MSE News: eBay sellers beware - its fees now eat into postage costs

RFW

DeeMoney wrote: »

I would think most of EBay's sales income comes from small items

You'd think wrong. Cars, jewellery, antiques, technology are all big earners for Ebay. They've spent the last ten years trying to get rid of small item sellers, the idiots hang around whilst getting their profits torn apart.

lovinituk

DeeMoney wrote: »

Blah blah blah

You're a year late to this party buddy! I realise you're a new user but it's worth reading a whole thread and checking the dates before you comment in the future!

jennie1952

Seakay wrote: »

one more reason to go to Gumtree

This percentage ebay take from postage and packing is blatant theft as far as I am concerned. Buyers pay this amount separately for the seller to pack safely and post their item.This is owed to royal mail (or other courier) for their service and to the seller for packaging paid for out of their own pocket. This is not a service provided by ebay ...the service they provide is to sell an item. Sellers have been advised to hike up their listing price and offer free postage as a way of getting round this...so the seller is being forced to aiding and abetting ebay to steal thousands of pounds they have no right to. I really cant understand how they are able to legally get away with this extortion. Its despicable

RFW

jennie1952 wrote: »

This percentage ebay take from postage and packing is blatant theft as far as I am concerned. Buyers pay this amount separately for the seller to pack safely and post their item.This is owed to royal mail (or other courier) for their service and to the seller for packaging paid for out of their own pocket. This is not a service provided by ebay ...the service they provide is to sell an item. Sellers have been advised to hike up their listing price and offer free postage as a way of getting round this...so the seller is being forced to aiding and abetting ebay to steal thousands of pounds they have no right to. I really cant understand how they are able to legally get away with this extortion. Its despicable

This should help explain it all for you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism

Tammy2

Yes, I hadn't realised they included the P&P too now. I took nearly £50 on Sunday. After fees and P&P I'll be lucky to see £20

campdave

jennie1952 wrote: »

This percentage ebay take from postage and packing is blatant theft as far as I am concerned. Buyers pay this amount separately for the seller to pack safely and post their item.This is owed to royal mail (or other courier) for their service and to the seller for packaging paid for out of their own pocket. This is not a service provided by ebay ...the service they provide is to sell an item. Sellers have been advised to hike up their listing price and offer free postage as a way of getting round this...so the seller is being forced to aiding and abetting ebay to steal thousands of pounds they have no right to. I really cant understand how they are able to legally get away with this extortion. Its despicable

Wet myself laughing.

lovinituk

'Be nice to newbies' they say. But it's so difficult sometimes when they make posts like that!!

Brooker_Dave

RFW wrote: »

This should help explain it all for you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism

This explains it better:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed

robin58

I always thought it was to do with no other competition so they run like a cartel of one.

RFW

robin58 wrote: »

I always thought it was to do with no other competition so they run like a cartel of one.

Their main competition have always charged fees on postage, as have Ebay in the US and other countries.
I sold on Ebay for more than 12 years, now I don't. Guess what? There are other sales channels, so how does that work that they have no competition? It's nonsense. Their monopoly is in the minds of lazy sellers.

Brooker_Dave wrote:

This explains it better:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed

As a single entity (taking away Paypal), Ebay aren't profitable, so greed isn't really an issue. If you want to argue that capitalism equals greed then do so.
Anything about charges on postage being illegal is idiotic nonsense. Wasn't there some herbert on this thread who was taking Ebay to court, 18 months later, you'd think it would have made the papers by now, especially if he was still wearing the tin hat:p