Buyer protection fee on charity listings

[geowhi2997]

Currently if a buyer buys a £5 item on a 100% charity listing, then the charity receives £5.

How much does the charity receive if a buyer pays £5 after the introduction of buyer protection fees?

[*vyolla*]

A buyer fee of 4% + 75p would be added to the £5 sale.

The buyer pays this, eBay keeps it.

The seller gets the £5, so the charity gets £5 if the listing has been set to pay 100% to the charity.. 

[geowhi2997]

I thought that.

I'm assuming that after the introduction of the fee I will still be only able to get £5 from a buyer, because I am competing against business sellers.

So I will have to list it for £4.09, eBay will add the seller protection fee to make it up to £5.

So unless ebay is waiving the fee on charity items, then when a buyer pays £5 for a charity item, the charity will receive £4.09 when it used to receive £5.

[*vyolla*]

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@geowhi2997 wrote:

I thought that.

I'm assuming that after the introduction of the fee I will still be only able to get £5 from a buyer, because I am competing against business sellers.

So I will have to list it for £4.09, eBay will add the seller protection fee to make it up to £5.

So unless ebay is waiving the fee on charity items, then when a buyer pays £5 for a charity item, the charity will receive £4.09 when it used to receive £5.

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Yes, that would be correct.

eBay haven't made any statement about waiving the buyer protection fee on charity listings.

[microvolk]

Thank you for asking this question and the replies from others. I was also wondering. I sell a lot of things 100% charity. In the previous system of sellers fees there was always a pro rata  fee reduction.

Now they are calling these obvious fees "buyer protection" then I assume either sellers increase their prices, not truly feasible, or charities lose out. This is such a cynical & transparent way to collect fees. Buyer have plenty of protection & there are way better ways to crack down on false "private" when they should be business. And a blatant increase from the 45 p per item to 75p. Really hitting the small cheap items that most people getting rid of used stuff have.

[wysiwyg_steve]

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@microvolk wrote:

This is such a cynical & transparent way to collect fees.

They noisily give with one hand - "IT'S NOW FREE TO SELL ON EBAY - WOO-HOO!!!"

And very quietly take with the other "buyer protection fees".

[podlingsmum2007]

I think it is disgusting to make money from a sale that is 100% going to charity. I have wanted to help the people of Myanmar but a buyer will pay ebay £1.12 on top of the £10 to charity. Total greed!