HELP! Obvious business seller operating on a private account!

[cocooncards]

I hate having to do this but there is a business seller operating on a private account in my category (I'm posting this on a throwaway just FYI). He's already made like a grand in a day (NO FEES!). I tried to report but the old system is gone and the new one doesn't appear to have "fee avoidance" (or similar) as an option, as far as I can tell. 

I was under the impression that all the new rules (simple delivery, BFP, selling limits etc.) were supposed to stop PRECISELY THIS from occurring!

[jonatjonatjonat]

Are you referring to you yourself having to pay a fee on a purchase from someone on ebay but then you also have to pay a fee if you then sold that same item on ebay?
If so, if your business model was flipping ebay sales - then yes, it is a bit of a bind - but I'm not sure what scenario you are actually talking about.

[spence0175]

This is not just about what the buyer pays. It’s what the seller gets. Everyone has different views on how they see it.. I pay to sell, they don’t…it’s not free for me.

I will stick with my view….

[spence0175]

If I was selling a pair of Nike trainers for £20 and a private seller was, in order for him to sell at £20 he would have to swallow the bpf.

If I was selling a doll  for £20 on a buy it now I would pay the fee of £4 and get £16. If a private started an auction of a teddy  at £20 and I bought it. He would get £20 and if he didn’t swallow the bpf then I would pay it.

Now if people are both buying and selling then it’s swings and roundabouts. If a person is just selling then everything they sell if fee free. That’s how I see it

[jonatjonatjonat]

Right the first bit of that is the ONLY bit to latch onto.

both a private and business seller sellling a pair of Nike trainers. 

business seller is selling them at £20 with fees taken off them. the private seller will sell for £20 but only if they can somehow convince someone to actually buy that with the BPF on top. If they are the same exact product, I know what I’d rather buy.

the bear and the doll is irrelevant because they could have completely different worth.