Ebay's new Buyers' protection fee from the 4th Feb

[rsbrickshop]

I'm a private seller. Items I sell are between £2.90 - £10. Is It just me or will ebay's new Buyers' protection fee from the 4th Feb make it near impossible to sell competitively. A few months ago Ebay got rid of Sellers' fees for private sellers, which was a welcome move. But this new change and getting rid of multi-buy discount for private sellers will make it worse than it was with the original fees.

[jasonsdad]

Thanks for taking the time to explain that a business account is a free service. At just 30p per listing and an 10.9% FVF.

[uk-specials]

Very simple solution then. Just register as a business seller. Sounds like exactly what you are asking for. You pay listing fees and don’t have to worry about all of the stuff you just mentioned.

[jasonsdad]

you have perhaps not read all my posts then ? so apart from the facts your story is a good one.

[wargamers_vault]

It does strike me as interesting that the majority, and the most vocal people in opposition to these changes are in fact incorrectly registered "private" sellers. From that I can only ascertain eBay have pulled off a blinder here, and it's working 100% as intended!

[uk-specials]

I don’t need to read all your posts to know what you’re up to mate. You buy job lots of Lego minifigs and resell them individually. There’s no way you could just be casually on here selling old toys in mint condition and make that many sales, don’t be crazy.

this business model is over. These changes are deliberate. They don’t want or need stealth businesses operating on private accounts on here, the playing field has been levelled.

[gblcfc]

I really wish some of the 'Business Account Holders' (for that is what they really are) that are chipping in on this topic would just stay away

Most of them are don't really seem to know what they are talking about on any aspect of the discussion

In reality they are here to gloat - well enjoy it while it lasts. The App roll out has proven to be a disaster and will hurt every seller - no doubt that ebay will be upping all fees again very very soon to recover lost income - enjoy!

[gblcfc]

Nonsense I'm afraid

[jasonsdad]

your account does indeed seem somewhat odd along with your comments.  Alienating buyers and sellers does not increase sales,  as you are not a seller you will be only paying the buyers fees.

[wargamers_vault]

Most of them are don't really seem to know what they are talking about on any aspect of the discussion

Funniest thing I've read all day. May I suggest you register your account correctly before you try correcting anyone else. Have a great day!

[gblcfc]

In what way is it incorrectly 'registered' please?

I'll wait

[uk-specials]

Hilarious that you are literally printing pictures of spitfires on demand and selling them for 2 quid a pop and claiming not to run a business.

Let me guess, you “inherited” all these thousands of reproduction postcards and are selling them off slowly over many years… 😂 

pull the other one it’s got bells on.

[jasonsdad]

just a gentle cage rattle and the home team emerge to set matters right or try to silence the detractors. I think you spotted that one quicker than most,   well done.

[jow1995]

great post !

[gblcfc]

The question was 'in what way is it incorrectly registered'

I'll wait........

[wargamers_vault]

That you should be registered as a business and as you're not you're denying your customers their consumer rights, especially the right of a change of mind return.

Btw, your store front looks great, and I genuinely mean that.

[jow1995]

one of the best shop fronts i have seen!

[uk-specials]

Whether it is technically correct or not is irrelevant.

Fact is, it’s no longer profitable to do it that way.

Smarten up.

Raise your prices a little bit, take pictures of your finished product all nicely displayed, not just the source image you’re printing from, use the Royal Mail auto labels and drop your envelopes off in bulk at an Evri box. The label printing  process at a drop off box is amazingly good now, you can do it all through QR codes on your phone.

Once you register as a business seller you can identify pictures that sell well and put 50 or 100 of them up as buy it now. Thats got to be less work than creating a scattergun of images that you hope might sell and bulk listing them all individually as one-offs.

[jasonsdad]

They will be telling you how to operate and run your operation next !!  How to do things properly,  haha.

         Good luck,  hope things work out better long term.

[gblcfc]

So I am breaking no rules or laws then? - I'm glad that we have sorted that out.

For your information all the images on my listings are SCANS of a printed image or the original postcard 

Your bulk lot idea is complete nonsense and clearly demonstrates that you have not a clue how the Collectables market works

Frankly I'm not sure what value you can add on anything given your very limited recent selling experience

[*devils.advocate*]

Totally agree.

As a buyer, most of these pseudo-private chancers deliberately try to deprive me of my consumer rights - eg. stating no returns.

And buyers are supposed to take that lying down?

Nah, sod these chancers.

How many threads/posts have there been about people moaning that their buyer has started a false SNAD - really, is it any wonder?

These chancers then have got the utter gall to moan and complain about it when they’re in the wrong in the first place.

So when someone actually points them in the right direction, that someone gets it in the neck from the keyboard warrior squad?

What a totally sad reflection on those warriors.