What is the deal witg Ebay fees?

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by Leon

Overall, when considering everything, the ebay fees aren't that bad. However, their policies need a major overhaul to put sellers back on level footing with buyers. Sellers should be able to leave feedback, imo.

I've always found the bidder policy strange as well in relation to that. They allow you to block buyers if you enter an ID, but you cannot preemptively block zero feedback buyers (which have overwhelmingly been a trouble area for me). You can only change your settings to block those with negative feedback from bidding on your auctions. And because buyers cannot receive negative feedback, the only people that would have that are those who would sell an item and receive a negative. The system is just too flawed.

[Stetson_1883]

Join ebid.net and start a revolution!

I have a store (see below) and pay 3% max on all sales.

The traffic is not there but that could change if people started to wake up and abandon ebay.

I did it and you can too.

[buymycards]

If you are selling single cards, there is a way to save money on shipping. Purchase 6x8 photo mailers. Put the card in a top loader, and put the top loader and the invoice inside the photo mailer. It will be 2 ounces, and since it isn't flexible, it will be non-machinable. Since it is less than 1/4 inch thick and less than 6 1/8 inches high, it becomes a non-machinable letter and you can mail it for 93 cents. I purchase bulk lots of photo mailers on eBay.

I also pre-print a label that I put on these photo mailers, so Post Office personnel don't charge postage due on the other end. The label says:

POSTMASTER: This mailpiece meets the physical standars for letters as defined in Section 101.1.1 of the DMM. Thus, letter prices are applicable. Also, the nonmachinable surcharge is applicable and the relevant postage is affixed.

I put this label directly under the return address label and this has eliminated any problems with clerks who do not understand the rules and want to charge extra postage.

This rule was put in place 4 years ago to accomodate Netflix, so Netflix could mail at a cheaper rate.

Anyway, this 93 cents rate can save you a lot of money if you sell a lot of single cards. Don't use this for high dollar cards, because this type of mailing does not qualify for tracking or insurance.