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Old 01-13-2023, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by DAVES View Post
Re: ebay
People both buyers and sellers do not realize the expense. Outrageous how can you evil seller charge so much for shipping. Well ebay charges the seller their listing fee on the shipping and then everyone pays with paypal and they take their cut on gross sale including shipping. I've not sold on ebay in quite a while but total fees were like 20%. Now you need to collect tax as well. I expect that people pay the tax using paypal. So you pay that fee on the tax as well.
Even feedback has changed. The seller cannot leave negative feedback for a buyer. So the buyer from HELL will have great feedback.
I agree the fees are a little high but not 20% more like 12% and I agree they put shipping in that few percentages.

It has become more of a buyer protection place than seller protection. But you don't have weirdos showing up at your house.

I don't believe eBay uses Paypal anymore they have their internal payment system.

No system is 100% but eBay is safer than FB or Craiglist.