Guest Chaney Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 With credit going to "Green Tea" over on the Hoffman forum... Ebay / Paypal Fee Calculator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 That's awesome. I've bookmarked that site. But here's a question. Do any of you sellers include paypal or ebay fees in what you charge a buyer. I knew there was one guy who used to visit here who did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Do any of you sellers include paypal or ebay fees in what you charge a buyer. I don't, at least not in my eBay auctions, and it has cost me a lot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Yeah, same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 as a regular, although not high-volume, ebay buyer and seller, i consider these fees part of the "price of doing business." i wouldn't feel right charging these fees on top of those already quoted in the auction. i probably wouldn't bid on items that carried a "buyer pays all fees" clause either. what's next? should i charge the buyer for gasoline and wear and tear on my car as i deliver his item to the post office? how about a percentage of my monthly internet bill for the time it took me to list and regularly check on my auctions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 (edited) Some would consider the higher-than-cost shipping/handling fees a way to re-coup seller fees. Edited June 5, 2004 by Tjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulu se mama Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 actually sellers are prohibited in passing these charges on to the buyer. the only way to cover it as a seller is to bump up the shipping charge ahead of time. if anyone comes across an auction where they are charged for these services, you can report that to ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Some would consider the higher-than-cost shipping/handling fees a way to re-coup seller fees. That's not allowed under eBay rules. Anyway, Dutch postage rates are high enough already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 (edited) I'm sure you've seen items that start at 1 cent and have a shipping/handling fee for $10. They are attempting to reduce the ebay commissions, since ebay doesn't charge on shipping/handling fee. (course, paypal charges on the shipping/handling fee) Slight loophole, that ebay may close in the future. Edited June 5, 2004 by Tjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Paypal owns Ebay or Ebay owns Paypal...one or the other. Paypal fees are coming down in August. Against Paypal agreement to pass fees onto buyer. In practice, I've done just about every combination. At Audiogon many, including myself, pass Paypal fees onto buyer by saying so. Once or twice on Ebay I've said, "Paypal, add 3%". Now, I have 2 Paypal accounts. One that accepts credit cards and charges fee. And one that does not take cc's and there are no fees. This works great. In e-mail exchanges I've given buyer choice of which one to use and if they use cc, I've said add 3%. Seems to work fine. Just sold a sax to guy who used Paypal and cc. Him paying fee saved me $30 and he was happy, as he could charge it. I do not know if many people know about the free account at Paypal. When buying, funds come from your Paypal balance or your checking account. There are no fees to the one receiving money. I needed both, so I have seperate bank accounts and e-mail addy's registered with Paypal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I avoid Ebay quite a bit now and still sell my items. Audiogon is great for selling Cd's and LP's. Zero fees. There are sites for musical instruments and other items that work with no fees. I ended up selling a sax on Ebay(buy now/sold in 15 minutes), but I got responses from the other site I listed it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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