As of April 19th, Ebay will be changing their posting fee scheducle, not in the sellers favor though, in my opinion.

Not only will they be charging a final value fee but also a fee on the SHIPPING costs. Shipping is a fixed item, the rates are set by the USPS as far as weight and ddistance.

And as Uncle Mike knows, unless you describe your item in great detail, your subject to neutral or negative feedback and possible actions against you as a seller.

Many times a seller will leave positive feedback only to have less than positive feedback posted for him or her. Or, if you , the seller posts feedback, the buyer will not post anything, even after you give them a fair price, excellent packaging and quick mailing.

For those who do not sell on ebay, you have no idea what goes into selling one bay, and, in some cases, for the amount of work, it's not worth it.

Uncle Mike hang in there, we are all in the same boat..............and at times it feels like it's sinking.

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Too bad there isn't a wide push to go to ebid. I see vendors there with a lot of BIN's, but very little true auction stuff.

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Ive written off Ebid, however Atomic Mall weve done very well at.

AM

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That may be because some sellers have been inflating the cost of the shipping fee to make a bigger profit, especially to recover paypal fees after it became mandatory.





It is no secret that ebay would prefer to be more like an Amazon, hence the attempt to go to a fixed price rather than an auction format. It is just that they remain the only game in town for auctions, for whatever reason. Someday, they may change their name to paypal when they bring in more revenue that way than from marketplace operations.


Bill

Is it too late to get a refund through your credit card company by disputing the paypal charge?


Bill

With the exception of the policy of hiding bidder IDs which make detection of shill bidding by crooked sellers virtually impossible.


Bill

Sorry to hear that. Thats is the reason why I closed my ebay account and i now order from Amazon or from the stores directly..

You got that one right. My brother who sells collectable cards told me shill bidding has run amok since the've hidden bidder ID's. Doesnt happen much with the rocketry crowd, but again this is a much smaller niche market.

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We the honest ebay seller are being the target for a few that aren't, NOT FAIR. In my opinion, just another way for ebay and Pay Pal to make more money is a struggleing economy.

For example, if you sell an items for $10.00, ebay gets 90 cents, adn if the shiping is $5.00, that's another 45 cents for a total of $1.35, if the listing fees were for FREE like it has been since NOv, we would save that 45 cents. I still say, ebay seller should not have to pay a fee on shipping costs. If you don't feel the shipping prices are fair from a seller, don't buy from them.