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Buy it now question?

Hi,

I have some of my personal items on eBay as buy it now, I have also listed a couple of the same items on depop.

I am aware if I had an item for auction and I ended it early I would be charged a final value fee, does this apply for a buy it now item? I have looked on online but can only see information for auctions regarding my question.

Thanks
:heart2:Mummy to a beautiful little girl:heart2:

£2014 in 2014 challenge. £71/£2014

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  • Dr._Shoe
    Dr._Shoe Posts: 563 Forumite
    If you sell something on Ebay you get charged a FVF, end of.

    If you don't and cancel the auction (BINs count by the same rules) then you don't and, as long as there haven't been any bids, you get your listing fees back too especially if you say it's been withdrawn as broken.
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,970 Ambassador
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    Dr._Shoe wrote: »
    If you sell something on Ebay you get charged a FVF, end of.

    If you don't and cancel the auction (BINs count by the same rules) then you don't and, as long as there haven't been any bids, you get your listing fees back too especially if you say it's been withdrawn as broken.

    You have never got your listing fees back if you cancel an auction once it has been listed. As for FVFs , if an auction has bids which you remove to end auction early then you are charged FVFs on the highest bid amount before cancellation.

    OP, I don't think FVFs are charged if you cancel a BIN, but I'm not 100% sure.
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  • Thanks soolin. I will give ebay a call in the morning, I did look on the help pages but it wasn't clear regarding ending buy it now listing.
    :heart2:Mummy to a beautiful little girl:heart2:

    £2014 in 2014 challenge. £71/£2014
  • Hi. If you end an item that is buy it now before anyone has clicked the buy it now button, you do not get charged a final value fee.
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