It's free to sell on ebay - so buyers are suddenly forced into paying this capped fee ?

[beyourb3st]

Flat Fee 0.75 + these percents of upto £4,000
4% of £300 = £12.00
2% of £3700 = £74.00
A total cap of £86.75 buyers fee. 

And it isn't affecting sellers at all, because its free to sell on ebay. 


....is the picture we are supposed to be seeing. 

[myriad*seller]

The buyer pays the fee on top of your advertised price

[missdollydaydream]

Nobody is forcing me to pay into eBay's protection racket. 

[papso22]

Yes, your understanding of how the fee works is correct.

[beyourb3st]

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@myriad*seller wrote:

The buyer pays the fee on top of your advertised price

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I have just looked at my listing from an unlogged in perspective and there is nothing said about extra. Yes, the price is showing higher ie what the bid really is. Not what the seller sees, ie after fees. 

So sellers are still paying out of what the buyer pays. No matter how they put it. 

[beyourb3st]

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@papso22 wrote:

Yes, your understanding of how the fee works is correct.

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Yes, I understand ebay took away the fees and added them back on in a way that caused a lot of arguments while it still amounts to the same thing, albeit slightly cheaper than it was before they took away the fees. 

I sense futile stupidity. 

[myriad*seller]

The buyer sees the price including fees

The seller does not pay fees

eg seller lists items for £15

Buyer sees the price which is £15 + fees

Buyer pays £15 + fees

Seller gets £15

eBay gets fees

[myriad*seller]

Example

Your 

"Raliegh SEAT POST"

 

Shows the price £11.12 

 

Presumably you listed it for £10 

 

Buyer will pay £11.12

You the seller gets £10 or whatever price you listed it at

[beyourb3st]

You realise my posting was from an auction right ?

[papso22]

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@beyourb3st wrote:

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@papso22 wrote:

Yes, your understanding of how the fee works is correct.

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Yes, I understand ebay took away the fees and added them back on in a way that caused a lot of arguments while it still amounts to the same thing, albeit slightly cheaper than it was before they took away the fees. 

I sense futile stupidity. 

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I meant your understanding of the fee calculation,  not any wider understanding. 

 I think like many others you are wilfully misunderstanding how it works overall because it doesn't suit your narrative. 

[wintersdawn1]

Its a fee to me as I have reduced my prices by the 4% + 72p so I get the amount of the fee less if the item sells, the same as if ebay had taken a final value fee, like before.

That said I acknowledge that it is my choice to do that.

[beyourb3st]

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@myriad*seller wrote:

Example

Your 

"Raliegh SEAT POST"

 

Shows the price £11.12 

 

Presumably you listed it for £10 

 

Buyer will pay £11.12

You the seller gets £10 or whatever price you listed it at

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That was listed before these new ebay laws. But I guess I have already signed a small print that means if it sells, I owe ebay a kidney because they moved the goalposts.

[beyourb3st]

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@wintersdawn1 wrote:

Its a fee to me as I have reduced my prices by the 4% + 72p so I get the amount of the fee less if the item sells, the same as if ebay had taken a final value fee, like before.

That said I acknowledge that it is my choice to do that.

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and if your item is what I am looking for and within the price I am willing to pay, I will pay your seller fees now labelled as buyer fees.

[myriad*seller]

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@beyourb3st wrote:

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@myriad*seller wrote:

Example

Your 

"Raliegh SEAT POST"

 

Shows the price £11.12 

 

Presumably you listed it for £10 

 

Buyer will pay £11.12

You the seller gets £10 or whatever price you listed it at

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That was listed before these new ebay laws. But I guess I have already signed a small print that means if it sells, I owe ebay a kidney because they moved the goalposts.

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If it sells ebay will send you £10

You will owe eBay zero

eBay takes the £1.12 fee from the BUYER, not the seller (which is you). 

You list for £10, you get £10

[wintersdawn1]

That's another way of looking at it but it might take longer to sell at the higher price.