WTH are ebay playing at?

[cartermk]

I don't want ebay to choose where I have to take things to post them.

Just because there are drop-off centres near me doesn't mean they are usable.  You only have to queue up a few times for ten minutes to be told they don't have any room for your item to come to the realization that it is unworkable.

I don't want ebay to interfere with buyer protection fees.

I choose the postage option and insurance protection and take the loss if it goes wrong. That way I can keep my prices competitive. I have never found ebay particularly helpful in sorting out problems that arise in delivery or breakages. Ebay just add complications and delays - infinitely better to deal with the postal companies myself.

I don't want ebay to add random costs to the prices the buyer sees.

I want to choose the price - I don't want it to be £12.76 - I want it to be £12 - it is annoying and messy.

I want to be able to sell soem items for very little. 

[andha-21]

Do you know about delayed payments?

Only thing I think you missed there.

That's *bleep* too.

[*vyolla*]

You can still choose your own postage price and method, but Buyer Protection fees are mandatory on listings set up by private sellers.

I do agree that it hits low value items really hard; a 99p item will have 4% + 75p added to it. It's a shame that eBay didn't make it chargeable on items over £5 only.

The only workaround is to bundle low value items together to sell as a job lot.

[cartermk]

Yes - but the bit about not getting paid unless ebay are happy that the item has been delivered pushes you quite hard towards their  'simple postage' option.

[*vyolla*]

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@cartermk wrote:

Yes - but the bit about not getting paid unless ebay are happy that the item has been delivered pushes you quite hard towards their  'simple postage' option.

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It does, you just need to try and work out what works best for you with these changes.