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

soolin

rollingmoon said:

soolin said:

I think the term free to sell is not technically misleading , except for the fact that business sellers do pay. Having  to reduce item price is not a direct cost. Yes it is free for private sellers to sell, but they may need to take a look at their pricing if they want sales , which is something quite different. 

Aren't eBay gouging on the cost of postage now via Simple Delivery? That's a direct cost to the seller surely.

We have no way of knowing what deal ebay negotiated with RM, the prices, weights and compensation don't match like for like.

Interestingly on Vinted RM is usually the most expensive option to choose as well, which suggests RM ar enot generous when providing these contracts to third parties. 

2dareis2do

rollingmoon said:

soolin said:

I think the term free to sell is not technically misleading , except for the fact that business sellers do pay. Having  to reduce item price is not a direct cost. Yes it is free for private sellers to sell, but they may need to take a look at their pricing if they want sales , which is something quite different. 

Aren't eBay gouging on the cost of postage now via Simple Delivery? That's a direct cost to the seller surely.

For me the price is the same as ordering direct from Royal Mail so not sure why you think that is the case?

savergrant

2dareis2do said:

rollingmoon said:

soolin said:

I think the term free to sell is not technically misleading , except for the fact that business sellers do pay. Having  to reduce item price is not a direct cost. Yes it is free for private sellers to sell, but they may need to take a look at their pricing if they want sales , which is something quite different. 

Aren't eBay gouging on the cost of postage now via Simple Delivery? That's a direct cost to the seller surely.

For me the price is the same as ordering direct from Royal Mail so not sure why you think that is the case?

It's been said that if you turn off evri royal mail prices increase and vice versa. That seems to suggest ebay is adding to the cost for some services..

darkpeak1

Trouble is, with Buyer Protection now, you can seemingly be scammed more easily.  I sold a high value camera, got paid into my eBay account as pending, produced the mailing label then smelled a rat. With a little delving, even though he had thousands of positive feedback, reviews elsewhere were dire (Trustpilot, Google).  He’d report non-delivery, damaged item etc, get a full refund from my eBay pending money.  The end result, he actually has the item, you don’t and neither have you any money!  Seems many people have been caught out as eBay favours the buyer.  Luckily, I pulled out before dispatching. 

soolin

darkpeak1 said:

Trouble is, with Buyer Protection now, you can seemingly be scammed more easily.  I sold a high value camera, got paid into my eBay account as pending, produced the mailing label then smelled a rat. With a little delving, even though he had thousands of positive feedback, reviews elsewhere were dire (Trustpilot, Google).  He’d report non-delivery, damaged item etc, get a full refund from my eBay pending money.  The end result, he actually has the item, you don’t and neither have you any money!  Seems many people have been caught out as eBay favours the buyer.  Luckily, I pulled out before dispatching. 

If you are a private seller using SD then you are covered against INR and claims of damage as soon as your item shows received by the courier.

EDIT - just realised this is a very old thread - !

zackary71

Just adding on to this thread, as it's relevant...but it appears eBay may have slightly increased BPF in the past 24 hours or so. I noticed an item I had priced at a round 14.99 (13.93 before BPF) is now showing as 15.01. So now I have to adjust to 13.91...2p less for me which I guess all adds up across the board.

steveE2

zackary71 said:

Just adding on to this thread, as it's relevant...but it appears eBay may have slightly increased BPF in the past 24 hours or so. I noticed an item I had priced at a round 14.99 (13.93 before BPF) is now showing as 15.01. So now I have to adjust to 13.91...2p less for me which I guess all adds up across the board.

eBay have now set the fixed fee portion at 10p for all private sales where it used to be up to 10p generally 8p