Fucking ebay corporate = thieves.

[ASSEMbler]

Ebay just announced it is doubling it's fees on most charges.

Gallery
Gallery fees will be raised from $0.25 to $0.35 per listing. We will also be increasing the size of the Gallery image on search and listings pages by 56%. This will make it easier for buyers to see details of the item before clicking into the listing.

Buy It Now
Buy It Now fees will no longer be charged at a flat rate, and will instead be determined based on the Buy It Now price. Fees will be charged as follows:

Buy It Now Price Fee
$0.01 - 9.99 $0.05
$10 - 24.99 $0.10
$25 - 49.99 $0.20
$50+ $0.25

10-Day Duration
The fee for 10-day duration listings will be raised from $0.20 to $0.40 per listing.

eBay Stores
The fee for the Basic eBay Store subscription will be raised from $9.95 to $15.95 per month. The subscription fee for Featured and Anchor Stores will be unchanged.

eBay Store Inventory format listing insertion fees will remain unchanged. The Final Value Fee for Store Inventory items will change as follows:
Closing Price Old Price New Price
$0.01 - $25 5.25% of the closing value 8% of the closing price
$25.01 - $1,000 5.25% of the initial $25, plus 2.75% of the remaining closing value balance. 8% of the initial $25, plus 5% of the remaining closing value balance ($25.01 - $1000)
Over $1,000 5.25% of the initial $25, plus 2.75% of the next $25.01-$1000, plus 1.50% of the remaining closing value balance ($1,000.01 - closing value). 8% of the initial $25, plus 5% of the next $25.01 - $1000, plus 3% of the remaining closing value balance ($1,000.01 - closing value).


to ebay, I'd like to say

"FUCK YOU, YOU CORPORATE THIEVES"

[LeGIt]

eBay was expensive as it is .... it's coming to the Amazon level of rapgeage now .... it's beyond a joke :smt022

EDIT: It seems us chaps in the UK arn't being hit as hard by eBay.com's new pricing policy. On the other hand they were raping us harder than you guys anyway, so maybe that's why ...

Today, we are announcing that eBay.co.uk will be making changes to the fee structure effective February 18, 2005. Items that are scheduled to begin on eBay.co.uk after midnight (Greenwich Mean Time) on February 18, 2005 will be charged based on the new fees.

Scheduling Fees
The fee for scheduling a listing using the Sell Your Item Form or Turbo Lister will be reduced from £0.12 to £0.06 per listing.

Subtitle
The fee for using a Subtitle for your Item Title will be reduced from £0.50 to £0.35.

Highlight
The fee for using the Highlight option will be increased from £1.50 to £2.50.

Motors Final Value Fees
The Final Value Fee in Vehicles categories (Cars, Classic Cars, Motorcycles, Other Vehicles) will be increased from 0.5% of final sale price to 0.75% of final sale price (minimum of £15 and a maximum of £30 applicable as before). There will be no change to Insertion Fees for Vehicles which will remain at £6.


There will be no changes to Basic Insertion Fees or Final Value Fees, other than in the Vehicles Categories as noted above.

[WanganRunner]

It's good to be a monopoly huh?

I mean, I suppose there are Yahoo auctions, and a couple of other places, but no one looks at them, so they're not viable alternatives.

[Importaku]

At one time there used to be yahoo auctions over here but they stopped and they only operate in japan now. So out only alternative is ebay and they damn well know it.

[LeGIt]

Not excatly - Amazon.co.uk also have auctions, however their fees may very well be worse than eBay :smt014

[XerdoPwerko]

Yes, MercadoLibre down here has also increased their publication fees - and are even charging for unsold products.

The bastards...

[SilverBolt]

Ebay just bought the Dutch compentition marktplaats.nl which had no fees at all except when you placed an item of 250 euro's or more.

I'm betting they either shut it down within a year and re-direct everybody to ebay.nl or they start charging for everything. :smt009

[einbebop44]

I got this email today too. Sucks dick, everyone loses quite honestly. Why? Because sellers will raise prices and shipping costs to "compensate" (sorry excuse) for this raise. It shouldn't affect me too badly, but it sucks. They have their eBay fees and then they make another 3% everytime sends me paypal money. That's around 10% now, and will be around 13% afterwards. Amazon charges 15% for no pic, no nothing, plus .99 cents.

Erff. Maybe if eBay actually implement more features that people want, and made it more user friendly to sell shit instead of going through 6 pages of crap, I'd be better with it. :smt009

[Calpis]

Thats bullshit because I just paid $2.00 alone for a $99 reserve price :\

[AntiPasta]

Ebay just bought the Dutch compentition marktplaats.nl which had no fees at all except when you placed an item of 250 euro's or more.

I'm betting they either shut it down within a year and re-direct everybody to ebay.nl or they start charging for everything. :smt009

tell ya something, before ebay.nl there was Ibazar which used to be free. And heck, marktplaats.nl is a disorganized rabble full of dumb people anyway...

[SilverBolt]

Ebay just bought the Dutch compentition marktplaats.nl which had no fees at all except when you placed an item of 250 euro's or more.

I'm betting they either shut it down within a year and re-direct everybody to ebay.nl or they start charging for everything. :smt009

tell ya something, before ebay.nl there was Ibazar which used to be free. And heck, marktplaats.nl is a disorganized rabble full of dumb people anyway...

Maybe but marktplaats.nl has 500x more activity going on it ebay.nl is the worst ebay site arround with very little stuff on it.