extortionate fees

[Epaminondas]

Paypal fees for sellers- a bit of a rip off, aren't they?!

[kernowlass]

@Epaminondas

Well they are clearly stated so if you think that you don't have to sell on ebay.

But to be honest as a buyer I would only use a seller that offered paypal so i had buyer protection.

Therefore as a seller that offers it as well I probably get more bidders / buyers that more than offset the fees than if I sold elsewhere.

[Epaminondas]

And your point is ..that I don't have an alternative choice if I want to sell succesfully ? Sure, but a rather superfluous explanation. It still doesn't justify the fact that it's a bit of a rip off. 

[kernowlass]

@Epaminondas

I didn't say it was an explanation, you put your opinion as a seller and I put mine.

You were the one that asked this question >>

a bit of a rip off, aren't they?!

So my point is that I was answering your question with my own answer as a seller.

I don't think its a rip off. Did you only want folks to post that agree with you?

If so then you should have said.

eg if i sold on another site (which i have) and made £10 for an item with ZERO fees BUT

sold on ebay and made £15 and then pay a fee then I would prefer to pay the fee.

[JaeSwift]

They are definitely a rip off. I have sold an Xbox One recently with games for £380 with £16 postage... They took my postage in fees and now want £40 in seller fees.... £56 to sell my xbox? Ridiculous. 

[kernowlass]

@JaeSwift

What is ridiculous is that the Fees on BOTH sites are clearly listed and yet you carried on listing your item without presumably checking first?

[JaeSwift]

I needed a quick sale, Ebay knows that people wanting a quick and easy sale will pay their extortionate fees so why would they remove them or knock them down? They will only ever go up. I obviously didn't mind paying them if I sold there but that doesn't mean they aren't daft priced.

[kernowlass]

@JaeSwift

Try selling in a ''real'' auction house, costs are much higher.

[JaeSwift]

I'll just go gumtree in future and cut out the middleman 

[Epaminondas]

@kernowlass 

For a volunteer, you're a bit aggressive.