EBAY rant

[Bow Tie 67]

Their seller fees are outrageous!!!

So I get an email promoting their " first five single-quantity auction-style listings to be listed on the site in a 30-day period have an insertion fee of $0.00 for eligible categories " So I think thats cool you save a little bit on the front end. ( insertion fee for .99 would have been .15 cents

Well while they have me distracted on the front end they are sticking it up my rear end. 8.75% final value capped at $20

After the first 5 it goes to 8.75% on the first $25 then 3.5% after that amount. So if you have an item that sells between $25 and $525 you are getting hosed on the first 5 auctions.

I have not sold on ebay in a long time, and do not plan on using them in the future.

I was so pissed I wrote this and edited the auction I have running.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...%3AMESELX%3AIT

I wonder if the auction will get pulled?

[dropit69]

lol thats good im watching to see how long it lasts..lol

[gmjj13]

nice. good luck with the sale. i'll be watching to see how long it lasts...

[dhutton]

I quit selling parts on ebay. I'll let them pile up in my shop before I pay all the ebay fees followed by the mandatory paypal fees. They got just a little too greedy for my liking.

[LateNight72]

Unfortunately eBay has a monopoly on the market, so there's not much anyone can do about it. They can pretty much charge whatever the hell they feel like.

[Bow Tie 67]

Unfortunately eBay has a monopoly on the market, so there's not much anyone can do about it. They can pretty much charge whatever the hell they feel like.

Only on auctions, I'll miss watching an item bid up at the last minute.

Now it makes sense why the hard to find nos parts have dried up on ebay. Forums and craigslist are the way to go.

[Restomod]

They are not cheap BUT I can sell stuff on there I would have to throw away locally........And getting even a little for it is better than nothing!

[MuscleRodz]

That is why you will never see us sell resale parts their again. I actually have to charge more on ebay to make the same as I would in my e-store. I have not listed anything in a long time, but it is still one location to get rid of crap you would more than likely just throw away.

[joeelutz]

I totally agree. EBay used to be a great tool for buying and selling parts. The "new" eBay just sucks. The search feature doesn't work right and it's just hard to get where you need to go.

Also the ridiculous fees! I'm a dealer for Wilwood brakes, so I decided to set up an eBay store to sell brake kits, not realizing just how bad eBay sticks it to you after the sell. Well I priced the products to be competitive and ended up loosing money on every sell after paying all the store fees and final value crap. So how am I supposed to do business on eBay if it costs more than I make?

[Bow Tie 67]

They are not cheap BUT I can sell stuff on there I would have to throw away locally........And getting even a little for it is better than nothing!

Well it pissed me off so much with the way they went about it, can you say " bait and switch ". I would much rather give a friend the part or do a barter. F*ck ebay.

[Bow Tie 67]

Dink!!

I received this in an email today. They did me the favor of not having to remember to end it early.

Unfortunately, we had to remove your listing because the following information violates our policy:

Due to the astronomical recent increase in Ebays fees, this auction will not run to its conclusion. This item will be listed on camaros dot net forum. Sorry for any inconvience but I refuse to be gouged by Epay.

A link is any mechanism that takes a user to another Web site. Links can appear in the form of text, images, logos, or icons. They can be clickable or not.

[joeelutz]

Nice... I wonder how long it took them to pick up on the "dot net"

[Tony_SS]

The great thing is you don't have to use them. However, since everything else we have is a duopoly, I"m surprised we haven't seen a competitor pop up yet. Even if it is owned by ebay, they'd be wise to start one up.

[sunkistcamaro]

I missed it, it has been pulled.