Over 17% commission on final value including postage, no insertion fees, thats a swindle!

[patricias-emporium]

Im 85 yrs old & clearing out small items, so that other people can enjoy them.  I sold an item for £6.89 including postage of £2.89.  No insertion fees. Its supposed to be 10% commission.  Why did I get charged £1.18 ie 17.2%??????

[red_magpie]

EBay's fee will have been 10% of the total price, including postage.

Paypal charges 2.9% of the total selling price including postage, plus 30p.

That comes to exactly £1.18, which is what you have been charged.

If you're on the new managed payments system it will be calculated differently, but the result will be the same.