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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 180658, member: 5719&quot;]I would expect Paypal to raise rates again as well... not long before the other shoe drops. </p><p><br /></p><p>The rate of increase in eBay listings is dropping, so they have to increase that top line revenue somehow, and this &quot;painless increase&quot; is a way to keep that share price up!</p><p><br /></p><p>The way I read it, they&#039;re only hitting the most popular starting price with an increased insertion fee, $1.00 to $9.99.&nbsp; Auctions that start at 99 cents are more likely to end in a sale IMHO, and Paypal gets a quarter plus 2.9% from you anyway-- that quarter being the operative term.&nbsp;&nbsp; Pretty good margin for a transaction that costs them millicents.&nbsp; I just say no to that Premium Account and I&#039;ve given up selling on eBay. </p><p><br /></p><p>No worries, we&#039;ll just see another increase in shipping and handling - by an even dollar or so, just to make the math easy.&nbsp; :hammer: </p><p><br /></p><p>More power to the other sale forums.&nbsp; Maybe another look at Yahoo is in order...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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