eBay increasing fees. Again.

[GarnettFan4Life]

Starting May 1, the ​

maximum standard final value fee for Auction-style listings will increase from $100 to $250. At 9% of the final sale price, the change will increase final value fees only on sales over $1,111 per listing. This change applies only to sellers who do not have an eBay Stores subscription.​

 

[GarnettFan4Life]

http://announcements.ebay.com/2012/...op-rated-sellers-approaching-take-action-now/

 

[Brian Lee]

Looks like they are going for the bigger fish, 9% is ridiculous... 5.25% back then was acceptable.

 

[Big T]

how much is shares in ebay

 

[GarnettFan4Life]

at 19th April they were about $40


SHARE ACTION: Shares jumped $5.07, or 14 percent, to $40.94 in afternoon trading. The stock earlier peaked at $41.84. It hasn't been that high since February 2006. Shares had gained 18 percent in 2012.


http://news.yahoo.com/ebay-shares-jump-6-high-1q-results-175244158--finance.html




and this



Revenue grew 29 percent to $3.28 billion. Profit grew 20 percent to $570 million, with adjusted earnings of 55 cents per share. Revenue and profit topped Wall Street estimates.
In the San Jose, Calif., company's PayPal unit, revenue jumped 32 percent to $1.31 billion. The number of active accounts increased 12 percent to 109.8 million.







this is interesting



http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...ser-frustrations/story-fnay3x58-1226344461431

 

[Brian Lee]

The 9% is just to use the listing system, then you get murdered again when you get your money through PayPal. If you want to turn that money into AUD, there you go again, they dip their hands in for another 2% on the exchange.

 

[hobo]

.................and generally give you a lower than market exchange rate just to make sure you feel the pain !!!!

 

[Cobretti]

.................and generally give you a lower than market exchange rate just to make sure you feel the pain !!!!

all banks do this. paypal is also a bank.

doesn't mean it is right though.