ebay Ripping Me Off?

NeoReloaded · 24 May 2012 at 20:09

Hey guys so I listed my first item for sale a couple of weeks ago which was my pc. I had 3 pictures, a short description and the "Buy Now" was £300! The pc was on the site for 45 minutes before selling and the guy who purchased it payed me £300 cash when he came to collect it. I now have an ebay invoice for £31.90 :confused:

Ummmm... wtf?!

cdcopyman · 24 May 2012 at 20:10

listing/sold fee i presume? :confused:

kiel367 · 24 May 2012 at 20:11

ebay fees, everyone has to pay them

Unicorn · 24 May 2012 at 20:11

Yup listing fee and sellers fee, same as when i sold my car on there

Goodie · 24 May 2012 at 20:11

I'm suprised ebay remains as popular as it seems to be with the prices that they charge to use it.

Shashman · 24 May 2012 at 20:12

Yup, that sounds about right.

You also paid more because it was a Buy it Now

You're lucky it wasn't a Paypal transaction. They would've got you too

Beans on toast Dave · 24 May 2012 at 20:12

10% selling fees and listing fee

G-MAN2004 · 24 May 2012 at 20:12

How do you think eBay makes money?

Tyron · 24 May 2012 at 20:12

The trick is to tell the buyer when they come over that you will say it was a dud.

Amleto · 24 May 2012 at 20:13

Tyron · 24 May 2012 at 20:13

Goodie said:
I'm suprised ebay remains as popular as it seems to be with the prices that they charge to use it.

There is nothing else to use which is that well known?

NeoReloaded · 24 May 2012 at 20:15

Holy ****. I remember selling my PsP and other things a few years ago and it cost me about £2.50 max for each item! I'm sorry, but that is a complete rip off!

estebanrey · 24 May 2012 at 20:18

NeoReloaded said:
Hey guys so I listed my first item for sale a couple of weeks ago which was my pc. I had 3 pictures, a short description and the "Buy Now" was £300! The pc was on the site for 45 minutes before selling and the guy who purchased it payed me £300 cash when he came to collect it. I now have an ebay invoice for £31.90

Ummmm... wtf?!

Are you suprised by the amount, or the fact they billed you at all?

The Halk · 24 May 2012 at 20:21

NeoReloaded said:
Holy ****. I remember selling my PsP and other things a few years ago and it cost me about £2.50 max for each item! I'm sorry, but that is a complete rip off!

No, it isn't.

The charges are fine - you chose to accept them. Without eBay would you sold it? Would you have got as much? Would it have sold so fast?

You can go to any other auction place and see if you get more money in total.

dirtychinchilla · 24 May 2012 at 20:28

THe charge has been 10% for a long time, and then you have to pay listing fees, but those are pretty cheap really...about £1.50 for most things. Don't pay for pictures btw, just put them in your description hosted elsewhere.

Goodie · 24 May 2012 at 20:32

Tyron said:
There is nothing else to use which is that well known?

Moses said:
There's nowhere well known which is cheaper + big enough to be trusted by the average person.

True true, cant really argue with that.

scwba06 · 24 May 2012 at 20:35

If you want to sell on a trusted site, your Gona have to pay for that security

Pawnless Endgame · 24 May 2012 at 20:35

I'm pretty sure that commission used to be 4%? But yes, you have to pay 10% in commission nowadays. The £1.90 was your listing fee.

HAz · 24 May 2012 at 21:07

On members Market the vultures in there would have haggled you down to £250 anyway.

PhillyDee · 24 May 2012 at 21:08

HAz said:
On members Market the vultures in there would have haggled you down to £250 anyway.

They do let you know before you press submit on a BIN how much it will cost you when it sells, and the price to list it. How is it a surprise?