@g1dgl wrote:
@dantwocats wrote:
its not just 4% its + 75p each item so 10 items at £2 is £20 + 80p + £7.50 = £ 28.30
If these ten items are all part of the same transaction then it appears that there is only one 75p charge. I think that this wasn't very clear when eBay first announced this new scheme as they referred to "75p per item" but their FAQs now make it clear that it is actually 75p per transaction.
No it's not. It one x 75p if the items are bought from the same listing. If the items are bought from different listings, it's 75p for each item - so they end of single postcards, stamps, knitting patterns etc, where a buyer will buy multiple different items from the same seller.
From Buyer Protection | eBay:
How much is the Buyer Protection fee when I buy more than one item from the same private seller?
The Buyer Protection fee is applied to every listing by a UK-based private seller (excluding Vehicles, Classified Ads and Property) and is calculated as:
- A flat fee of £0.75 per item, and
- 4% of the item price up to £300, and
- 2% of any portion of the item price from £300 to £4,000
When purchasing multiple quantities of one listing, the flat fee of £0.75 is only charged once.
For example:
Item price set by the seller for multi-quantity listing
(£5 per item, quantity = 2) | £10 |
Buyer Protection fee variable (4% of £5, x 2) | £0.40 |
Buyer Protection flat fee | £0.75 |
Price that buyer sees for the listing | £11.15 + postage |
If you purchase two different items from the same private seller, the flat fee is charged per item.
For example:
Item price set by the seller (item 1) | £10 |
Item price set by the seller (item 2) | £20 |
Buyer Protection fee variable for item 1 (4% of £10) | £0.40 |
Buyer Protection fee variable for item 2 (4% of £20) | £0.80 |
Buyer Protection flat fee (£0.75 x 2) | £1.50 |
Price that buyer sees at checkout | £32.70 + postage |
