Buyer Protection Fee Woes

[tracywooo]

I see the Buyer Protection Fee  has been added to our items for sale  (not for the toys category yet).

I know that if someone opens a not-received case for an item and then rings Ebay, that Ebay will often refund them out of their own pocket. Thus encouraging people to be dishonest,  knowing they can expect Ebay to fund their buying.

A 17.00 item becomes 18.40,   this makes the item far harder to sell or compete will other websites. So are we meant to take the hit ourselves?

[papso22]

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@fordedison wrote:

It should be refundable upon safe receipt otherwise it is just another ebay cash cow

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Have you actually looked to see what the fee covers?

[tracefree_3]

What business sellers and eBay are forgetting is like myself many private sellers, spend money made from eBay with business sellers. As I'm no longer making any money , I'm no longer buying from other sellers. If Ebay doesn't start listening to it's buyers and sellers it won't exist for much longer.

[bassy_was_here]

So right!

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[rangrangeela]

What other channels can you suggest please ? Because I don't think this fee helps anyone but ebay and also I noticed the sales have gone down to ground 

Please let me know if anoly other option to avoid eBay and give buyer a better price for a quick sale 

Thank you 

[garethw11]

What a load of drivel 

"Iit was purchased at some time in the past to serve a useful purpose and now is no longer wanted regardless of what you originally paid you are just turning it back into a bit of cash rather than disposing of it in landfill."

Uh no, anything I buy on ebay, amazon, in a shop, from my uncle, whoever has a resale value.   That may diminish over time or it may increase.  In a free market I can sell it for a loss and accept I got value, or a profit.

"the price you get is whatever bonus money you can get - after all you are not buying to resell so it has no costs."

Good grief.  I hope you don't work for any corporation or government in a financial capacity.

Personally I hope this poorly implemented buyer protection scheme encourages more competition to ebay as imho once there is more competition ebay will rot away (it already smells pretty bad now)

[dch2112011]

Your total lack of understanding defies belief, when you buy for example a television no one buys it with a view to it having a financial value after 10 years of use -  however it may fetch a few pounds for spares or for someone who cannot really afford the latest model.  

Most will end up in landfill - a few may fetch a couple of quid at the car boot or on ebay.  

You are absolutely deluded if you think that household items have any real value having been used  for the purpose they were purchased 

I suggest you look at the local facebook groups and free ads  to see what a second hand wardrobe, dishwasher, kettle, cup, mug, plate, bed, settee or chair fetches in the real world against what was originally paid.  Even those advertised as free to a good home quite often end in land fill.

I suggest you stop living in dream world and research why items have a useful lifespan and why items value are written down in value

No wonder you complain when you have no understanding of ebay and private accounts