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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2030630, member: 112&quot;]We pay anyone and everyone for a service or product that they provide. In other words they charge us a fee for that. But they never tell us what/how much that fee is. And few if any have a problem with that, ever.</p><p><br /></p><p>But because the nature of their business, an auction house or any selling venue has to tell us up front what their fees will be. And that is the sole source of discontent. Why ? Because since we know what the fees are, we can then question if it is &quot;fair&quot;, in our minds, for them to charge us that much. </p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t matter that just about everyone else on the planet charges us 10, 20, even 30 times more than an auction house charges us, but then as a general rule most people don&#039;t realize (they have no idea typically) what everybody else is charging us. The auction house is somehow charging us too much, in our minds, because we know it is 20%, or whatever the number may be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, how much is NOT too much - 5%, 10% ? I suggest there is no such number. For as long as we know what that number is, there will be somebody who says it is too much. And shame on the bad guys for having the audacity to charge us that much. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you expect them to do it for free ? I have no doubt that many would want them to, but then there are just as many people who wish that you would do whatever it is that you do for a living - for free. Do you think you get paid too much ? I&#039;ll wager there is nobody, not one, who will answer yes to that question.</p><p><br /></p><p>So when you think the auction house charges too much - consider that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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