eBay secretly over charged sellers

I’ve pretty much quit selling on eBay. Fees are ridiculous. Check that they didn’t charge you for shipping, even though it was local deal.

EBay has always been charging sellers 10% + 3% for PayPal. That's $13% off what the seller gets! Capitalism triumphant! Plus the buyer has to now pay state sales tax! Here in Florida that's 7%. I'm going to sell on US Audio Mart.

EBay does have a larger viewership than any of the other sites! I am surprised you were unaware of EBay's fee policy!

@ jasonbourne52
Why would you not list on Audiogon? You do a lot of posting here. I guess you want a free ride!!

"EBay has always been charging sellers 10% + 3% for PayPal. That’s $13% off what the seller gets! Capitalism triumphant!"

eBay separated from PP a couple of years ago and is now handling what PP did in house. The final value fee (in many categories, not all) is 12.55% + $.30 listing fee per order. In the year before the split with PP, the fee was 3.5%. So that is $550.00 for the sale minus $69.02 FVF + $.30 listing fee for a total of $69.32. $550.00 - $69.32 = $480.68 - $476.53 = $4.15 short. My guess is that the additional amount was a credit card fee, from the buyer or he might have listed it in the wrong category.

BTW: I sell tons of stuff, mostly non audio related on eBay and think that what eBay provides in terms of exposure, easy format, ease of shipping and general customer support is a bargain.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees-managed-payments-sellers?id=482...