eBay fees

[Bsmith]

Had a bike advertised for sale on eBay.
Some buyer who only had 1 feedback which was negative put a bid on my bike, I got the bid cancelled.
Meanwhile, my bike also advertised on facebook marketplace sold.
I ended my eBay listing and was charged a final value fee by eBay because my bike had had a bid on it.

GRUNT.

 

[KimB]

Had a bike advertised for sale on eBay.
Some buyer who only had 1 feedback which was negative put a bid on my bike, I got the bid cancelled.
Meanwhile, my bike also advertised on facebook marketplace sold.
I ended my eBay listing and was charged a final value fee by eBay because my bike had had a bid on it.

GRUNT.

You should be able to cancel that I’d have thought.

 

[Bsmith]

You should be able to cancel that I’d have thought.

Can't reply to eBay invoices etc but a selling expert tells me no. if it was the case a seller could sell to the bidder after cancelling a bid and eBay would not get any fee.

 

[KimB]

Can't reply to eBay invoices etc but a selling expert tells me no. if it was the case a seller could sell to the bidder after cancelling a bid and eBay would not get any fee.

You can sell it on there and cancel after though. You have to wait ten days or something.

 

[roblane65]

they seem to be getting very greedy these days , they take their cut before you get paid now . and from what I can gather expect you to post an item before youv'e been paid so they can be holding the money and gaining interest .
havn't sold anything on there for a while now.

 

[frank horton]

only ever buy from there now and not that often....

 

[Shedendman]

Vehicles bikes etc have different rules to other items

 

[500e]

Did not renew my details, so no more, getting to greedy, a pet hate someone borrowing my money & charging me for it
Never tried FB which I don't really do.
Gumtree ??

Ideas please??

 

[Shedendman]

Did not renew my details, so no more, getting to greedy, a pet hate someone borrowing my money & charging me for it
Never tried FB which I don't really do.
Gumtree ??

Ideas please??

Gumtree is ok,but dont expect a quick sale,also you dont get many shoppers,good thing is,NO FEES

 

[rcx132]

It's in the ebay rules that they can do that, you're supposed to let the auction run to the end and not "reserve the right to cancel because listed elsewhere". It was originally a rule to ensure people don't end the auction and sell to the bidder after PM'ing them. eBay don't always charge the fee, it's often randomly applied.

 

[EM1L4]

Try ebay help, you can get then to call you back. I’ve found the UK based call centre very helpful and they refunded my selling fee after some issues I had with a listing. All solved in about 10mins. Worth a shot

 

[Bsmith]

It's in the ebay rules that they can do that, you're supposed to let the auction run to the end and not "reserve the right to cancel because listed elsewhere". It was originally a rule to ensure people don't end the auction and sell to the bidder after PM'ing them. eBay don't always charge the fee, it's often randomly applied.

Trouble is that I may have had bids on the bike which was sold if I had left the auction running and higher bids would mean more final value fee.

Try ebay help, you can get then to call you back. I’ve found the UK based call centre very helpful and they refunded my selling fee after some issues I had with a listing. All solved in about 10mins. Worth a shot

Went to some trouble finding out the rules and asking 'expert seller' etc. They can shove it now. It's actually the buyer with 1 feedback which was bad's fault.

 

[gaz1]

Had a bike advertised for sale on eBay.
Some buyer who only had 1 feedback which was negative put a bid on my bike, I got the bid cancelled.
Meanwhile, my bike also advertised on facebook marketplace sold.
I ended my eBay listing and was charged a final value fee by eBay because my bike had had a bid on it.

GRUNT.

ok my take on this and you wont be happy

if you put on facebook you should have left it on there

the fact that you posted it on ebay as well says a little more

ebay has the right to charge you for the sale as you used it to basically advertise it on there site

dont like the advertisement charge then dont post it on ebay

yes you can use the quotes that its posted on other sites as well during this sale but ebay still has the right to its advertisement charge

the point of the final fee I dont agree upon myself but you and many others out there expect free advertisement and sell it for your own value and this can be done dirtily so to a degree i dont blame them forcing the final value fee onto its users

simple comment dont like it dont use ebay for your sales

 

[EM1L4]

Went to some trouble finding out the rules and asking 'expert seller' etc. They can shove it now. It's actually the buyer with 1 feedback which was bad's fault.

I did the same, wasted time trying to figure it out myself, now i’d just speak with a customer service person and they can sort in minutes if they want/are allowed. They can choose to do stuff even if they aren’t obliged, in my case refunding all my fees after 90days even though they had no proof I refunded the buyer or that the transaction was actually cancelled. I’m happy with ebay, you can save a bundle on fees by waiting for reduced or zero final value fees (and it’s free to list for most things )

 

[Bsmith]

ok my take on this and you wont be happy

if you put on facebook you should have left it on there

the fact that you posted it on ebay as well says a little more

ebay has the right to charge you for the sale as you used it to basically advertise it on there site

dont like the advertisement charge then dont post it on ebay

yes you can use the quotes that its posted on other sites as well during this sale but ebay still has the right to its advertisement charge

the point of the final fee I dont agree upon myself but you and many others out there expect free advertisement and sell it for your own value and this can be done dirtily so to a degree i dont blame them forcing the final value fee onto its users

simple comment dont like it dont use ebay for your sales

Correct, had an advertisment fee been charged I would have been ok with that, but a final value fee charged for an item that did not sell on their site seems a bit off to me. In this case and to be fair, eBay should have charged the bidder especially after me going through the cancel bid procedure and explaining why I wanted the bid cancelled.
Also, eBay are always keen to send me messages and emails about most moves I make during buying or selling. I did not receive anything about cancelling the buyers bid nor about the grounds it was done on.

Buyers only 1 negative feedback was... Avoid this person, has no interest in buying.

 

[daedalusminos]

dont like the advertisement charge then dont post it on ebay

The final value fee is not an advertisement charge - that would be the listing fee which is rarely charged.