O/T Ebay to start collecting final value fees on shipping!

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

It's not a wash and also applies to auctions...........not just BIN items.

When eBay makes changes to their fees, you can either go along with it, or make changes yourself. 2 ways to do this:

Auction style listings: just raise the shipping price by $.25. Shouldn't this cover the additional FVF?

BIN: offer free shipping, but raise the price on the individual items.

You have to pass the additional costs on to the customer. Sorry, but that's just the way business works. If you had any type of brick and mortar retail business and the cost of doing business went up, would you eat that cost or would you pass it along to the customer? It a shame it has to happen, but it's a part of doing business.

[ChiefBenderForever]

You can also do what many big time sellers have done and that is just leave ebay and go elsewhere. Shows are going to continue to get stronger and ebay will be left with mainly overpriced BIN sellers who maybe sell 1-2 cards a month which is fine with them but not so good for ebay. I said a months ago sell your ebay stock it will only continue to drop, more fees-less profits but what do I know.

[celoknob]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Auction style listings: just raise the shipping price by $.25. Shouldn't this cover the additional FVF?

Yes, that will happen. But isn't it strange that Ebay's whole justification for this new fee structure is that it will lower shipping costs when everyone knows it will do the opposite? There is the cost of business and then there is doublespeak.

I also think this new structure will hurt sellers and buyers who deal at the low end, where shipping is a higher percentage of the total cost. Since I am not a high roller and also mostly sell cheap items, it seems it will hurt those buying and selling less expensive items.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

When eBay makes changes to their fees, you can either go along with it, or make changes yourself. 2 ways to do this:

Auction style listings: just raise the shipping price by $.25. Shouldn't this cover the additional FVF?

BIN: offer free shipping, but raise the price on the individual items.

You have to pass the additional costs on to the customer. Sorry, but that's just the way business works. If you had any type of brick and mortar retail business and the cost of doing business went up, would you eat that cost or would you pass it along to the customer? It a shame it has to happen, but it's a part of doing business.

That's true, but with the DSRs tied to discounts you've also got a situation where the customers satisfaction reasonable or not determines part of your overhead. The place I work for has never had the landlord tell them that "customers are happy so you'll get something off the rent"

DSRs could be a really valuable diagnostic tool for customer service if they weren't anonymous. Sadly it's just being used as a revenue enhancement for Ebay.

Steve B