eBay and unfair Debt Collection

chambta

These clowns are after me so I've blocked their number.

eBay insisted I paid a final value fee of just under £100, effectively as a fine, after I sold an broken tumble drier for a tenner 'off eBay'. Rather than ending the listing early changed the reserve to a silly amount and let it run it's course with no bids.

They know I sold it for a tenner as they have the messages! They refused to amend the fee to the correct £1 and then froze my account.

theonlywayisup

chambta wrote: »

These clowns are after me so I've blocked their number.

eBay insisted I paid a final value fee of just under £100, effectively as a fine, after I sold an broken tumble drier for a tenner 'off eBay'. Rather than ending the listing early changed the reserve to a silly amount and let it run it's course with no bids.

They know I sold it for a tenner as they have the messages! They refused to amend the fee to the correct £1 and then froze my account.

Are you saying you sold your item for £10 and they want £100 in fees?

Or did you sell it for £10 after a conversation in eBay messages but the sale was outside of eBay?

Flyonthewall

chambta wrote: »

These clowns are after me so I've blocked their number.

eBay insisted I paid a final value fee of just under £100, effectively as a fine, after I sold an broken tumble drier for a tenner 'off eBay'. Rather than ending the listing early changed the reserve to a silly amount and let it run it's course with no bids.

They know I sold it for a tenner as they have the messages! They refused to amend the fee to the correct £1 and then froze my account.

You have to pay fees for having a reserve even if your item doesn't sell. The fee is 4% of the reserve price (up to a maximum of £150).

It doesn't matter what you sold the item for, you owe them fees for the reserve price. Assuming you mean an official reserve and not just that you upped the start price.

Edit to add: if it was just based on the start price that you upped, you admitted to selling it and that was the listing price (technically the official sell price you were asking for). They don't know how much you actually got, even if messages say a tenner. Either way, ebay would be highly likely to freeze your account for selling off ebay, regardless of how much you owe them.

charlies_mum

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Are you saying you sold your item for £10 and they want £100 in fees?

Or did you sell it for £10 after a conversation in eBay messages but the sale was outside of eBay?

I think they sold it for £10 off eBay but then put the price up to £1000 to stop it selling through eBay.

eBay are chasing for the fees on £1000 (I think)