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    How does eBay figure out the seller fees? I sold some tail lights for under 70 bucks and my seller fees are 8.00! I haven't sold anything in a while, and was just wondering if this sounds about right?? TIA

  • #2
    Some of it is figured on your listing. Pictures, reserve price, buy it now are all options that cost something. Then I think they take %3 of the total sale price. Then Paypal takes another %3.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by TX21 View Post
      Some of it is figured on your listing. Pictures, reserve price, buy it now are all options that cost something. Then I think they take %3 of the total sale price. Then Paypal takes another %3.
      3% my ass.....
      www.dfwdirtriders.com

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      • #4
        Here are fees for non-auto related stuff.



        ebay motors:


        For MOST items it is 9% up to $50 for an auction style listing.
        www.dfwdirtriders.com

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        • #5
          Originally posted by mustangguy289 View Post
          Here are fees for non-auto related stuff.



          ebay motors:


          For MOST items it is 9% up to $50 for an auction style listing.
          Damn, that shit is weak. I had no idea! Thanks for the info. I knew my listing fees were under 2 bucks and PayPal already took their share. Craigslist it is!

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          • #6
            It's a total ripoff and one hell of a monopoly. Paypal fees are 4% last I checked. The last few things I have sold on e-bay I have had to pay about 12% in fees to ebay... so... 16% of the money I received went to e-bay (since e-bay owns paypal). I need to create a new alternative to e-bay with lower fees... only to be bought out by e-bay once it takes off! LOL

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            • #7
              Ebay is a double edge sword. They have stupid high fees but I still seem to get the most buyers and money from that place. I have tried to get myself off of it several times but I keep going back because I make more money and sell more stuff there even after paying the rape fees.


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              • #8
                Originally posted by gearhead78 View Post
                Ebay is a double edge sword. They have stupid high fees but I still seem to get the most buyers and money from that place. I have tried to get myself off of it several times but I keep going back because I make more money and sell more stuff there even after paying the rape fees.
                I have bought a few things off of www.ioffer.com its kinda like ebay but for cheaper stuff.

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                • #9
                  Reason why I haven't sold anything on ebay in 5 years. I still buy things, but their seller fees are crazy high!

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                  • #10
                    seller fees are better than all the calls/ texts/ and no shows you get from craigslist.

                    I only use craigslist for items that are too big to ship. I can promise that you will get a much higher selling price to cover the selling fees on ebay compared to craigslist.
                    www.dfwdirtriders.com

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                    • #11
                      Can't you just add the fees onto the total sale price? I buy a lot of parts for my Grand Prix from a vendor who only uses Paypal and I pay the 3% paypal fee to him.

                      Seems like you could just relay that to the buyer somehow through email that they're responsible to cover the fees also.

                      <---Never sold anything on ebay so I don't know if that's acceptable or not
                      --Marcus

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                      • #12
                        only thing I sell on ebay is vehicles... they dropped their sales fee BIG TIME a while back when CL started kicking

                        selling anything other than a vehicle sucks... I can sell on CL for 15% less and be almost equal on my net.

                        I buy a ton of shit on ebay though
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