FoxRidersCo
Sanity is not statistical
eBay is changing the final value fee structure from 6 May 2014. The final value fee will be based on the total cost to the buyer, including postage costs !!
thats exactly why. good i say too; makes it a pain in the ass trying to find items from same sellers when one guy has $50 postage on each item, whereas someone else may $40 more expensive on the original item, but offers combined shipping, etc.Probably to stop people listing an item for $10 then have $50+ shipping charge attached.
Like most things it's the few that try to game the system that ruin it for the rest.
I've sold a few bikes and bought a bunch of stuff through Gumtree and the most i've paid is a $3 urgent listing fee. Doesn't bother me in the slightest that they're owned by eBay, it's a much more cost-effective system.Gumtree is owned by ebay...
Yep - for the time being. If they are not intending on making money from it though, they would not have bought it. Thus why I think give it some time and Gumtree will eventually start going up to.I've sold a few bikes and bought a bunch of stuff through Gumtree and the most i've paid is a $3 urgent listing fee. Doesn't bother me in the slightest that they're owned by eBay, it's a much more cost-effective system.
The fact the percent isn't changing is a nice little way for them to make it sound plausible. The end result is still less money in the pocket of sellers and more to ebay.That site has really been taking some dives in the last twelve months. I emailed thier support staff to let them know how I
felt about that.
"You greedy fools,
you already take a hefty fee from every sale, and then after shoving paypal down your customers throughts take
another cut from the paypal fees. You've slowly been destroying what was a marvelous selling platform.
You've already seen in your stats that people with secondhand goods are moving away from your system.
I'll continue to buy on ebay,. but you can blow your new fees and structure out of your bloated rear end.
i'll avoid listing items at all.
thankyou."
they gave a pretty curtious reply considering my rear end coment...
"Thank you for contacting ebay about the changes made in our site.
Wayne, we always strive to keep ebay fun and enjoyable to use. There are changes that may please or displease our members.
These changes are a part of an ongoing effort to reduce the basic upfront cost of selling on eBay for everyone and encouraging the selling practices that we know keep buyers happy and coming back time and time again. Just so you know, more than 60% of items sold on eBay.com.au already offering free postage, the new way of calculating final value fees means all sellers pay a fee based on the total sale price, whether postage is included in the cost of an item or charged separately.
The main change is that final value fees will now be taken from the total buyer cost for purchasing an item (ie including postage). The % is not changing.
This change is being made to encourage sellers to offer free or competitive postage in line with consumer expectations. Where fees on total cost has been introduced in other markets, the rate of free and fair shipping has increased substantially.
Your feedback is very important to us and with this I have escalated your email to our Development team. Rest assured that we always take your comment seriously and we will take action to bring back your confidence with ebay.
I appreciate your time for bringing this to our attention.
Thank you for choosing ebay!
Regards,
eBay Customer Support"
I don't think that's fair. I'm trying to sell some items atm. I've got them at $5 starting price and $10 buy now. The minimum postage for each item is $6.95. Two items sold yesterday for the starting price. Total $11.95 each.Probably to stop people listing an item for $10 then have $50+ shipping charge attached.
Like most things it's the few that try to game the system that ruin it for the rest.
I dint have Facebook, but I have heard quite a few pages have been started up recently where people put shit up for sale as it is all free advertising etc so you dint have to worry about fees etc etc, I think with everything increasing in prices this will also increase in popularity,.I might just have to put up with Fa$book and their garage sale thing.
Yeah, it works pretty nicely actually. Particularly if you join groups that are buy and sell in your area - so there's no postage involved.Yeah, same here. I don't do Facebook at all. I really don't like how it works, or that "everyone is doing it" but quite a few friends are into the garage sale part of it, and by all reports, it works.