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Ebay fees for newbies.

philafr18 — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:13:25 GMT

Sold my first ever item making a £35 profit. Was so pleased with myself, really happy.

Then today ebay gave me my money with the fee for selling it of £35! So I made no money! **bleep**! How does that happen! I'm so pee'd off right now and sold something I really wanted to keep but circumstances said different. Yes I admit I didnt really know what I was doing but taking that amount from a sale is atrocious and ebay I hope you get some really bad karma for many yrs you greedy blood sucking pigs!

Re: Ebay fees for newbies.

*guinevere* — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:21:01 GMT

The only thing I can see you have sold is an item for £200 for which you should have been charged around £26 selling fees. Ebay charge 12.8% plus 30p of every sale including P&P.

Re: Ebay fees for newbies.

*guinevere* — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:22:38 GMT

Your payments may be on the ebay 21 day hold for new sellers. Your money will be released a couple of days after the tracking shows delivered, or, if no tracking was used, 21 days later.

Re: Ebay fees for newbies.

red_magpie — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:26:00 GMT

We are not greedy, blood sucking pigs. Well, not most of us anyway! There is no-one here from eBay, just other members trying to help.

The amount of profit you make on a sale has no connection with your selling fees. These are set out clearly, and are based on the total sale price, including postage. Plus any optional, paid-for listing enhancements you may have used.

You can find full details here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/fees-private-sellers?id=4364&st=12&pos=1&query=Fees%20for%20private%20sellers&intent=fees, or https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/fees-private-sellers?id=4822 if you're now on eBay managed payments.

If you think you've been overcharged, you can check by getting an itemised breakdown of your invoice here: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/invoice-display.html.

If you still think that any fee is incorrect, let us know what it is, and why, and someone here will try to help you.

Re: Ebay fees for newbies.

philafr18 — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:41:06 GMT

Yes that was the only item I've sold at the moment. Didnt have a clue what I was doing tbh. But taking that amount is still high in my mind considering. I mean 5/10 or 15 would be understandable but anything above that is high considering it's not a major value. Hopefully I'm gonna learn from my mistake and seek advice for the rest of them from now on.