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5p charge for BIN listings this Thursday

Ebay are charging 5p for all Buy It Now listings this Thursday.
Cheap way to get read of unwanted books, cds etc.

Look here: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/sell/5pBIN06jun/
Third time lucky on WW I hope :j
January: 13st 11lb :eek:, February: 13st 2.5lb, March: 12st 13lb, April: 12st 10.5lb, May: 12st 2lb, June: 12st 1lb, July: 12st 1lb, August: 11st 11lb, September: 11st 10.5lb, October: 11st 12.5lb, Currently 11st 8lb
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  • dodger65
    dodger65 Posts: 143 Forumite
    Notice this is paypal only as payment method.
    Anyone thinking what I'm thinking - offer cheques as well and end listing early ;+)
  • cafenervosa_2
    cafenervosa_2 Posts: 1,023 Forumite
    dodger65 wrote:
    Notice this is paypal only as payment method.
    Anyone thinking what I'm thinking - offer cheques as well and end listing early ;+)

    Its not possible to offer cheques when making the listing for this type of auction.
  • me4bargains
    me4bargains Posts: 1,750 Forumite
    Just relaised I can't use Auctiva to load my listings as it can't work with immediate payment auctions. Ebay are smart
    Third time lucky on WW I hope :j
    January: 13st 11lb :eek:, February: 13st 2.5lb, March: 12st 13lb, April: 12st 10.5lb, May: 12st 2lb, June: 12st 1lb, July: 12st 1lb, August: 11st 11lb, September: 11st 10.5lb, October: 11st 12.5lb, Currently 11st 8lb
  • dodger65
    dodger65 Posts: 143 Forumite
    Its not possible to offer cheques when making the listing for this type of auction.


    It is if you discreetly mention it in your listing.
    i.e " No paypal account? Feel free to contact me"
  • me4bargains
    me4bargains Posts: 1,750 Forumite
    That wont work. You have to tick the immediate payment required boxx.
    Third time lucky on WW I hope :j
    January: 13st 11lb :eek:, February: 13st 2.5lb, March: 12st 13lb, April: 12st 10.5lb, May: 12st 2lb, June: 12st 1lb, July: 12st 1lb, August: 11st 11lb, September: 11st 10.5lb, October: 11st 12.5lb, Currently 11st 8lb
  • dodger65
    dodger65 Posts: 143 Forumite
    That wont work. You have to tick the immediate payment required boxx.

    Like I said in my 1st post then you end the item early.
    Obviously I'm talkin about dealing outside of ebay - but serves them right in this instance for trying to force people to use paypal.
  • me4bargains
    me4bargains Posts: 1,750 Forumite
    I'm not a fan of Ebay's bullyboy tactics but dealing out of Ebay has much worse downfalls than paying you paypal fees.
    Third time lucky on WW I hope :j
    January: 13st 11lb :eek:, February: 13st 2.5lb, March: 12st 13lb, April: 12st 10.5lb, May: 12st 2lb, June: 12st 1lb, July: 12st 1lb, August: 11st 11lb, September: 11st 10.5lb, October: 11st 12.5lb, Currently 11st 8lb
  • dodger65
    dodger65 Posts: 143 Forumite
    I'm not a fan of Ebay's bullyboy tactics but dealing out of Ebay has much worse downfalls than paying you paypal fees.

    I'm not that fussed about the fees (particularily as the 5p insert fee more than covers the paypal fees), I'm more annoyed about a number of my customers being shut out of my BIN's. And as a seller there aren't really any pitfalls to trading outside of ebay - not with what I sell anyway.
  • matto
    matto Posts: 650 Forumite
    Does this include Best Offers?
  • bedshaped
    bedshaped Posts: 949 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Members will be charged the full insertion fee at the time of the listing but will be reimbursed for the Insertion Fee amount paid over £0.05 for eligible listings by 31st August 2006 by means of a credit on their eBay invoice. The invoice credit memo for qualifying items will read "Immediate Payment Promotion

    Sorry I just wondered if I'm reading this correctly? Does this mean they will charge you the full listing price and then refund anything over 5p per item back to your account by 31st August - meaning we have to pay the full amount due when our invoices arrive and then they get interest on our money before they pay it back to us as credit on our Ebay accounts. HMM!!!Not quite as good as it looks is it?!

    I'd rather still have the money sitting in my paypal account than in Ebays bank account. However, if you list a lot of items then I suppose in the long run its worth a go.
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