Why do eBay charge 10% for postage that is a service which an element of that cost is insurance

[omega7a]

I don't understand why eBay charge a percentage for postage in their sellers fee's. This is a service eBay don't supply and is normally supplied by the seller 

there is also a part of the postage that goes towards tracking which is eBay policy and yet they take a profit on that. 

jusy cancelled all my items for sale in protest, I know it won't make a difference but pure greed in my view 

[pixiesen2012]

they have been charging 10% of the postage monies for many years

too many sellers were avoiding ebay fees by putting 99p as the item price and loading the actual cost into the P&P, so ebay weren't getting any money,

also they worked out they could increase their revenue without increasing the fee % so it was a win win situation for them,

this was discussed to death when it was first introduced and a lot of sellers stated they were leaving, most of them are still here!

sensible sellers increase their P&P or start price to cover this extra fee.

[omega7a]

OK , I get that but those who abused this system forced eBay to treat everyone with the same brush. Effectively punishing all their sellers. Thanks for your reply, I wouldn’t have known that and I don’t sell very often, won’t again.

[cer1948]

As with most things,it's the minority that spoil it for the majority. It's a fact of life everywhere.

[vijorey]

@omega7a.

As said the sellers who offer free P&P have ALWAYS paid the fee so it is a level field now!

You have 8 listings still showing! The saying goes...your only cutting your nose to spite your face!

[tressygirl]

Calculate all those costs add them to your starting price, so in effect the buyer pays and you are not out of pocke!

[omega7a]

A few spoil it all for everyone else, so eBay by way of a reward rip us all off Class

[vijorey]

You still don’t get it! The sellers who have free P&P have been paying the fee for years, so come on, let’s have level play on this one!

[omega7a]

Absolutely not, I do get it eBay lost out due to some people charging 99p for the item and adding the cost of the product on postage, so they now charge 10% for postage a service which they DO NOT provide or have any thing to do wIth
It’s. Pure greed in my view.

[vijorey]

They provide a selling platform which has trillions of viewers..AND they are the cheapest by far.
Not greed at all as other platforms have an incorporated fee and higher than eBay!