eBay take a cut on postage now!!!

[Diablo]

[quote name='stoo' timestamp='1396607620' post='2415595']


+1 on that

The main thing that irks me about ebay is the fixed, published finishing time and the last minute snipe bidding. Would like to see an option to extend the auction finish time in the event of a last minute bid. I suppose there'd have to be an increasing minimum bid increment to stop it dragging out too much.
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That is how Bidspotter works for industrial and machinery auctions. I think it is 30 mins from last bid after a set time before the auction ends. It stops the sniping completely. I suspect ebay just earn so much they don't care really. Pretty much the only stuff I sell on there now I use fixed price which stops all the malarkey and silly buy it now offers.

[Protium]

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1396596303' post='2415420']
If you sold your gear through a general or specialist auction house you pay at least 15% on the hammer price - about par for the course I'd suggest. You have to balance the extra costs vs. the potential extra market visibility (therefore higher hammer price) and decide if it is worth fleabay taking a cut.

Cheers,
Rich
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Fair enough eBay charge selling fees, but to take 10% on whatever you charge for postage takes the piss a bit.

[Diablo]

[quote]Fair enough eBay charge selling fees, but to take 10% on whatever you charge for postage takes the piss a bit. [/quote]

But with such widespread abuse by sellers cutting item costs and hugely inflating postage, what were they supposed to do? I can't see how they had any other choice really. I've not seen any alternative suggestions....

[Kev]

Hang on, eBay bang on about making sure postage costs are fair and accurate and should not be more than the actual cost of postage, regardless of packaging. Why on earth should eBay take a cut of that! T&Cs say that sellers cannot profit from postage amounts, but now you will make a loss? All this does is penalise the buyer, as all sellers will do is raise postage to account for this.

[karlfer]

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1396703887' post='2416590']
Hang on, eBay bang on about making sure postage costs are fair and accurate and should not be more than the actual cost of postage, regardless of packaging. Why on earth should eBay take a cut of that! T&Cs say that sellers cannot profit from postage amounts, but now you will make a loss? All this does is penalise the buyer, as all sellers will do is raise postage to account for this.
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Bugger, I've just put my Nate Mendel on FEEBay and FORGOT to add to the postage

[Protium]

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1396702196' post='2416575']
But with such widespread abuse by sellers cutting item costs and hugely inflating postage, what were they supposed to do? I can't see how they had any other choice really. I've not seen any alternative suggestions....
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They already have a postage limit on a lot of selling categories, for example clothes/books/CDs/DVDs. This idea could have been implemented for all types of listing. As it stands, on a lot of categories you can still set your postage to whatever you like.