99p was always a 'come on' amount to encourage auctions. Unluckily some sellers only sold at that. True private sellers would not have items identical to business unless preowned and rejected so are not competition. Hand made to sell and staying 'private' would be hit if selling cheap items. Any private seller generally selling cheap will be impacted as their buyers charged more and fake private sellers may have to rethink.
Hopefully the 75p will be applied after the 4% and not before.
Private selling tanked when the FVF reduction disappeared for some 2 years ago as it simply wasnt worth trying to sell cheap items with full fees. Removal of selling fees was a life saver but seems temporary.
Obviously ebay ran into some financial issues by holding onto sales money, allowing it to be credited against purchases then finally repaid if not spent. The changes are marginally different.
The real elephant in the room is if they persist in mandatory 'Simple Delivery' in order to monitor delivery. Not all have smart phones, QR knowledge, or computer printers/label printers. A drop off location is not known until a sale and label process. Ebay are unaware there are people who reside outside towns or dont have transport to travel to a drop off point. There is no home collection.
The platform is mistaken in making buying more expensive and selling more complex. There is a competitor to the river that has stock on ebay but buying direct is even cheaper, free post, quite quick delivery and easy returns often just refunded no return required T**U. Ebay need to take note.
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