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Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 09:40
by mrbombermillzy
Just bought a 1541 drive from ebay and wondered why there was an extra (compulsory) cost:
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Lovely. :( Like Ebay dont charge us enough as it is.
Re: Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 10:10
by exxos
From what I remember, they are now charging extra fees for private sellers. They really want to crush small sellers, seems to be the trend these days :(
IIRC they are limited to how much you can sell before having to operate as a business.. so if someone dies and you do a house clearance or something on eBay, your now a business.
Re: Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 10:16
by Steve
Money grabbing thieves!
Re: Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 10:27
by exxos
Steve wrote: 13 Feb 2025 10:16
Money grabbing thieves!
+1.
People were quitting evil bay in droves around the time I got banned which must be like 10 years ago now. They got tired of constantly being strangled with fees etc I had long talks with some of them as well about it all. Imagine how many small sellers and businesses have been driven off the platform over the past decade...
Re: Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 10:33
by mrbombermillzy
What makes me laugh (well, figure of speech; Im really not laughing at all) is that they are punishing the poor buyers for any bad seller behaviour.
Its a bit like charging someone a fee, just in case a burglar robs their house, rather than jailing the burglar.
Hang on a minute...have I just described the essence of house insurance?
Re: Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 11:01
by exxos
Car insurance definitely...
When I was selling, I was getting punished for bad buyer behaviour..... I will refrain from the 20 page rant about it all again......
Re: Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 11:06
by rubber_jonnie
mrbombermillzy wrote: 13 Feb 2025 10:33
What makes me laugh (well, figure of speech; Im really not laughing at all) is that they are punishing the poor buyers for any bad seller behaviour.
Its a bit like charging someone a fee, just in case a burglar robs their house, rather than jailing the burglar.
Hang on a minute...have I just described the essence of house insurance?
Well, we all pay insurance thats for sure...
Car, House, Holiday etc, it's all the same, pay just in case.
The real result will be if eBay actually start siding with buyers rather than sellers when things go sideways.
Not sure it will change much and eBay just get to make a load more cash...
Re: Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 11:18
by mrbombermillzy
rubber_jonnie wrote: 13 Feb 2025 11:06
Well, we all pay insurance thats for sure...
Car, House, Holiday etc, it's all the same, pay just in case.
The difference being other than the car one, they are optional.
Car insurance is required by law. Ebay buyer protection is not.
So Ebay has taken it upon themselves to create a compulsory payment, when alternative actions (i.e. appropriately punish the instigator or 'wrong doer') can circumvent this.
Seems like excessive money leeching for a selling portal, which is all they are, as they dont take care of anything else any more it seems. :roll:
Re: Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 11:27
by rubber_jonnie
mrbombermillzy wrote: 13 Feb 2025 11:18
rubber_jonnie wrote: 13 Feb 2025 11:06
Well, we all pay insurance thats for sure...
Car, House, Holiday etc, it's all the same, pay just in case.
The difference being other than the car one, they are optional.
Car insurance is required by law. Ebay buyer protection is not.
So Ebay has taken it upon themselves to create a compulsory payment, when alternative actions (i.e. appropriately punish the instigator or 'wrong doer') can circumvent this.
Seems like excessive money leeching for a selling portal, which is all they are, as they dont take care of anything else any more it seems. :roll:
Thats it basically. Nothing will change unless people vote with their feet, and I don't see that happening any time soon.
Though I would add that whilst house insurance is optional, most financial institutions require you have it as a condition of a mortgage. In fact they usually try and sell it to you when you take out said mortgage...
Re: Yet another Ebay fee...
Posted: 13 Feb 2025 12:16
by alexh
It was my impression that they moved the fees from the sellers to the buyers?