Avoiding ebay fees

[Guest2]

I have sold something and received money via bank transfer.

I will end up having to pay over £40 in Ebay fees for this. Is there a way to avoid these fees other than marking the payment as not received which would give the buyer a 'none paying bidder' strike against their account

 

[DJMK4]

You will end up paying, If they don't you will get multiple notifications, eventually collection agency and suspended account

That's the whole reason I only use eBay if i really have to (for the wide audience)

Only other way I thought was collection only? You only get eBay fees then, not PayPal iirc

 

[cjgardens]

Ask the seller to cancel the transaction. Could offer him a 20.

 

[Guest2]

Ask the seller to cancel the transaction. Could offer him a 20.

Just done exactly that. Its not like the buyer or me are going to get ripped off. Its ridiculous that ebay take 10% + 2% paypal fees

 

[Breeze]

Ask the seller to cancel the transaction. Could offer him a 20.

This.

 

[DJMK4]

Ask the seller to cancel the transaction. Could offer him a 20.

Then the buyer has no eBay protection for the item he has just bought.not that the protection is that great anyway

 

[cjgardens]

Then the buyer has no eBay protection for the item he has just bought.not that the protection is that great anyway

He wouldn't have it anyway. Ebay can't take the cash out of you bank if you didn't use PayPal

 

[Guest2]

Then the buyer has no eBay protection for the item he has just bought.not that the protection is that great anyway

What protection? I bought a fake jacket using paypal years ago and ebay were hopeless.

How could they take money directly from my bank anyway

 

[joeyjojo]

How could they take money directly from my bank anyway

They'd invoice it you so it comes out of your paypal, which I think happens regularly (monthly?) whether you like it or not.

 

[DJMK4]

They'd invoice it you so it comes out of your paypal, which I think happens regularly (monthly?) whether you like it or not.

Yep, you could stop automatic payments, but its tricky, you need to do it at a specific gap where you dont have any pending invoices or payment to make

Anyways, it you and the buyer is happy to do that, that's your call, if there was no transaction then I guess nothing to pay apart from listings?

If for any reason there is a problem with the product and somehow the buyer goes to eBay and they find out they generally do not take kindly to fee avoidances

 

[Wrathamon]

Its ridiculous that ebay take 10% + 2% paypal fees

10% Final Value Fees, plus 3.4% + 20p standard PayPal fees if the buyer pays that way.

If you don't want to pay eBay fees - don't use eBay! Yes, the fees are bloody extortionate compared to their early days, but I sell on eBay and rightly pay my fees without trying to worm out of it after using their service.

 

[Guest2]

Why have they increased so much over the past few years? Its not like Ebay are doing badly!

 

[DJMK4]

Why have they increased so much over the past few years? Its not like Ebay are doing badly!

Greed

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Greed

It's a business, not a public service.

 

[Guest2]

It's a business, not a public service.

It operated as a good business 10 years ago when fees made it a good service

 

[Moothead2]

Pay the fees and stop being such a tight git. If you don't like the fees don't use eBay.

 

[Caged]

I got £500 for a 4.5 year old MacBook Pro on eBay last year, and yes there were £50 of fees to pay, but if you think I'd have gotten £450 anywhere else then you're crazy.

 

[Adam]

No, you agreed to ebay's terms when you listed the item. They have found you a buyer so they deserve their cut.

With that said I normally specify local collection only and 99.9% of the time someone will offer you cash.

 

[ZG002]

I don't sell anymore on eBay for this reason, everything just goes on the MM here or Gumtree now, Not looked back.

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

I hope you are going to pay taxes on that sell too.