10% fees seems too much

[harryai]

Hi,
I was wondering if I'm the only one that thinks 10% of buy it now total fees is somehow in extortion. I have something for sale that is around £600 and eBay will take £60 off that. Why not 5%. Does anyone know who I can contact to file some kind of complain about this to support private sellers because 10% isn't supporting at all I was just thinking that a 5% would be more fair + PayPal is a 3.5% which is about right. In total for that transaction of £600 eBay and Paypal will take 13.5% which is £80 and that sounds pretty heavy to me considering that I paid the item £700. I can't go below £600 and if unsold I would keep it or try gumtree.
I would like to get some thoughts about this matter thank you
Harry

[corred]

@harryai

eBay fees are well below the cost of a brick & mortar auction house & has far more members viewing than any other site

10% is lass than half the fees charged by them, and both buyer & seller pay feen in an auction room

Add that in most cases there is no fee for advertising & the 10% is reasonable

If you think it too high then sell elsewhere

Paypal fees are nothing to do with eBay & are a standard charge when you accept Paypal for sales in any site.....they are fees for banking, card clearance etc