Where's the missing penny? | Selling

retroman303 · 2026-07-07T09:00:08.160822Z

Here's something I've never encountered before,I've just sold an item listed at £7.99 (including BPF). As you can see from the screenshot, the payment breakdown shows a subtotal of £7.37 and a BPF of £0.61, totalling £7.98.What has become of the stray 1 pence? Did eBay actually display my listing price as £7.98 instead of the £7.99 that I set (when I view my original listing it says £7.99)? Is eBay actually going to take £0.62 for the BPF, not £0.61? Or is eBay going to add £7.38 to my balance, not £7.37?With all previous sales, the subtotal plus BPF have added up exactly - to the penny - to the price set in my listing.If eBay are gaining 1p that they shouldn't from this transaction, then - assuming it's a one-off, I'm not exactly going to embark on legal action! But what if it happens next time, too? And imagine the extra revenue gained on an extra penny replicated over thousands of accounts.Has anyone else noticed an unaccounted-for penny in their recent private sales?

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