I'm going to sell £300 of car parts. I've found a buyer so was going to set up a buy it now. I checked and the ebay fees will come close to £20. Thats taking the piss. What happens if I set up a £1 buy it now with a £299 postage cost? Will ebay still find some way to sting me?

 

Why go through eBay?

 

ditto... youve found the buyer.... do the deal outside of the bay!!

 

they'll buy it for £1 and collect it in person lol!!

 

He found me through ebay, the items are on the auction at the moment but i've sorted out a price with him. He wanted me to do a buy it now. I've asked if he'll do it straight through paypal, but if he doesn't want to, I was trying to work out a way of not getting raped via ebay fees.

Paypal will take over £10 off me as it is. They all take the piss these online companys

 

If you're not happy with ebay dont fucking use it! Simple!

 

I always get the buyer to add 4% if paying with PayPal. Personally I like a cheque, or good old pictures of the queen!

 

Direct bank transfer, free, instant and safe

 

Get him to send you the paypal payment as a gift.

 

Love the way you think that ebay should find you a buyer for your items as a free service

As per lambchop, if you dont like the fees then dont use the site!

 

Does not work anymore, you get the choice if you pay the fee's or the recipient pays the fees.

 

I've not found a buyer through ebay for free though. Whatever happens, ebay have had £5 out of me for listing fees on the auctions in the 1st place. Thats more than enough in my opinion. I don't want to give £20 on top of that.

I've got a feeling he will want to go through ebay to buy the goods, some people prefer the 'saftey' of it. I'll ask him on a bank transfer though.

 

You knew the fees when you listed it, so why did you list it if you think 5 quid is enough?

 

just tell him its gonna be 20quid more to cover all the fees

 

Don't try and be a smart arse.

It's not all listed on ebay, only some things he's buying are. The fee's for the things listed don't come to that much. They things listed are going to be taken off ebay as he wants me to do a buy it now for everything together.

I've checked, and I do think £20 is taking the piss, hence why i'm looking for a way around it before I list it.

I know your flush with cash but not everyone is. My missus has lost her job and i'm selling stuff for a loss anyway. Trying to find a way to keep as much money in my pocket as possible. Thats no bad thing is it? Ebay have had fucking loads out of me in the past.

 

Wrong !

I sent a £700 gift last night and neither party paid fees

 

For once () he isn't!

Do you want to sell on ebay or not? If so lump it!

Do you haggle in a shop at the price of everything?!?

Honestly!

 

Whats wrong with that?
Reckon I've saved thousands in my life haggling. Doesn't work in Sainsbury or my local though! No sirie

 

Nah mate i meant on things in the likes of asda. I'm all for haggling but if its a set price service its either accept it or jog on

 

dont you lose the 'cover' paypal gives if you pay via the gift option?

 

Yep ZERO comeback if you send money as a gift.

 

another way to screw ebay is to go through the ebay auction normally then claim back your sellers fees by asking the buyer to agree to cancel the transaction., works all the time:P.

 

Ahh rite i did not know they had changed it, used to be a good way of moving money about aswell

 

just remove your item from ebay its simple

 

i got stung recently by ebay. hadnt sold a car on there for years, then sold one recently for £900, and now just been invoiced a £28 fee just for that! good thing it wernt an expensive car!

 

Yep, sometimes its cheaper to sell cars on Autotrader

 

and you were stung how? anywhere else would charge you that to addvertise with no guarantee of a sale.

 

i started auction at £1.00 so correct, it was a guaranteed sale.

however the fact one doesn't know what the fee will be untill the end of the auction, is how i got stung

plus piston heads is free, and auto traders basic is £15.

 

I dont sell much on ebay but surely it is either a percentage of what it sells for at the end OR as the price you sell it for goes up the fee you pay moves up into a different bracket, SO surely the fact you have had to "pay" more fees surely a good thing cos it means what you sold went for a good price, maybe higher than you expected cos it certainly seems like you are being asked to pay more than you thought, WHICH if you read their pricing terms it WILL tell you how it works, and by placing an item on there you ARE AGREEING to them terms !!!


Steve

 

If you two going to start using logic!