eBay increasing seller prices to weird amounts without sellers' knowledge?

[LLOYDWT]

I've noticed that listing prices on tons of private sales all increased between yesterday and today.

 

I've got a number of instruments in my watch list in three categories —

 

1 — "If I win the lottery"

2 — "It's collection only, but if I'm ever out that way, maybe"

3 — "If the seller lowers the price to this, I might..."

 

All of them increased in price to *random* amounts last night.

 

A few examples —

 

Gibson ES-335 from £1,875 to £1,919.22

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226399690759

 

Gibson SG Custom from £4,000 to £4,086.72

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286111859034

 

Two-Rock Bloomfield Drive from £4,200 to £4,286.72

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306064218065

 

Fender Custom Shop '63 Stratocaster from £2,775 to £2,857.62

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167056602688

 

Bourgeois OM Vintage Heirloom from £4,000 to £4,086.72

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116375695931

 

Pork Pie Throne from £115 to £120.32

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306072885214

 

Two-Rock Studio Signature from £3,475 to £3,525.72

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296858635994

 

These are all different sellers, the new prices are never rounded and all end with a 2. They're not a consistent percentage. The three items of £4,000 or more all increased by £86.72.

 

Listings by business sellers seem unaffected, but every private listing seems to have been changed.

 

I've just run a few eBay searches, and it seems to be happening to everything, not just musical instruments; random prices ending with a 2, lots of big ticket items increased by £86.72, business sales unaffected.

 

I can't work out what's going on or why.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 12 by LLOYDWT

[jrixn1]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/paying-items/buyer-protection-fee?id=5594

[LLOYDWT]

2 minutes ago, jrixn1 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/paying-items/buyer-protection-fee?id=5594

That explains it 😅

 

Thanks, jrixn1!

[LLOYDWT]

So eBay scraps seller fees for private sellers, and then four months later introduces a buyer protection fee which pretty much aligns with the old seller fees; meaning that fees that used to be baked into the sale price by the seller are now baked into the sale price directly by eBay with the outcome for all pretty much exactly as it was prior to their removing seller fees.

 

Righto.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

What they give with one hand they take away with the other.

[rwillett]

7 minutes ago, LLOYDWT said:

So eBay scraps seller fees for private sellers, and then four months later introduces a buyer protection fee which pretty much aligns with the old seller fees; meaning that fees that used to be baked into the sale price by the seller are now baked into the sale price directly by eBay with the outcome for all pretty much exactly as it was prior to their removing seller fees.

 

Righto.

 

I'm sure its not that at all (No I'm not)