Ghost Rider Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Not sure if anyone else knows so here we go. Sold a bass on eBay, winning bid was £250 - ebay final value fee is 10% which I was expecting. I checked my seller account & noticed £2.50 was taken for "Final value fee on postage". The postage was £25 so I can only assume its another 10% for the greedy people running the company & that's me being polite! Here is their words in black & white " A [url="http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fvf.html"]final value fee[/url] is charged when an item is sold. The final value fee of £27.48 for this item is based on the shipping cost and sale price of £250.00." Anyone else noticed this ??? Cheers Edited April 3, 2014 by Ghost Rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 That's crazy! No I haven't but will check it out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 After that slice just note the precentage paypal takes on the transaction as well. Nice work if you can get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Rider Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Yeah, it is total robbery. Maybe this post should be pinned or advertised somewhere on the site so everyone has a chance to see it ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The extra postage charge has been on a while, and since it has I've sold nothing on eBay. I think it is to combat the vast amount if sellers from China selling 99p items and the postage charge making up the total value for what's being sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1396505751' post='2414331'] I think it is to combat the vast amount if sellers from China selling 99p items and the postage charge making up the total value for what's being sold. [/quote] It's all about wanting to get more people to switch to free postage, if you offer free P&P, and a paid for priority postage option you will find one the "best match" view your listings will be a lot higher up. TBH I'm not sure ebay is as interested in me and you as it is the companies selling via it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquipment Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Yeah I list everything with free postage No point in putting postage on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 It's all a load of bull crap anyway. The last time I sold any on eBay some how my total charge was 90 quid, so I contested it to buggary till the pint they gave up and I only had to pay the listing fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 They put it on middle of last year. Some folk were trying to get round fees with the bass (for example) £100 and postage £400. So now, on PAINPal it's 10% of sale, 10% of postage and 3.4% of that total. £250 +£25 postage. £27.50 + £9.35 = £36.85. ie almost 15% of your sale price. Ouch. When more people twig, sale prices will go up further and buyers will foot the bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 [quote name='Ghost Rider' timestamp='1396505174' post='2414323'] Not sure if anyone else knows so here we go. Sold a bass on eBay, winning bid was £250 - ebay final value fee is 10% which I was expecting. I checked my seller account & noticed £2.50 was taken for "Final value fee on postage". The postage was £25 so I can only assume its another 10% for the greedy people running the company & that's me being polite! Here is their words in black & white " A [url="http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fvf.html"]final value fee[/url] is charged when an item is sold. The final value fee of £27.48 for this item is based on the shipping cost and sale price of £250.00." Anyone else noticed this ??? Cheers [/quote] I noticed this the other day as well after I sold some Western books on Ebay, bloody highwaymen, they should wear masks and carry flintlocks pistols ! Totally wrong in regards to postage IMHO, I'm fine with them charging a fee for selling an item on their site but postage is nothing to do with them, I don't see anyone from Ebay coming to my house to collect and then deliver the stuff I sell. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Just another reason why I never frequent the site and have no plans to in the future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I actually think its quite strange how many people only bother to see what the fees are going to be *after* they sell something. There's even a calculator on the eBay site now, there is no reason not to know beforehand what its going to cost you. By all means if you don't like the fees don't use them, but using their service and *then* complaining about the price is a bit daft IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 When I first saw this it angered me somewhat, however it does actually make sense, in that it prevents all those that try to con Ebay by swapping the postage and article prices around to skip the fees. That can't work now, so I can't really blame them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I barely use eBay...I only use it to sell clothes/shoes I know are going to get a decent amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Probably start seeing a lot of 'buyer collects, cash on collection' arrangements being made. I've tried to do all my recent eBay sales that way but I don't buy/sell much any more in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 While I think that E-bay fees are way to high I do sympathise with them on this. People use to take the piss- t[size=4]here used to be (and still is it seems) a place 'in Portsmouth' that would sell a bit of stage lighting for say £70, with £400 P & P.[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I hope Amazon don't cotton on to this! I often buy books for £2.81, and sometimes DVDs for £1.27, where all but 1p is postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I had a row with them over this, their argument was that it "combats sellers who charge excessive postage". My argument was that it doesn't achieve that since you can still charge whatever postage you like, and that it just costs honest sellers even more on fees. I told them straight that I believed that it was because they couldn't reasonably justify another increase on final value fees and this was the easiest way to claw more money from sellers. After that I had no response, so I removed all my bank and paypal details whilst neglecting to pay a months worth of fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Rider Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) £250 +£25 postage. £27.50 + £9.35 = £36.85. ie almost 15% of your sale price. If you say £36.85 it doesn't sound too bad Thanks for the maths Karlfer Edited April 3, 2014 by Ghost Rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 If you sold your gear through a general or specialist auction house you pay at least 15% on the hammer price - about par for the course I'd suggest. You have to balance the extra costs vs. the potential extra market visibility (therefore higher hammer price) and decide if it is worth fleabay taking a cut. Cheers, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I seen a pair of jeans once that had reached six quid, the guy was asking for twenty five quid postage! I sent him a sh*tty message! Good luck with complaining to eBay on their charges, they will fart in your general direction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 My maths NEVER come with any guarantee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I haven't sold on eBay since they did that. I have joined [url="http://uk.ebid.net/"]eBid[/url] instead, but I haven't got round to buying or selling on there yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Rider Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 [quote name='ubit' timestamp='1396599386' post='2415451'] I seen a pair of jeans once that had reached six quid, the guy was asking for twenty five quid postage! I sent him a sh*tty message! Good luck with complaining to eBay on their charges, they will fart in your general direction! [/quote] Thank God I have No Sense of Smell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 [quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1396596303' post='2415420'] If you sold your gear through a general or specialist auction house you pay at least 15% on the hammer price - about par for the course I'd suggest. You have to balance the extra costs vs. the potential extra market visibility (therefore higher hammer price) and decide if it is worth fleabay taking a cut. Cheers, Rich [/quote] +1 on that The main thing that irks me about ebay is the fixed, published finishing time and the last minute snipe bidding. Would like to see an option to extend the auction finish time in the event of a last minute bid. I suppose there'd have to be an increasing minimum bid increment to stop it dragging out too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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