50% Buyer Protection Fee

[popma-2]

Sold stamps at £1.49

Buyer Protection Fee £0.78

That's 50%

How does that work ???????

In my opinion it's a scam to generate lost income from no seller fees

[papso22]

It's the impact of the fixed fee element on low value items.

[popma-2]

Thank you for your answer,

The whole concept of Buyer Protection Fee has very little benefit in the UK. 

It definitely should NOT be compulsory, but optional in the same way Promoted listing is the sellers choice, buyers should have the same consideration.

[papso22]

Seeing how as how part of it is to pay for processing the buyer's payment, then it's hard to see how that could be made optional other than it's optional whether you purchase from ebay at all.

The buyer protection arising from this fee is nothing to do with the money back guarantee.

[popma-2]

There's no substance to your argument as the fee hadn't been charged since
eBay started until recently, coincidentally this was introduced shortly
after selling fees were abolished

[*vyolla*]

There's no workaround here.

The buyer fee is 75p + 4% on all items, so low value ones will be impacted by this.

All you can do is to bundle similar low value items together and list them as one job lot. 

[popma-2]

How come this fee was only introduced very recently, and only after seller
fees were abolished.
Definitely a back door tax.

[red_magpie]

In my opinion it's a scam to generate lost income from no seller fees

I wouldn't call it a scam, because it isn't dishonest or fraudulent. 

If we can agree on the term rip-off I agree entirely, also on the reason why this fee was introduced.

Didn't anybody at corporate HQ point out the absurity of this, and the damage it would do to customer relations?

[popma-2]

Appreciate the common belief

[*vyolla*]

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@popma-2 wrote:
How come this fee was only introduced very recently, and only after seller
fees were abolished.
Definitely a back door tax.

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eBay stated last October when private seller fees were done away with that they'd be introducing a buyer fee.

Nobody seems to love the idea, but it's not a scam and it's not a back door tax. 

[popma-2]

So it's NOT a protection fee !!!!!!!! It's a buyers fee.
I've been right all along. 'Stealth fee'

[tobiasd4]

Vinted buyers pay a similar fee, 

Probably where ebay got idea from.

[*vyolla*]

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@popma-2 wrote:
So it's NOT a protection fee !!!!!!!! It's a buyers fee.
I've been right all along. 'Stealth fee'

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Nope, I don't think you're quite getting it: It is a buyers fee that funds Buyer Protection. 

[popma-2]

No, no, no you're not getting it. As quoted in several replies it's a fee
to help PROCESS the buyers payment. NOT protection