Ebay to scrap selling fees in UK across most catagories?

[wildlily07]

Hi

The Daily Mail newspaper is today carrying an article claiming that FROM TODAY Ebay are scrapping Uk private seller fees across most catagories with a quote from Kirsty Keoghan, general manager of eBay UK as below. Does anyone know if this is true or not as there is no change on Ebay's fees policy pages.

''However, private sellers will no longer have to pay the 12.8 per cent final value fee and 0.42 per cent regulatory operating fees it had previously charged on all categories, other than secondhand clothing.

Kirsty Keoghan, general manager of eBay UK said: 'Ebay is constantly improving the marketplace experience in order to deliver on what our customers want.

'Removing selling fees across categories is designed to give buyers access to greater breadth and depth of inventory, while creating a simplified and streamlined experience for sellers.''

[john1297576]

Sounds like a Fairy Tale, will believe it when it happens.

Is it April 1st again?

[wildlily07]

I can hardly believe it myself, but have just today received a confirmation of this via Ebay email. It is for private UK sellers only. I know this will mean millions more sellers for Ebay so good move for them and more competition for me but Im very happy with this change as fees were getting out of hand I felt as an adhoc seller. Anyone reading this please check your email for details.