Page 1 of E Bay Uk Listing Rip Off UK from 20th Jan starts at £1.00 !!!!!! per listing plus fees

I would like to point as from 20 January E Bay will charge a minimum of £1 for a listing plus usual commission fees the US will get charged 30c(17p) This company is taking the ????

Where did you read that? The only change of fees I can see is to do with Reserve Price auctions.

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When you list anything ie a start price of .99p this is classed as the reserve the starting price

Dont know where you got confirmation of that from. There is no mention made of starting prices, only reserves.

I think that you may have misinterpreted what was written

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Agree with Matt & RJS. There is a diference between starting price & reserve price. It`s only the reserve price that`s affected.

Cheers

Si

I have just pasted the 2 different tables I think I will have to wait & see


Opening Value or Reserve Price
Listing Fee
£0.01 - £0.99 £0.15
£1.00 - £4.99 £0.20
£5.00 - £14.99 £0.35
£15.00 - £29.99 £0.75
£30.00 - £99.99 £1.50
£100.00 and up £2.00
Note: In a Reserve Price Listing, the Listing Fee is based on the reserve price for your item, not the opening value. There is also an additional Reserve Pric




From January 20th 2004:
Reserve Price Reserve Price Fee
£0.01 - £49.99 £1
£50.00 - £4999.99 2% of Reserve Price
£5,000.00 and up £100

Spin - here`s the difference.

Let`s say you`d like to flog something for at least £25. You put the Starting Price at, say, £15 to get people interested. This will incur a listing fee of 75p. However, you`re not going to let it go at £15, because you want at least £25. Therefore you also set a Reserve Price of £25, which currently incurs an extra fee of 75p. This is refunded if your item sells. It is this last fee that is altering.

These are, of course, completely separate from the fee that you will also pay when your item sells, which is based on the final selling price.

Just don`t set a reserve price if you`re selling, then there`s no reserve price fee at all. If you look at the Community Q&A forum on ebay, they admit they are hiking the prices to put people off from setting reserves.

Hope this makes some sort of sense.

Cheers

Si

`I have something to say. It`s better to burn out than to fade away.`

Personally, I start most things at 0.99

I don`t sell things unless I KNOW things will get interest, so if I know people will fight up to say £30 for an item, isn`t starting it at 0.99 MORE likely to get them interested in the interim ?!

I dont understand how eBay makes any money when eBid is free!?!


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The Shi*house poet needs a good thrashing, Grafitti ISNT cool.... kiddies!

Because it is practically a monopoly (if not indeed actually one) in the market it exists in. I would use other auction sites if there was anything on them worth bidding on, but whenever I check there never is. :/

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