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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2010677, member: 27832&quot;]That&#039;s the most tabloid-worthy title I&#039;ve seen here in a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>What they&#039;re <i>actually</i> doing is increasing the <i>ceiling</i> on Final Value Fees from the current $250 to $750 -- <b>for sellers who don&#039;t have an eBay Store</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, a one-month subscription to eBay Store costs $20. If you have a Store, your FVF on coins drops from 10% to 6%. That means that if you sell more than $500 worth of stuff in a month, you&#039;ll save money by buying a Store membership for that month. If you&#039;re doing this month after month, you can subscribe for a year at $16 a month -- that brings the monthly break-even threshold down to $400.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, suppose you&#039;re going to sell an item for $3000. Under this new change, if you don&#039;t have a Store, you&#039;ll pay $300 in FVF, instead of $250. OMG 20% INCREASE!!</p><p><br /></p><p>But if you <i>do</i> have a store -- or if, knowing you&#039;re going to sell a valuable item, you go ahead and buy a one-month membership -- you&#039;ll pay $180 in FVF, saving yourself $100 <i>after</i> the membership charge. Even if eBay hadn&#039;t made this change, you&#039;d still be coming out $30 ahead with the membership.</p><p><br /></p><p>This change will affect only people who are selling high-value (&gt;$2500) items and don&#039;t have an eBay Store. I think that&#039;s a <i>really</i> tiny fraction of eBay&#039;s seller community.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you <i>are</i> affected, the remedy is simple -- buy an eBay Store membership. You&#039;ll save money even compared to eBay&#039;s <i>current</i> fee structure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compared to other eBay policy changes over the years, this is one of the <i>least</i> offensive ones I can remember.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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