Buyers pay the fees whatever, as they do for 'free' postage. In the past I'd list something for what I wanted plus the e-Bay fees; now I list it at just the amount I want. As the BPF is only based on the item value, rather than the item value plus postage, the Buyer will, in most cases, pay less overall — the exceptions being very low values items which are cheap to post.
As a Seller I prefer the new system. As a Buyer it makes no difference as I know what I'm happy to pay for something and how the total is derived is irrelevant.
If Seller Fees were re-introduced they should only charge them on the item value and keep Simple Delivery so Sellers can't charge a low price, and therefore get charged a low fee, and make it up on an excessive postage charge.
As for Simple Delivery I've had no problems with it thus far. However I don't like the ambiguity over the terms and conditions. For instance e-Bay say they'll cover things to the value of £750 but the limit for Tracked 24/48 is £150. Of course e-Bay could be funding the extra cover but also say that the carriers terms apply. The same applies to items on Evri's voluminous list of excluded items.
It should certainly be expanded to add normal letters for people selling things like stamps and postcards and a service suitable for high value items. How do we stand if an item is started at £700, so would be covered, but it sells for £800, so wouldn't? There's also no service for items which are too big/heavy for either RM or Evri. Evri's size limit is a bit higher but there's no way to arrange collection of such an item — if it's too big for RM it's too big for me to get it to an Evri parcel shop.
Cacas vendit.
