BeSmart

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eBay to cut listing fees to stay competitive (Download Squad)

Feb 12th 2008 9:34AM I agree, it's a joke. However, I will put more things up on eBay that I'm not sure will sell b/c I have less to lose if it doesn't sell.

eBay to cut listing fees to stay competitive (Download Squad)

Feb 12th 2008 9:32AM What you experienced (high s+h compared to selling price) is actually against the eBay rules, but it's how many sellers stay in business. eBay only charges seller's an 8.75% "final value fee" on the sale price, not on the shipping though. (This 8.75% fee is on top of the insertion fee and gallery fee and extra sub-title fee, etc.)

Often, if a seller is selling a battery, for example, that Best Buy sells for $49.99 + tax, the seller might sell it for $8.00 with 25.00 s+h for a total of 34.00. Still $16.00 less than Best Buy (33% off.) The seller pays 8.75% to eBay on the $8.00 ($0.70) whereas if they charged $34.00 and free shipping, they'd pay eBay 8.75% on the full amount (or $2.97.) This would mean they'd have to add that 2.97 to the price and charge 37.00 for the item.

Sometimes, the only money seller's make is the s+h padding. Usually, it's not that egregious (i.e., 8.00 item/25.00 s+h.) That is actually against eBay rules (fee circumvention.)

Many of us will charge maybe $21.00 in that scenario with a $12.95 s+h (somewhere in the middle--but same difference...still paying 34.00.)

eBay to eliminate negative feedback from sellers (Download Squad)

Feb 12th 2008 9:23AM The reason we sellers wait is because believe it or not, there are buyers who are actually scammers who know how important positive fb is to sellers and they, literally, extort things out of you. For example, there are buyers who have told me they received an empty box. Of course, I could tell by the weight of the package that it wasn't empty, but they insisted that we send another item OR they'd leave us a negative. (We had already left positive.) Others say the package showed up 4 weeks late and demand refund of shipping fees OR ELSE. (This despite having delivery confirmation that the package was delivered on time.)

There are some buyers who scam sellers as their profession. It's sad.

We don't talk about it much because we don't want copycats.