Your thought on eBay fees increase?

[360spider]

Not sure if this belongs here, but since I know some folks sell on eBay here, I thought I'd post it. eBay just raised Final Value fees from already high 7.5% to 9%, AND the fees are now going to be charged on the total amount of sale PLUS shipping. So, for example, if you list an item and it sells for $10 + $5 shipping, before you'd be charged, 75 cents and done, now you will be charged $1.35 (9% of $15). This is in addition to any Paypal fees that they are charging on the sale. Apparently this is being done to discourage sellers charging high shipping prices. I say its BS! Sellers have no control over shipping prices, eBay never figured out a way to count shipping supplies/packaging, and 95% or sellers are rather accurate with their shipping fees anyway. What this will do though, it will raise already high prices on eBay, and sellers will try to transfer even more of eBay fees on buyers. What a dumb move, eBay.

[drunken monkey]

I used to sell stuff on ebay but lately the attraction really has gone and this latest fee hike seems to signal the end of my selling.

If you are shipping things international then the actual costs can vary greatly depending on country of origin to destination and a simple increase in fee to be cost+shipping is simply unfair, especially to those who are running small businesses on ebay.

[BVC500]

eBay should find some other way to penalize the 5% who charge exhorbitant rates. I avoid those sellers anyway.

[360spider]

Originally Posted by BVC500

eBay should find some other way to penalize the 5% who charge exhorbitant rates. I avoid those sellers anyway.

Trust me, they are not trying to penalize anybody, they are just thinking about getting more money from sellers for nothing. How else can you explain charging a fee on a service performed by a different entity (postal service)? What about international sellers? I think eBay is bitting the hand that feeds them, and it's a shame, for both buyers and sellers, and for hobby in general.

[lovegt40]

si Alex, mamma mia...
They raised the 10% of percentage of what u sell, it is definitely too much.
Unless they will keep lower prices I will never use ebay again to sell items.

The problem will be now....where try sell items (as 4ex our model boxes) with the possibility to be seen worldwide?

[indy_231]

I think this may only affect regular users.

I am a top rated business seller, so I benefit from the lower fees, and also a 20% discount for being top rated.

Personally I would register yourself as a business seller just for the sake of the lower fees. You can then buy and sell as normal.

[360spider]

Originally Posted by indy_231

I think this may only affect regular users.

I am a top rated business seller, so I benefit from the lower fees, and also a 20% discount for being top rated.

Personally I would register yourself as a business seller just for the sake of the lower fees. You can then buy and sell as normal.

This affects everybody, especially business sellers, and sellers with eBay stores.

[alvarol]

Not sure if this belongs here, but since I know some folks sell on eBay here, I thought I'd post it. eBay just raised Final Value fees from already high 7.5% to 9%, AND the fees are now going to be charged on the total amount of sale PLUS shipping. So, for example, if you list an item and it sells for $10 + $5 shipping, before you'd be charged, 75 cents and done, now you will be charged $1.35 (9% of $15). This is in addition to any Paypal fees that they are charging on the sale. Apparently this is being done to discourage sellers charging high shipping prices. I say its BS! Sellers have no control over shipping prices, eBay never figured out a way to count shipping supplies/packaging, and 95% or sellers are rather accurate with their shipping fees anyway. What this will do though, it will raise already high prices on eBay, and sellers will try to transfer even more of eBay fees on buyers. What a dumb move, eBay.

No news for me here 360!...

Its just what I have been expecting, I've known this would come for quite some time now.

Can any of us imagine how much money major companies such as ebay and Paypal make, each day!?...

What at first comes as a convinience for the normal person or seller (international market coverage) and was modestly charged at first, has now turned into a way of life that many (millions) of common people and sellers that have based their life on Ebay and Paypal. Its their business, and their way to make a living, they depend on it.

So, it is so easy now to start collecting heavier charges on anyone who depends on it as a way of life. Its like an addiction, you cannot say no, and you have to go along with it, paying more, and more. Or just give it up and find a whole new way of life.Something like that could prove very difficult for some, if not impossible by now!

So, getting to the point. It is just another form of "savage capitalism" that is bound to take a grip on the way we choose to make a living. Quite like the major factors that contributed to the financial crisis we all know about.

Remember this when you go shopping on ebay, and pay through Paypal, try to imagine the unbeliavable "flood" of money some people make from all over the world when millions like ourselves make our daily shopping, or make our monthly choice and get your scale-model.

Try to remember to how many companies you have to pay taxes to get your purchase home (credit cards, Paypal, Ebay ) and how big a monopoly these have become along recent times.

A big part of the world is by now addicted to this way of buying and selling, and some few people are getting very, very rich on it!...while the other part (the enormously big part) is getting poorer and under social recession.

[danielsatur]

Try Ebay classifieds for local areas, it's free.

[Scrapper]

i thing that's because charlie sheen own's it.

[MidMazar]

Im not surprised at all. Ebay is the least of my worries with price of food,gas,taxes, and everything else going up.

Off topic, but my prayers go out to Japan.

[hirofkd]

Since I rarely sell, but frequently buy, this is a good news. No more stupid $16 domestic shipping for one plastic model kit.

[360spider]

Originally Posted by hirofkd

Since I rarely sell, but frequently buy, this is a good news. No more stupid $16 domestic shipping for one plastic model kit.

You think? I sell some, and I, like most, will just delegate the fees to the buyer. Do you even know how much does it cost to ship a kit? $16 for shipping is not a bad price really. There is more than postage in shipping a product, especially for volume sellers.
That for sure means everything will just get more expensive. OR, sellers will stop selling as much, which simply means everything will that much harder (and more expensive) to get. How can you not see this?

Check eBay forums, eBay lost around 1500 sellers just on announcement - today. And this is just the beginning.

[CifeNet]

Nobody likes it when we hear cost of things go up! And it looks like everything is getting expensive!

[hirofkd]

>>You think?
Sure, because I will less likely be shouldering the lied part of shipping cost. (assuming that the new system works)

Suppose the final bid was $20, and the shipping cost was $20, and if that happens to be the actual postage (Express mail for something like that), my entire $40 will go to the honest seller, and I'll be totally happy with the trade.

If the item was $20, and I was asked to pay $20 for shipping, but the real postage turned out to be $10, then I'd be handing over $10 for the greed of the dishonest seller, and I don't want to support dishonest people.
If the seller needs $10 for the box and transportation, I want to know that beforehand, so I'll have the choice of either agreeing to the cost or looking for another seller.

If the seller doesn't disclose the real values, the person is essentially restricting or even violating, your rights to freedom of choice. And I think it's a serious problem of eBay for allowing those scam to continue using the system. As I mentioned, I'm more of a buyer than a seller, so I'll support any policy of driving away those lowlives, even if I will have to pay 9% when I actually want to sell something.

>>Do you even know how much does it cost to ship a kit?
A typical Fujimi kit and a box weigh about 2 lb, so it's $8.60 ($7.83 when paid online) from here in Houston to say, NY for example, by USPS Priority Mail. And two kits (2 lb 8 oz) for $10.35 ($9.65 online).

>>That for sure means everything will just get more expensive.
That is if the demand remains constant, but higher price tends to weaken the demand, so there might be a short-term surge, but it will eventually come back down.

>>Check eBay forums, eBay lost around 1500 sellers just on announcement - today. And this is just the beginning.
Relax. Some people are simply over-reacting. Plus, eBay reportedly has 90 million active users, so 1500 sounds negligible. Missed opportunity will hurt sellers (both business and private), so most of them won't act so foolishly, but instead, they'll seek elsewhere to cut cost.