Highway robbery on daBay!!!

[Tripper]

I had never sold anything on daBay B4 & got a letter from them saying I could list 5 items a month for free if I wanted to sell anything. After the item sold I got an invoice & was charged nearly $20 for an item I sold for $220. 9%... dang... that is highway robbery!!! I really COULDN'T believe it! Now *that* is BS!!!

BoB

 

[earthman]

Tell them about it Trip and if they don't make it right several hundred of us here can help them reconsider.

 

[hotrod preacher]

it's really a great place to make money........for THEM...and pay-p*l makes a few coins on most transactions as well....

 

[shotupdave]

Ebay has lost most of its luster, their stupid feedback policy, backing the buyer even when the buyer is pulling fraud. The fees have gone to a point of stupidity, they claim that the ebay fees and paypal fees are separate. But since you only take paypal now they are one in the same. Now I would rather sell and buy on craigslist.

 

[RPM]

We sell a lot on Ebay and the fees are really getting high. About 15% the time it is all said and done. Now Paypal is holding 10% of what comes thru them to hold for 90 days just incase you get a charge back. What a crock of BS.

 

[HOT40ROD]

I use to sell and buy on Ebay. About $4,000.00 to 6,000.00 a year. but about two years ago when they start there BS I stop sell and now only buy if I can not find it any other way. Last year $100.00 and so far this year about $48.00.

I been using Craigslist with a lot of luck. You got to search a little more but you can find it. This year I found; 8 inch ford raer out of a Maverick for $75.00, 2- C4 trans for $100.00, A set of aluminum slots 15X10 small ford pattern for $60.00, Two old Sears commercial drill like new for $45.00 and 1940 Ford cab and doors for $150.00 and no fees. Just miss out on a 1965 BSA motorcycle that was running for $1200.00.

RPM I heard that people are having a lot of issues with the paypal charge back. I heard they send the parts and the person on the other end make a complaint and you are out the parts and the cash. Is that true?

 

[cycledog]

I guess I will be the devils advocate here.
The last property I sold cost me nearly 10,000 in selling costs. 10K is a car $20.00 is an ok diner.
I work for a fortune 500 company. Around 4billion a year in business. 12 cents out of every $1.00 goes to the bottom line. Most companies are lucky to see 8 cents to the bottom line. That being said out of Trippers $20.00 how much do you suppose went to ebays bottom line? Even at .10 cents that only $2.00

How much do you think ebay pays a month for its broadband use alone? Not to mention the employee payroll, health care, vacation time, rent or payment on a facility and the lawyers on retainer (every large corp has them.)

If I buy something at a yard sale or auction and pay $5.00 sell it on ebay for 30.00 that leaves me with 25.00 minus say 15% That leaves me with 21.25 which I would say is a darn good profit margin. Any company in the world would like that kind of return on the dollar. You just have to work you cost into the equation.

I buy a lot on Craigslist and sell on ebay. I don't sell on Craigslist because its not worth my time to hassle with phone calls at all hours of the day and night and dealing with tire kickers and numb skulls on a personal basis and having strangers come to my house with who knows what intentions.

If you don't like Ebay stay away. But don't get upset with a company trying to make a profit. Its called CAPITALISM, its AMERICA, something folks like your president and his cronies are trying their darnedest to take away from us.

 

[Thunder1]

I've never sold a thing on E-bay and I've only bought one or two things ever from there from its inception. I was very disappointed both times. I've never liked all the policy's and other BS you have to deal with. On Graigslist however, I've made some great sales. Everything I've ever sold on Graigslist was gone within a weeks time. I only sell locally, I don't deliver, and the phone calls for me aren't that big of a deal. It really comes down to what works best for the individual seller or buyer I guess.

 

[CR55]

I guess I will be the devils advocate here.
The last property I sold cost me nearly 10,000 in selling costs. 10K is a car $20.00 is an ok diner.
I work for a fortune 500 company. Around 4billion a year in business. 12 cents out of every $1.00 goes to the bottom line. Most companies are lucky to see 8 cents to the bottom line. That being said out of Trippers $20.00 how much do you suppose went to ebays bottom line? Even at .10 cents that only $2.00

How much do you think ebay pays a month for its broadband use alone? Not to mention the employee payroll, health care, vacation time, rent or payment on a facility and the lawyers on retainer (every large corp has them.)

If I buy something at a yard sale or auction and pay $5.00 sell it on ebay for 30.00 that leaves me with 25.00 minus say 15% That leaves me with 21.25 which I would say is a darn good profit margin. Any company in the world would like that kind of return on the dollar. You just have to work you cost into the equation.

I buy a lot on Craigslist and sell on ebay. I don't sell on Craigslist because its not worth my time to hassle with phone calls at all hours of the day and night and dealing with tire kickers and numb skulls on a personal basis and having strangers come to my house with who knows what intentions.

If you don't like Ebay stay away. But don't get upset with a company trying to make a profit. Its called CAPITALISM, its AMERICA, something folks like your president and his cronies are trying their darnedest to take away from us.

Amen! It's the American Dream to own and operate a business. You won't stay long in ANY business if you don't turn a profit!.........CR

 

[Sam_Fear]

Well, kinda like CycleDog's angle, I still believe in 'buyer beware'. Trip, ya got suckered in and didn't read the fine print. Sucks, but that's how it is. That said, I'm glad ya shared because I was thinking of selling for the first time on the bay and I would have done the same thing.

Makes me think - usually the only thing people are victims of are their own laziness and/or stupidity. Me included.

 

[sixtall]

Never used E-Bay, but my wife has with O.K. results , although she bought and hasn't sold on it. Around here Kijiji is the greatest thing since sliced bread. No fees. I just sold her old Gran Prix last week on it and have my old Dakota listed on it now. Also sold some tires and rims and other assorted stuff on it over the past two years.

 

[chopper tom]

It can be a real drag but i sold and bought quite a bit one summer and loved the pay pall part so things would go faster.
but one day some how someone tryed to buy about 1500 worth of stuff useing my account [i still dont really understand how they done it ]and and after that i stopped useing it
.but i do mis it thought ,the extra money really helped out when i needed it .it's real hard to sell things in this area [at least for me it is anyways].
I wish that i knew more and understood more of how things like pay pal worked ,mabie i would try it again !
I onced sold stuff that i had threw in the scrap pile ,and went and dugg it out cause i seen the same thing sold on there and you would'nt belive how much i got out of some of it !? and how happy to recieve the parts that the buyers got.its crazy .