ebay Charges

[2boyz1girl]

Hi There, was wondering if anyone could help me.
I got an e-mail sent to me saying that I was going to be getting £26.90 debited from my paypal account for fees /charges. I am a bit confused as to why. I did sell a piece of jewellery for someone and it was a buy it now offer and it went for £250.00. Is it a comission thing. Not sure, and can't seem to find out what it's for very easily. Has anyone else had this? I know that you have to pay for uploading pics for the item but not too sure on what these charges are for.

[changilass]

Its the commission

[Serenity]

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html

[highlander4]

Yeah there are always charges for selling. Not sure of the rates but i'm sure the link above will explain :)

[JustMe]

EBay Commission 10% of sale upto max £40 fee

[dragonfly]

yep it will be £25.00 for the 10% commission + £1.90 for the insertion fee, then you will have the cut from paypal too if you chose that as payment method - hope you didn't give your friend the complete £250 as you'll be ~£30 out of pocket

[Celtic Jewellery]

There aren't many places online where you can sell stuff for free; ebay's fees are high; plus the paypal fees as well - can really eat into your margins. On the plus side, though, the eBay marketing and the number of active eBay buyers and sellers puts your products in front of a huge audience and gives you much better sales potential.

On eBay's site, you can find out how to be a Trading Assistant which is effectively what you did for your friend. Some people do earn a living working like this; my view is that it's not easy money - and you have to know your costs and then charge an additional fee to cover your time and other expenses.

Best
Margaret

[2boyz1girl]

Thanks every1, been very helpful, did think it was commission, now how do I tell my brother that he owes me it back........lol:lol:

[Kodiak]

Thanks every1, been very helpful, did think it was commission, now how do I tell my brother that he owes me it back........lol:lol:


Final Value Fees
Final Selling Price
Final Value Fee
All categories
Item not sold
No Fee
£0.99 – £49.99
9.9% of the amount of the final selling price up to £49.99
£50.00 - £599.99
9.9% of the initial £49.99 (£4.95) + 5.9%of the remaining balance of the final selling price
£600.00 or more
9.9% of the initial £49.99 (£4.95) + 5.9% of the initial £50.00 - £599.99 (£32.45) + 1.9% of the remaining balance of the final selling price.


Just point him to this Link and tell him you had to pay these fees and he now owes you this Money, also show him the e-mail from eBay. :-

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html#BIN

[2boyz1girl]

Thanks Kodiak, I'm sure he will give me the money no probs I just feel guilty asking him for it!! Crazy I know!;)