Ebay no longer a seller's market for low value items because of Buyer Protection Fee

[rogerday]

As a private seller I have now removed all items listed for less than £10 because I simply cannot sell them because of Ebay's exorbitant Buyer Protectrion Fee. I mostly sell cheap books that I have read and no longer require so, for example, when I listed a used book for £2.00  Ebay added 80p to the price. This is effectively a 40% selling fee despite Ebay's pretence that "selling is free and easy." 

So I will be taking my used books to Oxfam from now on so at least they will benefit a good cause, but Ebay is not the seller friendly market place is claims to be.

[*vyolla*]

It's true that eBay's new Buyer Protection Fee (BPF) will impact sales of low value items hard.

Buyers aren't going to buy a 99p postcard with 4% + 75p added on top.

The only workaround would be to bundle items together i.e. 5/6 postcards.