Thread: SELLER BEWARE - 5 Free listings = RIP OFF

Originally Posted by zib

He still sells. So, I guess the lure of easy money is too tempting, otherwise you wouldn't do it.....I know seller's get screwed on fees and stuff like that, but what about the buyers? I can't even tell you how many times I got screwed...Thank God for Paypal....

AFAIC there ain't nothing easy about it. It is a PITA and I hate doing going through the taking photos, writing the descriptions and all of that but it is probably the best way to go about it. I still have to try Craigslist for some of the junk I've accumulated.

I totally agree with you zib -- The easy money is hard to pass up. Also, I like listing things on E-bay because with RAD, its good to set a date that you KNOW that razor is getting sold. Once you list it, you have to sell it LOL

Under normal circumstances, I don't complain a lot about E-bay. I just quietly pay the fees.

However, this "promotion" got me fired up because 1) I didn't know what E-bay was doing because I never thought to look at the fine print, and 2) It seemed like a fairly underhanded / shady thing to do.

Anywho, I paid my $38.00 worth of fees on my $433 filly last week, happy to be able to reach an international market. I'll just be more conscious of what auctions I list under the promotional rate every month.

So, are there fee's in addition to the fee's u mentioned, and am I allowed to sell 5 things free of charge. I may give it a go....I'm waiting on a shipment of Coticule...

P.S. When Bob talks about Ebay, words like "Underhanded" "Screwed" and "It's just not right" come up A lot....

Hi everyone, I sold some speakers on the bay to a buyer in the Ukraine and on top of the ebay fee's paypal charges 5% for international transactions.

no, thats the problem zib -- They say "List 5 items, free of charge!"

What they don't tell you is that they are going to charge a final value fee if the item sells that is 8.75%, flat rate, only on these promotional items. This is different from their normal rates. Check out this graph:





I made this up to show the differences.

The worst possible sell price would be $228.60, which would cost you over $10.50 MORE in final value fees than the non-promotional rate.

As JimmyHAD mentioned though -- anything over $508 is actually a better deal - -- Especially if you get into over $1000 items, you could save $20+ in final value fees.

I guess Bob was right, They really do screw the seller....I think I'd be careful what I sold. Items that may fetch a price around 200 bucks, I'd look elsewhere, If you have something like a Wonderedge or Fily, then Ebay?

I'm glad I saw this post, I am planing on selling a chunk of my collection soon and this is good to know.

@Undream How did you end up paying $38? I thought it was 8.75% or $20, whichever is lower.

I included the paypal fee


-Brad