Giving up selling because of stupid "Buyer protection Fees"

[col8361]

Anyone else feel this way?

As a private seller. I am seriously contemplating stopping selling because of these rip off "buyer protection fees".   It is very, very off putting for buyers to see these strange buy it now prices. All it really does is force us to lower the price we are asking for.

Getting to be much easier just to take my stuff to a car boot sale or the skip. E-bay is hard enough work already.

[papso22]

You can look up buyer protection fee in the ebay policy pages.

You mentioned 'final value charge', what did you mean by that if not 'final value fee'?

[j***193]

I don't want to look up stuff when you should inform all other readers of
what you mean. No short scripting when the idea is to inform.

Don't bother replying without answering as I just can't be bothered easily
time.

[jonatjonatjonat]

What does Buyer Protection include?

With Buyer Protection, you benefit from:

• 24/7 customer service: Get support around the clock if you need help.
• Risk monitoring and fraud detection: We actively monitor marketplace activity to identify risk and potential fraud and take action to keep you protected.
• Secure transactions: All payments are encrypted end-to-end and handled by our trusted payments partners.
  
  Its a fee, to cover ebays costs and to make a profit. nothing more. 

[papso22]

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@j***193 wrote:
I don't want to look up stuff when you should inform all other readers of
what you mean. No short scripting when the idea is to inform.

Don't bother replying without answering as I just can't be bothered easily
time.

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I've always thought that the best way to help people is by directing them to source information.  Unfortunately some people can't be bothered to educate themselves and would rather continue to be misinformed as that suits their agenda.

[j***193]

I've always thought that the best way to help people is by directing them
to source information. Unfortunately some people can't be bothered to
educate themselves.

I'm very well educated thank you.

[*vyolla*]

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@j***193 wrote:
I've always thought that the best way to help people is by directing them
to source information. Unfortunately some people can't be bothered to
educate themselves.

I'm very well educated thank you.

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Top of nearly every eBay page there's a Help & Contact tab, just type one or two keywords in there relating to the guidance you're looking for and the relevant page will be available for you to look at. 

[*devils.advocate*]

If someone can't be bothered to do the work, why should someone else be bothered to do it for them?

[ragitis]

Just who thinks up these phrases. Easy, Smart, Free, so eBay staff came up with SIMPLE Delivery, wonder how many recall the saying If it's not broke, don't fix it

QR Code, Buyer Protection Fees. What next  eBay are SIMPLY making life so difficult for private sellers. Inland Revenue. eBay now request seller's N. I. number.

[ragitis]

Just who thinks up these phrases. Easy Smart  Free SIMPLE

So eBay staff came up with SIMPLE Delivery  wonder how many recall the saying If it's not broke don't fix it

QR Code, Buyer Protection Fees What next  eBay are SIMPLY making life so difficult for private sellers

Inland Revenue  eBay now request seller's N. I. number.

[papso22]

Inland Revenue ceased to exist in 2005.  It's HMRC now.

[j***193]

I wonder how many Chinese sellers have NI identification? They dominate
most sponsored adverts but never tell you that they are in China and have
an agent with a UK address. - cheap prices, long delivery times!!

[jckl1957]

Details of the BPF and what it is for are here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/paying-items/buyer-protection-fee?id=5594&st=3&pos=2&query=Buyer%...

'Edited highlights/main points'

What does Buyer Protection include?

With Buyer Protection, you benefit from:

• 24/7 customer service: Get support around the clock if you need help.
• Risk monitoring and fraud detection: We actively monitor marketplace activity to identify risk and potential fraud and take action to keep you protected.
• Secure transactions: All payments are encrypted end-to-end and handled by our trusted payments partners.

Final Value Fees were mentioned because the member that reply was aimed at - as shown at the top of each post - had asked how ' ebay can claim a percentage of the deilver charge on top of the final value charge?', harking back to the days before selling fees were scrapped for private sellers.  FVFs were based on the total price charged, including postage.

[jckl1957]

Private sellers don't pay fees on postage, even when they don't use Simple Delivery.