https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/I-have-sold-nothing-in-6-months-since-the-buyer-protection-fee/m-p/7883852#M743451 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2410713">@markey164</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /><P>The only way I can sell things now, is to reduce my selling price to offset the fee, and in doing so, I am basically paying the buyer protection fee myself.&nbsp; What a scam. What was the point of spending 20 years building up a 100% perfect record, with hundred's of positive comments, for that good conduct to be completely disregarded in favour of penalizing me! This is nothing to do with protecting buyers, this is eBay squeezing yet more profit out of their customers, Pure and Simple</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yes, you can reduce the selling price to offset the fee, and you'll be essentially back where you were before they temporarily removed selling fees for private sellers, and before they introduced the buyer protection fee. If you've been here for 20 years, you know what it used to be like.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Before, you would list something for £30, the buyer would see the price of £30, and you would get £26.24 or so after fees.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Now, you list something for £28.15, the buyer sees the price of £30. You get £28.15.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>All they've done is moved the fees from the seller to the buyer and given it a new name. It's your choice as to whether or not you let the buyer pay the fee, or alter your price so that you're paying it instead.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I don't see how that's anything to do with "penalizing" you or your good conduct.</P> Thu, 03 Jul 2025 06:52:53 GMT superchallenge 2025-07-03T06:52:53Z