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Originally Posted by Iceman

Don't know what site you are using but ebay does still charge listing fees (at least $.50) except for I think if you do an auction starting at low price but it has to meet the requirements. I'm not going to list uncommon items for a low price and then sell it for nothing if I don't get bids after a short listing. I learned my lesson on that when I sold my Gundam figures as a lot (could have gotten $600-$700 more if I had done it right) and I wasn't going to just relist just because it didn't get as high as it should have. The buyer would have been rightfully pissed. This was back before they had BIN with options for offers. I had messages after the day after the auction closed from people offering me double etc.

I've sold unique items or lots of stuff that are basically one time only type of listings. You have to hold out for the best selling price and basically advertise what you have is out there by having a long listing. One could use shill bids but since I'm not going to do that so I start my auctions at a safe price or do BIN and allow people to make offers. I do hate how ebay made bidders anonymous so you can't spot sellers that use shills as easy as you used to be able to.

eBay doesn't charge insertion fees for the first 50 or 75 listings. After that, there is a charge. If you don't sell a lot on there, the only fees you have to worry about are the .30 cents + 2.9% from Paypal and the 9% final value fee from eBay.

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Originally Posted by Autobot_Goldbug

eBay U.S. gives you 50 free listings per month
you need to list with free shipping to skip the shipping add-on fee (most sellers just add that on to the listing price now)
however they then get you if you ship internationally therefore shipping fees are higher going out of the U.S. because sellers try to pass it on to the buyers

I've sold quite a bit on eBay and never got charged for adding in a shipping cost. I've never heard of that before. Is that something new they started within the past 60 days? The only thing I knew about was that they final value fee is also applied to the shipping fee you put in the listing. This was done because of the morons that would put Buy It Now of $1 and then shipping of $50 or something like that. Basically, to my knowledge, the only fee they charge against shipping cost is the same 9% that they charge for the total sale price. So basically, they add the sale price and shipping cost together, then charge 9% of that.

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Originally Posted by g1fanatic

What the...??? Neil Rivas creates illegal immigration-themed superhero art

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So back on topic here... I'm going to try my hand at hunting again tomorrow... I've got a few Targets, TRUs and Walmart that I plan on hitting. Hopefully, I find something. I'll grab whatever I see that's uncommon and let you guys know about it. If no one wants it, I can just return it.