Buyer protection fee

[sadle94]

why as the seller have i been charged the buyer protection fee on ebay uk ?

[**peaseblossom**]

You are not charged the fee.   It's paid by the buyer.

[sadle94]

I was charged the fee in my last sale
I know it was only 80p but it's not the point
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[papso22]

It is not possible for you to be charged this fee as a seller.

Please post a screenshot of why you think you were and we will explain.  

[sadle94]

Well I think I have I know it's only 80p but it's not the point buyer paid the 80p protection then it was taken from me in the final sale

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[jckl1957]

Ebay collect and keep the fee.

It was never 'yours' to be taken from you.

[sadle94]

I just saying I agree by ebay message with the buyer to sell a slipcover for £3.00 + the postage the buyer then made the offer of the agreed £3.00 and when the offer came in it changed to £2.20 so it was taken from me I'm not the only one this has happened to

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[tobiasd4]

The buyers offer of £3.00 includes BP.

So you get the amount without BP, so £2.20.

If you had offered £3.00, buyer will pay £3.00 plus BP of 87p.

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@sadle94 wrote:
I just saying I agree by ebay message with the buyer to sell a slipcover for £3.00 + the postage the buyer then made the offer of the agreed £3.00 and when the offer came in it changed to £2.20 so it was taken from me I'm not the only one this has happened to

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You needed to add the BPF to the £3.00 to get to the offer the buyer needed to make, if what you wanted was £3.00.  If you had counter offered £3.01, the BPF would have been added on, but the buyer might not have wanted to pay that much.

It's mad but it's how it works.

[sadle94]

OK thanks for the explanation

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