Well that's a surprise from ebay!

[Bki26]

Must be really struggling if they're doing this... or loaded enough and realised the extent of their greed https://news.sky.com/story/ebay-selling-fees-are-scrapped-to-boost-to-reselling-13225638

 

[MetalMonkey]

I’m currently not very happy with eBay, given the fact I can no longer pay for anything via Paypal, despite having the money in the account, unless I give them my debit card.
Apparently it’s to stop new accounts not paying. I’ve had the account 20 years, couple of k feedback and never “not paid”.

This is the second time they’ve brought it in before abandoning it. So I wouldn’t hold your breath on sellers fees tbh.

 

[Nomad]

Ebay used to be good (fair and reasonable) for both buyers and sellers, a long time ago they made their "seller protection" so good buyers are now very vulnerable.
I can't imagine that changing anytime soon so I'll still not be selling there. Hope it all works out ok for anyone that does

 

[RichardM]

I haven't sold anything on eBay for years as I don't want the linked account thing.

 

[Screwdriver]

No selling fees: Hurray!

Not for motorcycles: Boo!

 

[Bki26]

I’m currently not very happy with eBay, given the fact I can no longer pay for anything via Paypal, despite having the money in the account, unless I give them my debit card.
Apparently it’s to stop new accounts not paying. I’ve had the account 20 years, couple of k feedback and never “not paid”.

This is the second time they’ve brought it in before abandoning it. So I wouldn’t hold your breath on sellers fees tbh.

I always pay through PayPal and it gives me option to use balance if any and remainder from card through PayPal if not enough to cover, not had any issues with it myself

 

[RichardM]

^^^^^^ Same for me.

 

[ukracer]

Must be really struggling if they're doing this... or loaded enough and realised the extent of their greed https://news.sky.com/story/ebay-selling-fees-are-scrapped-to-boost-to-reselling-13225638

Buyers are going to pay the fee instead.

And it's only private sellers. You become a business if they decide you are selling a lot of stuff. Even if it's all second hand.


"More steps to address false private sellers

At eBay, we are dedicated to ensuring a fair and equitable marketplace for all business sellers. To achieve this, we monitor trading activities, and we’ll continuously help business sellers using a private account to transition to a business account, or restrict selling activity as necessary. In addition, we’ve reduced the number of free listings available to private sellers."

 

[123hotchef]

me 3

 

[Arc Tourist]

Never sold anything on ebay, but I received the notice too.
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[Blobber]

No selling platform is perfect but my ebay has sold £405 in 31 days so it trickles out for not much effort

 

[skotl]

I sold an iPhone on eBay a couple of years ago. Ended up costing me almost £30 in fees on a £100 sale - totally crazy.
So a good thing but it will be interesting to see how the “buyers will pay a fee” works out!

 

[MetalMonkey]

I always pay through PayPal and it gives me option to use balance if any and remainder from card through PayPal if not enough to cover, not had any issues with it myself

If you have a valid debit or credit card linked to your paypal you will be fine.
However, if you only have paypal as a funding source (irrespective of if you have sufficient funds in it or not) then it will no longer allow you to make offers or bid on auctions unless the seller explicitly disables an option on the listing which is enabled by default.

It is very annoying as you have no way of knowing until you actually go to bid or pay for an item.
They brought it in previously, everybody kicked off so they rolled it back. Then recently they have brought it back in again.
A casualty of the ebay/paypal divorce.

If you want to use eBay now you really have to set up a seperate dedicated bank account (it would be foolish to link it to your main one!), which makes having paypal pretty irrelevant, which I suspect is partly the intention.

 

[Bki26]

Buyers are going to pay the fee instead.

And it's only private sellers. You become a business if they decide you are selling a lot of stuff. Even if it's all second hand.


"More steps to address false private sellers

At eBay, we are dedicated to ensuring a fair and equitable marketplace for all business sellers. To achieve this, we monitor trading activities, and we’ll continuously help business sellers using a private account to transition to a business account, or restrict selling activity as necessary. In addition, we’ve reduced the number of free listings available to private sellers."

Well the fee for buyers is usually added into the sellers cost anyway when they list, it'll probably be something like an auction house with say 3-5% fee for buyer.

You're not going to be selling enough stuff to be a business anyway average person probably makes under £1k/yr on ebay

 

[JOEPRO]

If you have a valid debit or credit card linked to your paypal you will be fine.
However, if you only have paypal as a funding source (irrespective of if you have sufficient funds in it or not) then it will no longer allow you to make offers or bid on auctions unless the seller explicitly disables an option on the listing which is enabled by default.

It is very annoying as you have no way of knowing until you actually go to bid or pay for an item.
They brought it in previously, everybody kicked off so they rolled it back. Then recently they have brought it back in again.
A casualty of the ebay/paypal divorce.

If you want to use eBay now you really have to set up a seperate dedicated bank account (it would be foolish to link it to your main one!), which makes having paypal pretty irrelevant, which I suspect is partly the intention.

Use a different site then and move on.

I use ebay all the time with great success in selling a mix of items. I have no issue linking my bank account etc and as I describe my items very clearly and this far after 15+ years of selling I have very few problems. If someone complians about an item at say £40 or less I just refund it and move on. Not worth the agro. Only happened 2 or 3 times over maybe a couple hundred sales including items of higher value.

Generally it's a great selling platform for me and I have no complaints.

 

[lchris21]

just had a quick squint on ebay. Not sure if Im getting this but it looks like you have to withdraw your money from them when you've made a sale? They changed to the bank transfer a few years back which if a sale took place on a Friday could take till the following Tuesday to show up in my account. They then kept pestering you to send it before it even showed up. Other times Ive had to send the item before they release the funds, which was another money making scam for them. I think they are relying on people leaving the money in eBay's account, its a take on the old PayPal method by the sounds of it......how much interest / day will that generate for the bottom line eh
You just have to be vigilant, and get your money out ASAP, don't let them use your capital for their gains....other than that Im glad to see the end of the fees, it was getting ridiculous.

 

[MetalMonkey]

Use a different site then and move on.

I use ebay all the time with great success in selling a mix of items. I have no issue linking my bank account etc and as I describe my items very clearly and this far after 15+ years of selling I have very few problems. If someone complians about an item at say £40 or less I just refund it and move on. Not worth the agro. Only happened 2 or 3 times over maybe a couple hundred sales including items of higher value.

Generally it's a great selling platform for me and I have no complaints.

I don't have an issue using eBay, and have used it extensively over the last twenty years for buying.
I don't sell via eBay so have no interest in linking a bank account to it, and up until this point have never needed to because I have a paypal account with funds in which I can use to pay for goods instantly.

My issue is, after twenty years of promptly paying, it is now considered unacceptable to use paypal because "I'm now a payment risk", and if I wish to continue to use the platform I have to go and set up and manage another bank account.

If they want to apply the changes to new accounts, which presumably are the ones which are at risk of "non-payment", I'm fine with that.
But in addition to the inconvenience of having it foisted upon you and not finding out until you go to buy an item, I find the reasoning (and insinuation I'm now classed as a payment risk) pretty insulting itself.
What's the point in even having a feedback system if it doesn't count for anything? I don't believe for a moment it can be hard for them to work out which accounts are the issue.

It's hardly my problem they sold off paypal because the shareholders wanted to cash in....
I just hate being BS'd. They should just be honest and say they don't support paypal anymore and they want to control their own escrow service instead.
Essentially that's all it boils down to.

Yes, I am grumpy about it.

 

[Seadog]

No selling fees: Hurray!

Not for motorcycles: Boo!

Unless they alter the fee, advertise it for a £50 flat fee.

 

[Trevorleach]

I think there are now possible tax issues if you sell over 1k worth of stuff on ebay?

I buy pretty much everything on there, always pay with paypal.

 

[ukracer]

Well the fee for buyers is usually added into the sellers cost anyway when they list, it'll probably be something like an auction house with say 3-5% fee for buyer.

You're not going to be selling enough stuff to be a business anyway average person probably makes under £1k/yr on ebay

Its no where near that to be switched to a business seller.