new buyer protection fees

[katieslittleshop]

Buyers wont be interested in my small items. They were paying between £2.69 - £3.00. Now they will pay over £4.00. My ebay days are over 😞

[imissdottie]

Hang on that's no solution at all. If the fee went to the seller that might
be a possibility. But it's ebay that keeps the fee, so why should the
seller refund it? They would get less for their sale. Sorry but your
comment makes no sense at all.

[porsche1980]

I understood a 'buyer protection' fee came in on 4th February but I've yet to experience the 75p + 4% charge when buying items.  Not once have buyer protection fees been added. In each case the totals payable were the actual selling prices plus seller's stipulated postage.

[8tracksteve]

That's because your purchasing from business sellers

[porsche1980]

No, I checked and they're definitely all private sellers, which is why I'm querying this. Otherwise I wouldn't have posted to the topic.

[chelseachrisuk]

Lucky you.All of my listings have the BPF added.A few categories are exempt. Maybe you've picked one of those?
There was a delay in introducing the levy, as ebay were experiencing issues. My listings changed on 13th february.

[chelseachrisuk]

Just a thought, were the private sellers UK based?
If not, they are not subject to the levy (only UK sellers)If you look at any of my 4 of listingssearch for "Job Lot of  Glam Rock vinyl 7" records " for example. All records are on for 99p my end. 
The levy doesn't show on the listing, records price shown as £1.76.
ebay only shows the levy amount when you come to pay