This is probably going to sound pretty dumb to seasoned eBayers, but I was always under the impression there was only one set of fees for selling payable to eBay, and that was then deducted from the Paypal account. Having just sold a fairly high-value item, Paypal has already deducted a fee and there is a different figure showing in my eBay account to be deducted later in the month! Have I got my knickers in a twist, or do sellers get hit twice - once for selling on eBay and then another transaction fee on Paypal?!!
I too have been stung by these hidden fees which are not shown up front. I've just sold my late fathers camera equipment on eBay and taken payment via paypal and it seems that eBay/paypal have between them taken 15-20% of the value of the goods. I don't think this is fair as the beneficiaries who were supposed to be receiving the mony from the sales have had their pockets picked by the corporate GreedBay. I could have sold the items for less hassle and more Money via classified ads, which is what I will do in future.
Am I correct in thinking that if my PayPal funds are drawn from my bank account instead of a credit card, I will avoid the PayPal fees? (Mine is a personal account)
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Guys, as above, I am only here because this is the first time I too have actually seen these fees. Paula, it is all very well saying that it is free to make a payment using PayPal - but not if the person receiving the money has to pay a fee.
Time to make a switch to GumTree or Freecycle. I'd rather give the stuff away than pay 15% to eBay and PayPal and have the hassle of posting.
Greedbay and PinchPal, take too much money, I sold a heavy jacket and Ebay would not let me put the proper postage, so I had to invoice separately for an extra £4.00, this was pure postage and paypal took 34p from it, so I now have to pay 34p to post the item!!!!!
I thought I there had been some sort of mistake and was about to raise my concern with Paypal. I've ended up receiving a fraction of the selling price, I'll certainly be looking for alternative payment options now.
I sold 2 relatively low value items @£17.24 and £17.50 including postage.
The Paypal fees were more for the cheaper sale item (both shipping charges were the same at £4 and both were to the UK)
I paid 84 p and 90p PAYPAL fees +ebay fees of £1.35 + listing fee of 0.25. they also rounded up the sale price when calculating their fees. In the end I paid EBAY/Paypal (one and the same) £5.20 to sell 2 items for £26 pounds thats 20% of total
i have just left ebay because paypal fees are so high.i sell a lot of low value items but paypal take all my profit with their high fees for low value items.is there another auction site that does not need paypal??
I wouldn't normally complain - least not when PayPal were a seperate entity to eBay but now eBay OWN PayPal I expected the fees to be absorbed by the auction giant. I checked Amazon's fees earlier today and they are around the 14% mark so not much better. eBid or GumTree are the future I think!
