fee being so much?

It used to be a stepped down % based on the sale price of an item. For example they would take approximately 8% of the first 25 bucks, 6.5% from 25 to 50 bucks and 4.5% above that.

They got rid of that and now get a full cut of the entire pie, essentially more then doubling what their prior fees were on anything worth a bit of coin. Plus they get a full cut out of the S&H charges.

Auction %'s also used to be a little lower then "Buy It Now" %'s. That is also no longer the case.

You can save a little bit of money if you sell at a certain level, and keep on top of various criteria Ebay establishes for sellers, but that is also getting harder and harder to keep up with.

[4815162342]

The maximum eBay final value fee is $250, so in other words there is no fee on an item's hammer above $2500. I have never consigned to an eBay seller such as Just Collect, Probstein, etc. Do they limit their fee as well?

[kmac32]

One of the issues that I have with their final value fee is that eBay takes a percentage of your postage and handleing. If you charge for the supplies and postage at what cost is to yourself, then you are in the hole with respect to postage and handleing. If you add a little on to cover their fee, then people complain about being charged too much for shipping. Either way, you lose.

Also with the new no questions asked return policy, if a buyer doesn't want something, you have to basically pay for them to ship it back to you so you really are out the dollars. Not good