eBay Confused!

madcal87

Hi,
Recently sold some tickets on eBay which i had bought for £325 for and sold um for £385.
But Paypal have charged me £14 and under my account on ebay it says i'll be charged £39!
Which means I only make a few quid profit/just break even after postage!

Is there anyway to reclaim any of this money?

-- I know many disagree with this whole selling tickets (its my first and only time due to money trouble), but for all the work and worry and selling them for £60 more than face value, then to be charge £53 when they didn't do anything, it hardly seems worth it --

cally6008

£39 - ebay final value fees
£14 - paypal fees

TurkishDelight

Yeah that's right- they charge you fees. I'm afraid that's just how it works, there is no error, and no way to claim them back.

madcal87

THANKS EVERYONE
I don't think i'll use ebay again!
too much effort for no result!
Or set the reserve as 15% more than face value to cover my back!

cyberbob

Maybe you should have checked out the fees before you sold. You need to know all your costs before you can make sure you make a reasonable profit. There are plenty of fee calculators around just do a search

frivolous_fay

madcal87 wrote: »

-- I know many disagree with this whole selling tickets (its my first and only time due to money trouble), but for all the work and worry and selling them for £60 more than face value, then to be charge £53 when they didn't do anything, it hardly seems worth it --

But you broke even. If you were selling the tickets because you couldn't afford to spend the money, I'd say that was a result.

For £385, you must have had plenty of internet exposure and bidders - THAT'S what you're paying for. And for PP to handle the payment.

TurkishDelight

madcal87 wrote: »

THANKS EVERYONE
I don't think i'll use ebay again!
too much effort for no result!
Or set the reserve as 15% more than face value to cover my back!

This will mean more fees.... seriously, if you do sell anything again please read up on the full fee structure.
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html You have the paypal fee of 20p + 3.5% (I think, something wierd like that) and then a reserve is 2% of the reserve amount (non refundable so if it doesn't sell- tough.) and then there is insertion fees of up to 1.30. And then you have the 10% FVF

madcal87

Wow had no idea was that complicated!
It is defo a result breaking even!
Thanks again guys

cyberbob

madcal87 wrote: »

Wow had no idea was that complicated!
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Just a question. I'm not trying to be offensive or anything but why did you list for sale without checking how much it would cost you? I see people do this a lot and I never understand why they don't check the costs.

No offense meant just a question