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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3211459, member: 15588"]Hello,</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed that eBay now has some pretty outrageous fees for people like myself who just want to sell a few things here and there rather than set up a long-term shop. A while back I sold numerous things on that site for a minimal, almost negligible, set-up fee. That was fantastic and I'm very glad that I sold what I did back in those halcyon days. Now the selling terms say $0 listing fee, but %10 final value fee. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but that appears to mean that if I sell something for $400 then eBay takes $40. That's quite a chunk of the final price. Plus, the higher the selling price, the more eBay takes - if the $400 item starts a bidding war and ends up selling for $500 then eBay gets $50. I don't doubt that this works out much better for <i>them </i>than the previous seller arrangement, but I find it pretty excessive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts? Suggestions on alternatives? Am I reading these terms correctly?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3211459, member: 15588"]Hello, I noticed that eBay now has some pretty outrageous fees for people like myself who just want to sell a few things here and there rather than set up a long-term shop. A while back I sold numerous things on that site for a minimal, almost negligible, set-up fee. That was fantastic and I'm very glad that I sold what I did back in those halcyon days. Now the selling terms say $0 listing fee, but %10 final value fee. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but that appears to mean that if I sell something for $400 then eBay takes $40. That's quite a chunk of the final price. Plus, the higher the selling price, the more eBay takes - if the $400 item starts a bidding war and ends up selling for $500 then eBay gets $50. I don't doubt that this works out much better for [I]them [/I]than the previous seller arrangement, but I find it pretty excessive. Thoughts? Suggestions on alternatives? Am I reading these terms correctly?[/QUOTE]
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