16 Mar
2011
16 Mar
'11
11:51 a.m.
From an article at
http://www.internetretailer.com/2011/03/16/ebay-cuts-seller-feesor-does-it
"The updated final value fee structure takes effect for non?store sellers
April 19, and for merchants that operate eBay stores and fixed-price sellers
July 6."
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum
<curt at atarimuseum.com>wrote:
Remember the good old days when an ebay auction cost
.25 cents flat....
jim s wrote:
> I read an AP article that says that Ebay will start charging as the Ebay
> fee charge, not 10% of the selling fee or $50, whichever is less, but rather
> 10% plus the shipping charges.
>
> I would encourage everyone here who is selling a 300# printer for $50 to
> take a close look at whether to sell anything on ebay anymore if this is
> accurate.
>
> I sort of sympathize with Ebay in trying to clamp down on the crop of
> people who now have low prices (buy it for a buck) but $30 shipping costs.
>
> However this move pretty much makes me want to pull everything I have, as
> there will be a negative outflow on my account by my calculation for my Wyse
> terminals ($40) etc. by the time I sell them. I'm not interested in paying
> people to take my stuff.
>
> Jim
>
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