Final Value Fees

[shoparamaisus]

I recently sold two guitars but the 12% Final Value Fees mean that I have undersold both items.  Effectively, my experience has been that I got the money back for one and gave the other away!  At the time I had free listings and thought I would get all the money paid by the buyer (as happened through Paypal). I think it is misleading to give free listings without making much clearer that ebay still charge a Final Value Fee on a sold item. I would like ebay to refund me some of the £98-odd they took as a gesture of good will.

[pixiesen2012]

if you click on Learn more under the list for free

it takes you to the page that explains the fees

Listing fees

Private sellers can list for free on eBay. After you've used your monthly allocation of 1,000 free listings (or more if you have an eBay Shop), you'll be charged 35p for each new listing created.

Learn more about how free listings work, including the terms and exclusions for those listings.

Final value fees

You pay one final value fee for items you sell on eBay, and you don't have to worry about third party payment processing fees.

The final value fee is calculated as 12.8% of the total amount of the sale (which includes the item price, postage, taxes and any other applicable fees), plus a fixed charge of 30p per order. If the total amount of the sale is over £2,500 for a single item, you'll pay 3% for the portion of the sale price above £2,500.

which contains another link that explains the free listings even further:-

how free listings work,