Selling fees are too high on ebay, time to call it a day and just bin it all

[olivernorvillehardy]

I have been a loyal and faithful member of ebay for 20+ years now, till quite recently it has been good, but of late not so good, sadly. The fees are just too much for me and also for other sellers too.

So what to do, I think that the options for me are to list less items only every second week, so my fees are less and to list less items.

I have found it very theraputic as I had to have open heart opp over a year ago, it gave me something to focus on and I met a lot of nice people and remain in contact with them to this day. But I can see me calling it a day and just giving away my stock of old car parts or just taking it all to the dump, which will be to me a sad day, but such is life and it will be the end of an era too.

Not much else I can say, but I think that ebay should rethink things as it is going to cost them a lot of business, I wonder, I can see that nowdays that their is very little or no loyalty at all.

Kind regards to all who read this.

[1956glyn]

Hmmm I accepted the 80% off offer and listed 8 items.........my accounts telling me only 4 have been listed under the offer and now i will, a bit later,  play detective to see why.   Also one listing has listed twice. 😞   

[badboybubby1969]

Same here, just had the shock of my life. Listed an used item via Buy it Now for £150 for a quick sale. Ebay suggested £174 but the item is £200 brand new so no. It sold but eBay estimated postage at 8.95 whereas postage cost me 17.95 via parcel force 24 which the buyer had selected (although the buyer only paid 8.95 postage). After eBay fees and postage loss I got £120 off an item sold for £150. Never again will I sell on eBay.

[fireblade51ian]

Yes the only people making money is e bay they are doing every one out of
business

[papso22]

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@badboybubby1969 wrote:

Same here, just had the shock of my life. Listed an used item via Buy it Now for £150 for a quick sale. Ebay suggested £174 but the item is £200 brand new so no. It sold but eBay estimated postage at 8.95 whereas postage cost me 17.95 via parcel force 24 which the buyer had selected (although the buyer only paid 8.95 postage). After eBay fees and postage loss I got £120 off an item sold for £150. Never again will I sell on eBay.

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Where else could you have got £120 for it?

[bittyboy101]

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@papso22 wrote:

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@badboybubby1969 wrote:

Same here, just had the shock of my life. Listed an used item via Buy it Now for £150 for a quick sale. Ebay suggested £174 but the item is £200 brand new so no. It sold but eBay estimated postage at 8.95 whereas postage cost me 17.95 via parcel force 24 which the buyer had selected (although the buyer only paid 8.95 postage). After eBay fees and postage loss I got £120 off an item sold for £150. Never again will I sell on eBay.

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Where else could you have got £120 for it?

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Gumtree - Facebook - Craigslist - eBid

[papso22]

They are other places they could have sold it, which was not my question.

[sml192]

'It sold but eBay estimated postage at 8.95 whereas postage cost me 17.95 via parcel force 24 which the buyer had selected (although the buyer only paid 8.95 postage).'

The moral of that is that you should never trust the postage suggested by eBay, always work out the postage estimate yourself. 

[bittyboy101]

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@papso22 wrote:

They are other places they could have sold it, which was not my question.

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Papso,

Your question was not very clear... You said where else could he had got £120 for it and I gave a few places...

But what you really meant was where else could you have got as much as eBay gave him minus the very expensive selling fee plus his loss on the underestimated postage because he TRUSTED eBay !

[christian_888]

They are all the same horses no Jockey's

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[fireblade51ian]

I DID A LOT OF SELLING WORLD WIDE E BAY ROBBERS ADDED A 7 POUNDS INSURTION FEE I  UPED MY PRICE TO COVER THE COST NOW DONT SELL WORLD WIDE  

[camdenmark09]

Todays announcement of the huge increase in International fees, the reduction of free listings, fierce competition, I have decided to call it a day and once my current stock is exhausted thats it. Ebay fees are far too high especially when selling small value items, ebay make 3 times more than me per item sold!!

[papso22]

If you have 'stock' you were never entitled to free listings anyway.  You should always have had a business account.

[fireblade51ian]

Same here had paid to much to sell

[camdenmark09]

I always thought you had a choice especially when I see many persons selling stock who are registered as private sellers only. I will be finishing in about 3 months so not much point now.

[papso22]

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@camdenmark09 wrote:

I always thought you had a choice especially when I see many persons selling stock who are registered as private sellers only. I will be finishing in about 3 months so not much point now.

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No, it was never a choice of account type, it was only ever a choice of whether to actually be a business or not, and if a business whether to trade legally, or break the law.

If you bought or made items to sell then you needed a business account.

If you were just selling off old unwanted personal possesions, then that needed a private account.

[camdenmark09]

Some of the items I sell or have sold are private, some is a small business that I started as a hobby when I retired, my turnover is a fraction of what is required to register for VAT. To suggest I do not operate within the law is incorrect, I declare my earnings to HMRC and keep all the appropriate records. I also comply with ebays policies on refunds and returns. 

[btr.style]

eBay don't enforce all the laws just like if a new restaurant opened, it wouldn't be the council telling them what they need to do and their legal obligations. 

In that instance, someone may have the green light from the landlord, but that doesn't mean anything about legal trading. They then would have to apply for a hygiene certificate, satisfy insurers and so on. 

Some of those things cross over but generally because someone has the green light from insurers, it doesn't mean their food hygiene obligations are fulfilled. 

On eBay, yeah they may allow someone to sign up and list on their platform, but it's up to the seller to find out their legal obligations depending on how they are selling (clearing out junk or selling for profit) and implement them. 

[btr.style]

"To suggest I do not operate within the law is incorrect, "

1) no returns accepted. As someone selling for profit, this is against the law. It's depriving consumers of their legal rights under distance selling regulations and the consumer rights act. 

2) for profit sellers have to show their full details, name, address, etc BEFORE a sale is made. Again as per the consumer rights and distance selling regs. You can only do that on eBay on a business account. 

That's just for starters. So no, you aren't operating within the law at all. Just because you are declaring things to HMRC, that doesn't instantly mean you are complying with the consumer rights and and distance selling regulations. 

[camdenmark09]

Why do ebay send things like below to private sellers. How can a private seller generate this amount of listings and sales in a month?  Ok well provided an item has not been used I always accept returns, I have had very few in 3 years. I accept the address issue. The number of items I am selling as a business is now just 3 the other items I sell are private goods,  in about two months I will have sold out of one item and the others in about 3 months and then apart from my own goods I will no longer be selling on ebay or any other platform.  It has never been intentional to avoid registering as a business and looking at others on ebay selling large quantities and only registered as a private seller it appears widespread.

Monthly limitsGlobal

8,617more items

1,383listed and sold / 10,000 limit on quantity of items

£90,231.83 more

£9,768.17listed and sold / £100,000.00 limit

[papso22]

There is also a law that makes it illegal for a trader to masquerade as a private seller.  Selling as a business on a private ebay account is doing exactly that.