[Iceman]

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Originally Posted by chaosorc

Just something else people may not be aware of with Ebay, many months ago they changed the policy on payments so that the seller fees apply to the shipping as well as the cost of the item.

Sadly with this change Ebay just increased shipping costs for everyone by about 10% since ebay takes a cut and then paypal gets a cut as well.

They claimed it was an attempt to stop people putting in excessive shipping fees but they were really just after more money, all they had to do to stop the excessive fees is investigate them a bit.

I really hate what ebay has become, I just wish something else could compete

I remember back in the day buying items for $1 and with $50 shipping where the seller outright said he was trying to avoid the fees. If the price is fair I never cared but those sellers would still get negative feedback from users saying their shipping was too high. I always laughed at that because who expects to pay $1 for something everyone else charges $50 for? I think so many people did it that ebay just said screw it.

I also remember it being easy to talk directly to buyers and negotiate the price thus avoiding having to do the sale through ebay at all if they were willing. Of course too many scammers out there ruined that system.

ebay mostly just wants to be a store now like Amazon. I think one day they will get rid of auctions and multiple listings for the same product. At least for new merchandise. ebay takes too large of a cut for what they offer but for items with a very small market they have the largest audience.