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<p>[QUOTE="schatzy, post: 640324, member: 17401"]I don't have a single problem with eBay. </p><p> </p><p>First if you sell something for $100 with $5.00 shipping the ebay fee would be $4.97 + the $3.35 paypal fee. That is if you started the auction at $0.99. The ebay fee would raise to $9.35 for Buy-It-Now auction.</p><p> </p><p>I have been selling on eBay for over 2 years. Have you ever tried to sell a coin to a dealer or even just by sending it to a auction house. You are going to pay more than the 8.75%-12% fee on eBay. When you send the coin to an auction house you are going to be charged a 20% fee. There is a 5% fee for the auction house plus the shipping fee to get the coin there plus there is a buyers premium of 15% so most time the buyer takes this fee into account when bidding.</p><p> </p><p>I have been paying over $600 a month in ebay fees and don't mind it what so ever. I am also a power seller so I get a 20% discount on my ebay fees when the invoice comes. eBay is the best part-time job I have ever had. <b>If you don't like eBay than don't use it!!</b> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I do think the seller not being able to leave negative feedback is stupid, but I also thought it was stupid that I could sell something and the buyer would not pay but would still leave negative feedback. Ebay was doing this to protect the buyer, buyers were afraid to leave negative feedback because they didn't want to get negative feedback in retaliation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="schatzy, post: 640324, member: 17401"]I don't have a single problem with eBay. First if you sell something for $100 with $5.00 shipping the ebay fee would be $4.97 + the $3.35 paypal fee. That is if you started the auction at $0.99. The ebay fee would raise to $9.35 for Buy-It-Now auction. I have been selling on eBay for over 2 years. Have you ever tried to sell a coin to a dealer or even just by sending it to a auction house. You are going to pay more than the 8.75%-12% fee on eBay. When you send the coin to an auction house you are going to be charged a 20% fee. There is a 5% fee for the auction house plus the shipping fee to get the coin there plus there is a buyers premium of 15% so most time the buyer takes this fee into account when bidding. I have been paying over $600 a month in ebay fees and don't mind it what so ever. I am also a power seller so I get a 20% discount on my ebay fees when the invoice comes. eBay is the best part-time job I have ever had. [B]If you don't like eBay than don't use it!![/B] I do think the seller not being able to leave negative feedback is stupid, but I also thought it was stupid that I could sell something and the buyer would not pay but would still leave negative feedback. Ebay was doing this to protect the buyer, buyers were afraid to leave negative feedback because they didn't want to get negative feedback in retaliation.[/QUOTE]
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