18-03-2018 8:39 AM
who led you to believe that?
The money that is taken straight away is paypals fee for processing the payment,
ebay invoice for their fees after the sale.
Paypal charge 3.4% (3.9% for overseas payments) plus 20p
ebay charge 10% of the total - item price plus P&P, as well as any listing fees you may have incurred