EBay plan to add fees for buyers - hurts businesses even further

[vintagefunk01]

From the sky news article here which is obviously a press release https://news.sky.com/story/ebay-selling-fees-are-scrapped-to-boost-to-reselling-13225638

It seems clear ebay is following in the footsteps of other selling marketplaces by adding fees for buyers in the early new year,  but since fees remain in place for business sellers adding another fee on top of this is another hit to our bottom line.

We will now be expected to absorb the buyers fee and our own business selling fee (and shop fees etc).

This seems crazy to me - although eBay say it'll be 'small' , if it's 8% like elsewhere that's a massive hit for us to take.  Yes it's for the buyers but we all know prices will drop because of it - for example a 350 item will now cost 379 to the buyer with an 8% fee that is currently used by another platform, so ofc sellers will drop the initial price so that the item actually sells and to offset this.

Fine for private sellers who have no fees to compensate, but insane for business sellers with hefty fvf and shop fees already 

[amazonharvey]

I have paid my fee’s for 18 yrs and I can assure you I am paid up in full .
I am a small private buyer who is selling my collectables and I am not
avoiding nothing .just trying to find why are buyers being charged so much
. and as a buyer I know most of the bandits and sellers from hell
There is a real family feel on eBay or was .I have seen it good and bad but
never like this
Do not tarnish us all with the same brush

[papso22]

I didn't address you in my recent response.

[johnwash1]

@papso22  I guess some of these responses are from people who are getting notified by email rather than reading the boards, and emails don't show who's being responding to.  I'm starting to try to remember to use the '@'thingy to make it clearer when I respond to someone.

Though why @amazonharvey would think you were sniping at them is hard to figure, since you specifically referred to someone with 10,000 sales, so clearly not them.

[papso22]

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@johnwash1 wrote:

@papso22  I guess some of these responses are from people who are getting notified by email rather than reading the boards, and emails don't show who's being responding to.  I'm starting to try to remember to use the '@'thingy to make it clearer when I respond to someone.

Though why @amazonharvey would think you were sniping at them is hard to figure, since you specifically referred to someone with 10,000 sales, so clearly not them.

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It does seem to be an increasing problem that members think replies are to them when they are not.

I like to quote,  or part quote, as you can see!