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i understand ebay will be not only taking a percentage of the final selling fee from private sellers, but now they are going to also take a percentage of the postage charged by the seller,

dont they take enough money from there customers already
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Is that not more to stop the chancers who hike up the postal cost to make up for what they lose on fees on the item's selling price?
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I would say its to stop the big postage, small price thing. However, The gut That I got my recent tyres from had them on an auction starting at £10 no reserve and £60 postage, for 2 tyres?????? Bet he was pissed off when someone 20 miles away won them!
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Post by addo »

Like all near-monopolies, they're doing it because they can.

I go behind the official route wherever possible; "feedback" is a sham as is equality of parties under PP's adjudication. I'm not alone as Fleabay makes it hard to find means of contact other than their messaging system - a clear admission that quite a few people backdoor the process.
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also if a buyer inquires were there item has got to if they have not yet received it, that action automatically opens a case against the seller,

we are seriously thinking about checking how are Ebid coming along now,

http://uk.ebid.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and boycotting EBAY SPREAD THE WORD :evil: :evil: :yikes: :wiggle: :wink:
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I bought a USB 3G dongle from a supposedly UK based Ebayer stating that the postage was Royal Mail tracked 24 (so tracked and should arrive within 24 hours).
Three weeks went by and I sent them a message asking where it was and could they give me the tracking number so I can check, they said they'll send another one which I thought was great, if 2 turn up I'll send one back.
Another week goes by, I message them that I've still not had a delivery and could they please give me the tracking details. They replied with "Royal mail tracked 24" and that was all so I asked again and got no response.
Gave them a day or so then reported it to Ebay, couple of days later they found in my favour and refunded me the money. I heard no more from the ebayer and bought the item from someone else. Had they said "look, the item is out of stock, we're expecting it in a few weeks, we'll give you a discount or cancel the order and refund you" then I wouldn't have minded, but there was nothing useful from them. The worst bit was that due to having the transaction cancelled I couldn't leave any feedback warning others. Looking at their recent negative feedback it looks like since I placed the order there'd been several other customers in the same boat with either 2nd hand goods sent to them or nothing at all.
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Post by Timmo »

i tend to only buy on ebay now if its a good price, only sold a couple of items in the past few years mostlty due to the Fees! 10% final valuation fee ontop of paypals fees and any other hidden fee's thay can think of, more often than not the local paper is the best place for selling!!

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I also find Ebay extorshinate for charges ETC..

Id be soooo tempted to setup a new web site and charge a FLAT FEE of say Ten Pounds end of, to list anything!

Then just leave it in the corener running taking in all the payments.... surely there cant be anything stopping a "New" web site for selling being setup...
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