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.

[pixiesen2012]

you are now on ebays managed payments

so you are charged 12.8% plus 30p, which is less than you were charged previously when you were charged 10% by ebay and 2,9% plus 30p by paypal

the new system means private sellers pay less than before

[papso22]

You are now on managed payments, those fees are not 10%.  They are roughly 13% plus the 30p fixed amount charged on each transaction.  That takes the fees on low value sales up substantially.