is it just me or is ebay's new fee structure raping me harder than usual?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

haven't sold on ebay in quite awhile.
sold an item last week and noticed that there was no more insertion fee. didn't bother to check since i don't ebay as much as i used to and this would be a one time thing.

it sold for $115 and got charged almost $10 from ebay, and then paypal took another $3.50ish.
that's 11%

i don't have old numbers to compare, but did it go up?

 

[Crono]

Paypal and ebay have been getting worse and worse for years. Stopped using ebay, switching to Google checkout (or checks whenever possible).

I think they increased the fees about a year ago, can't say for sure.

 

[StrangeRanger]

ebay + paypal suck tool like nobody's business

 

[randay]

yup, they turned up the rape mode hardcore.

 

[JTalbain]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
haven't sold on ebay in quite awhile.
sold an item last week and noticed that there was no more insertion fee. didn't bother to check since i don't ebay as much as i used to and this would be a one time thing.

it sold for $115 and got charged almost $10 from ebay, and then paypal took another $3.50ish.
that's 11%

i don't have old numbers to compare, but did it go up?

basically ebay does this thing where u get 5 free insertions for a 30 day period, but you get charged 8.75% final value fee on the whole acution.

before, you would pay an insertion fee, but final value fees would be something like 8.75% of the first $25.00 and then 3.50% of the rest (not sure about the exact numbers).

haven't found a way to opt out of this "savings" on auction listings.

 

[JS80]

I was doing $100k/year back in 2004-2005 and 1/3 of my cost was ebay+paypal fees.

 

[rhino56]

doesn't ebay now own paypal?

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: Crono
Paypal and ebay have been getting worse and worse for years. Stopped using ebay, switching to Google checkout (or checks whenever possible).

I think they increased the fees about a year ago, can't say for sure.

I don't do ebay any more either just because of paypal.

 

[boomhower]

Originally posted by: rhino56
doesn't ebay now own paypal?

yes

 

[Spineshank]

I try to avoid ebay at all cost for selling but sometimes i get tired of not selling something on craigslist.

 

[Insomniator]

wow 11%? wtf does ebay/paypal even provide to justify 5%

Isn't it a pain in the ass to get any paypal dispute corrected?

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: Insomniator
wow 11%? wtf does ebay/paypal even provide to justify 5%

Isn't it a pain in the ass to get any paypal dispute corrected?

i wasn't sure if it was high or not. it seemed sorta high.
but they do provide the highest audience that will net you the most money for your item so i dunno.

but as far as commission, i have nothing to compare it to.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: JTalbain

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
haven't sold on ebay in quite awhile.
sold an item last week and noticed that there was no more insertion fee. didn't bother to check since i don't ebay as much as i used to and this would be a one time thing.

it sold for $115 and got charged almost $10 from ebay, and then paypal took another $3.50ish.
that's 11%

i don't have old numbers to compare, but did it go up?

basically ebay does this thing where u get 5 free insertions for a 30 day period, but you get charged 8.75% final value fee on the whole acution.

before, you would pay an insertion fee, but final value fees would be something like 8.75% of the first $25.00 and then 3.50% of the rest (not sure about the exact numbers).

haven't found a way to opt out of this "savings" on auction listings.

is there a way to opt back to the old system?
i start all my auctions at 99 cents so the insertion fee was negligible to me.
heh, "insertion fee"...

 

[lupi]

They got bad as they got bigger and started borging other services. Once they went public the customer became the shareholders and not those actually buying their service and the actual customer has been getting increasingly more screwed ever since.

 

[alkemyst]

ebay is trying to force a fixed price model. Auctions end up costing about 9% to 10% no matter how you cut them PRIOR to paypal's cut.

Fortunately forums have been able to get rid of the items I wanted to sell and I have only had to use ebay for higher ticket items that I could get better than market.

I sold my 8800GTX recently for $180...I paid only $150 for it about a year ago. I picked up a 4890 for $125 and that is the reason I sold it. Ebay / paypal ended up with about $15 of that. The kicker was my Buy It Now was only $125 and the same dude that bid first won it for almost 1.5x the price.

I still made a decent profit.

 

[Cheesetogo]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
ebay is trying to force a fixed price model. Auctions end up costing about 9% to 10% no matter how you cut them PRIOR to paypal's cut.

Fortunately forums have been able to get rid of the items I wanted to sell and I have only had to use ebay for higher ticket items that I could get better than market.

I sold my 8800GTX recently for $180...I paid only $150 for it about a year ago. I picked up a 4890 for $125 and that is the reason I sold it. Ebay / paypal ended up with about $15 of that. The kicker was my Buy It Now was only $125 and the same dude that bid first won it for almost 1.5x the price.

I still made a decent profit.

Someone paid $180 for a 8800GTX? :Q

 

[ajtyeh]

yea the hardmode gangrape has been on ebay since that new change in fees. i sold a few items and for sure the total cut is 10-12% after ebay fees. sob.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: alkemyst
ebay is trying to force a fixed price model. Auctions end up costing about 9% to 10% no matter how you cut them PRIOR to paypal's cut.

Fortunately forums have been able to get rid of the items I wanted to sell and I have only had to use ebay for higher ticket items that I could get better than market.

I sold my 8800GTX recently for $180...I paid only $150 for it about a year ago. I picked up a 4890 for $125 and that is the reason I sold it. Ebay / paypal ended up with about $15 of that. The kicker was my Buy It Now was only $125 and the same dude that bid first won it for almost 1.5x the price.

I still made a decent profit.

Someone paid $180 for a 8800GTX? :Q

I am that good.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo

Originally posted by: alkemyst
ebay is trying to force a fixed price model. Auctions end up costing about 9% to 10% no matter how you cut them PRIOR to paypal's cut.

Fortunately forums have been able to get rid of the items I wanted to sell and I have only had to use ebay for higher ticket items that I could get better than market.

I sold my 8800GTX recently for $180...I paid only $150 for it about a year ago. I picked up a 4890 for $125 and that is the reason I sold it. Ebay / paypal ended up with about $15 of that. The kicker was my Buy It Now was only $125 and the same dude that bid first won it for almost 1.5x the price.

I still made a decent profit.

Someone paid $180 for a 8800GTX? :Q

I am that good at lying.

Fixed for ya.

 

[fulltilt39]

How do you feel about the rape? It might help to explore your feelings more... <pointing to couch>

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: JTalbain

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
haven't sold on ebay in quite awhile.
sold an item last week and noticed that there was no more insertion fee. didn't bother to check since i don't ebay as much as i used to and this would be a one time thing.

it sold for $115 and got charged almost $10 from ebay, and then paypal took another $3.50ish.
that's 11%

i don't have old numbers to compare, but did it go up?

basically ebay does this thing where u get 5 free insertions for a 30 day period, but you get charged 8.75% final value fee on the whole acution.

before, you would pay an insertion fee, but final value fees would be something like 8.75% of the first $25.00 and then 3.50% of the rest (not sure about the exact numbers).

haven't found a way to opt out of this "savings" on auction listings.

i've heard that you can use their turbolister or some other 3rd party listing programs to get around that. or you can make 5 fake/ridiculous auctions to use up those free insertions.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Crusty

Originally posted by: alkemyst

I am that good at lying.

Fixed for ya.

go fuck yourself

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...=ADME:L:EOISSA:US:1123

starting bid was $75, buy it now was $125.

thank you, please come again.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Crusty

Originally posted by: alkemyst

I am that good at lying.

Fixed for ya.

go fuck yourself

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...=ADME:L:EOISSA:US:1123

starting bid was $75, buy it now was $125.

thank you, please come again.

Bitch slapped!

 

[alkemyst]

I hope someone notes this the next time they call me a liar.

if I had lies to tell, it wouldn't be for ATOT bragging rights.

 

[Crono]

I don't think he was serious.