I Will Never Sell On eBay Again

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Originally Posted by jingram058

$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.

I don’t think you can reach many people without ~20% to the platform/house. That’s nornal, and on eBay is pretty much the top end only. One need not like it but that’s normal.

It is news to me that sellers no longer set the shipping cost and eBay forces them to use an undercharged amount set by eBay. Have never heard of this before or experienced it.

I really don’t understand the problem with providing tracking? Why would you not provide any evidence of fulfilling your end?