eBay "Buyer Protection Fees" (New charges for buyers from private sellers) - Details just recieved

soolin

2dareis2do said:

I’m not sure I follow your reasoning at all. The requirement to comply with business regulations has always been in place in recent years. 

Also there is nothing there that suggests non UK buyers don’t pay the fee ? 

It looks like there has been a change as it says the new regulations come into force on the 11 February 2025. Not sure.

Yes the buyer fee applies to all buyers buying from UK sellers, including UK buyers if I understand the changes correctly

It always applied to all buyers , the regulations you referred to earlier were nothing to do with the buyer feee and only to do with sellers being correctly registered, and the VAT situation that has been in force for several years. 

lesgee

Well thats me done with EBay. I sold a vintage lens for 10.50  i got paid the money 8 days later due to Evri being busy  and then buyer not being in when delivery was attempted.

freccles

Does it not apply to clothes? I've had the fee added to a window washer and a portable printer but not to any clothes. Surely they don't include postage charges in the fee too?

soolin

lesgee said:

Well thats me done with EBay. I sold a vintage lens for 10.50  i got paid the money 8 days later due to Evri being busy  and then buyer not being in when delivery was attempted.

It is till more money, even if you had to wait for it, than donating to a charity shop. However, if you choose to leave then I wish you well.

soolin

freccles said:

Does it not apply to clothes? I've had the fee added to a window washer and a portable printer but not to any clothes

As per the previous posts- this seems to be a slow roll out with some categories 'going' quicker than others - clothes has already been mentioned as one category where the change hasn't hit yet - and there's no way of knowing when that will change.

savergrant

freccles said:

Does it not apply to clothes? I've had the fee added to a window washer and a portable printer but not to any clothes. Surely they don't include postage charges in the fee too?

No, AFAIK postage prices are not included on calculating the bpf

noitsnotme

lesgee said:

Well thats me done with EBay. I sold a vintage lens for 10.50  i got paid the money 8 days later due to Evri being busy  and then buyer not being in when delivery was attempted.

Are you that desperate for the money from an eBay sale that you can’t wait 8 days?  If yes, how does selling on eBay work when it could take days/weeks/months for something to even sell?

danny69

So regarding private seller accounts. Can private sellers combine shipping? The buyer hasn’t paid yet and waiting for a combined invoice. I offered it because I thought it would be possible. My business seller account can offer it, so why can’t I do it on my private seller account? 

soolin

danny69 said:

So regarding private seller accounts. Can private sellers combine shipping? The buyer hasn’t paid yet and waiting for a combined invoice. I offered it because I thought it would be possible. My business seller account can offer it, so why can’t I do it on my private seller account? 

It doesn't look like private selelrs can do a combined invoice any more- lots of people posting on forums saying they can't even send an invoice any more - let alone a combined one. It looks like a lot of the extra options are being taken away from private accounts.

Personally I was hoping that if ebay were going to follow the Vinted model, which they appear to be doing, then buyers would have a chance to somehow buy a bundle, click confirm and pay in one go, and have a reduction in the postage and buyer premium. 

danny69

soolin said:

danny69 said:

So regarding private seller accounts. Can private sellers combine shipping? The buyer hasn’t paid yet and waiting for a combined invoice. I offered it because I thought it would be possible. My business seller account can offer it, so why can’t I do it on my private seller account? 

It doesn't look like private selelrs can do a combined invoice any more- lots of people posting on forums saying they can't even send an invoice any more - let alone a combined one. It looks like a lot of the extra options are being taken away from private accounts.

Personally I was hoping that if ebay were going to follow the Vinted model, which they appear to be doing, then buyers would have a chance to somehow buy a bundle, click confirm and pay in one go, and have a reduction in the postage and buyer premium. 

Thanks for the response. Well I’ve got a buyer who’s bought 3 items from me and I can’t sent a combined invoice. I won’t be giving them a refund on postage costs because I won’t get 3 separate tracking numbers. I will have to send 3 separate parcels out at the buyers’ expense, otherwise ebay will hold my funds to ransom for a couple of weeks