Yea I was surprised by that as well, all the doom and gloom posts made it seem like the old style fees where you lose out.
Just listed an item for £22 and it shows as £23.6
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Just listed an item for £22 and it shows as £23.6
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Yea, I'd expect it to be £23.63? Maybe they are rounding down but I've got items that now show at £24.11 and other odd numbers.
I think the only way you'll loose out is in loss of sales.
These 'buyer fees' only show for private sellers.
So, if a business seller has an item listed at £49.99 and a private seller lists the same thing at £48.50 to try and undercut the item from the business seller will end up being cheaper for the buyer.
Sold enough to international buyers recently to know getting right size/weight is a nightmare... Spend more time on each listing selecting the right one lol
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Good advice.
For anything larger than medium jiffy envelope I put in a price instead of letting eBay select a service themselves. (A price that is fair and that I know will be about right VS me getting caught short and paying the difference which I have done for many years!)
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Thank you. I messaged them to clarify how it was applied, as yet, still no reply from them !
I wouldn't mind betting you will lose out on the £44.91 item ..........
I'm sure it will not be long before they charge sellers fees again, as well as the buyer protection !
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This was a big problem when I tired a few years ago to sell a collection of paperback books. The "books" section on ebay had a top limit for P&P that would barely cover a single book, no way their £2 allowance would cover the cost of posting a box full of books.
I could have listed as a general joblot but couldn't find a way to advertise a joblot of books so a lot of potential book buyers wouldn't see the advert.
In the end I didn't bother...
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That was what stopped me trying to sell books - no realistic postage prices.
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I've seen that when selling, I put a Villiers powered generator weighing 30kg on and ebay recommended the postage at £1.90
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Today I contacted eBay Customer Services, a real English-speaking person, no less. In fact, they phone you 
Three sales weren't showing any delivery confirmation, so no payment.
They were surprisingly helpful, sorted one immediately, but I was told that the system doesn't allow them to change manually delivery confirmation, despite there being positive feedback on all items.
The good news is - after 14 days, even without delivery notification from the carrier, you get your money.
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Three sales weren't showing any delivery confirmation, so no payment.
They were surprisingly helpful, sorted one immediately, but I was told that the system doesn't allow them to change manually delivery confirmation, despite there being positive feedback on all items.
The good news is - after 14 days, even without delivery notification from the carrier, you get your money.
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Well this is a first... Buyer has just opened an item not received case a month later, tracking shows it in Glasgow for last month or so but know of another person who had the same tracking error for an amazon return however it had arrived just tracking never updated.
Either this person really hasn't received the item or they're trying to pull a fast one as bit odd you'd wait a month to open a case
Will give royal mail a phone tomorrow otherwise it's a lost item claim, think this is the first time in all the years of using royal mail have I had an issue!
Either this person really hasn't received the item or they're trying to pull a fast one as bit odd you'd wait a month to open a case
Will give royal mail a phone tomorrow otherwise it's a lost item claim, think this is the first time in all the years of using royal mail have I had an issue!
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I've recently sold a couple of mobile phones on eBay, just listed them and let eBay sort out the postage options
They went for more than I was expecting, they were reasonable phones but both had damaged screens
No fees charged to me as a seller and money was released fairly quickly too
I did list a 3rd phone, this one had minor screen damage but very hard to see it, winning bidder never paid and didn't respond to messages
Cancelled the sale, resisted and it sold again, this time the buyer did respond to messages and wanted a few days to get the money together and then went quiet
It's back on again, maybe 3rd time lucky, but more importantly, no seller fees again for this one
They went for more than I was expecting, they were reasonable phones but both had damaged screens
No fees charged to me as a seller and money was released fairly quickly too
I did list a 3rd phone, this one had minor screen damage but very hard to see it, winning bidder never paid and didn't respond to messages
Cancelled the sale, resisted and it sold again, this time the buyer did respond to messages and wanted a few days to get the money together and then went quiet
It's back on again, maybe 3rd time lucky, but more importantly, no seller fees again for this one
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Ebay are taking the pee with this- sold on 12th delivered on 17th and funds still held by eBay for a further 2 days
I have nearly £400 pending all stuff posted some time ago.
That could get old quick, but I have hundreds of small parts like the above that need gone and ebay is really the only way to do it.
I have nearly £400 pending all stuff posted some time ago.
That could get old quick, but I have hundreds of small parts like the above that need gone and ebay is really the only way to do it.
That's the problem and ebay know this.
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True, but the stuff I sell will get me more on there than anywhere else I can sell it. The buyer protection thing for private buyers is a bit oddly done but hey ho that's the way it is.
I'm not fussed that they make a profit from me, it's still worthwhile. What bugs me more is the degradation of the search function.
I'm not fussed that they make a profit from me, it's still worthwhile. What bugs me more is the degradation of the search function.
Well this is a first... Buyer has just opened an item not received case a month later, tracking shows it in Glasgow for last month or so but know of another person who had the same tracking error for an amazon return however it had arrived just tracking never updated.
Either this person really hasn't received the item or they're trying to pull a fast one as bit odd you'd wait a month to open a case
Will give royal mail a phone tomorrow otherwise it's a lost item claim, think this is the first time in all the years of using royal mail have I had an issue!
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So if the courier delivers it, but doesnt update their systems to reflect this, not an uncommon sceanario, then basically, you dont get paid? Have i got that correct.
Ive not sold anything on ebay for about 5 years, but ive got a ton of stuff i need to flog.
Thanks. Thats not quite as bad as i feared.
Sadly, as its mostly car parts, i still get murdered!
I sold it before the change so already have the money and ebay couldn't put a hold on it but now it's a case of money gets held till situ is sorted and unfortunately it seems sometimes royal mail says it's delivered but they didn't update and then buyer says never received and then you're out since ebay sides with them but thankfully I've started a lost parcel claim so hopefully shouldn't be screwed.
