This makes me sick!!!!!

[pgwtamu]

Just sold an item on ebay for $520 with free shipping. Ebay and Paypal Fees are $63.00. I am normally a lower end seller, $100 max typically. The fees just took a HUGE chunk out of my profit. Just venting a little, I knew what I was getting myself into.

 

[mudflap02]

Pooor Aggie

 

[cgilmo]

How much would you have made without the website to sell it on?

How long would it have taken you to sell it without that website you sold it on.

 

[pgwtamu]

it was a box of fleer retro.....so I'm guessing not long, just didn't want to take the effort to pimp it around.....mudflap it's wtamu, we are the buffaloes!!!!!!

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

Same rake, if not lower, than most eBay sales, you probably don't notice it as much in the smaller transactions.

No matter what...nothing else gets even close to the market for your items.

It's a love/hate relationship for sure.




Sent from a handheld, intergalactic communicator.

 

[mudflap02]

Poooor Buffalo

 

[vwnut13]

If you would have sold it BIN you would be $13 richer.

 

[cgilmo]

if you can sell it locally, do that.

ebay is for stuff you don't have the ability to sell traditionally.

 

[pgwtamu]

wnut, are you serious? I thought BIN charged a higher FVF. Dang, that makes me mad.....

 

[pgwtamu]

chris, I bought it locally, so that wasn't an option. It was more of a sticker shock than anything, I made a nice profit on it, don't get me wrong, I'm tickled to death to make money....

 

[ThoseBackPages]

THANKS EBAY!!!

 

[cgilmo]

chris, I bought it locally, so that wasn't an option. It was more of a sticker shock than anything, I made a nice profit on it, don't get me wrong, I'm tickled to death to make money....

I realize I am in the minority here, but I actually think ebay takes about the right amount as it's cut.

Yes, it is a lot of money. Consider the resources that they put out that enabled you to make that sale.

 

[katieneack]

I realize I am in the minority here, but I actually think ebay takes about the right amount as it's cut.

Yes, it is a lot of money. Consider the resources that they put out that enabled you to make that sale.

You are exactly right. Noone ever thinks about Ebay's costs. I am an accountant for a fortune 500 company and most people wouldn't believe what it costs to run a company that size. I don't think their fees are that bad when you consider the amazing market they are providing.

 

[pgwtamu]

I realize I am in the minority here, but I actually think ebay takes about the right amount as it's cut.

Yes, it is a lot of money. Consider the resources that they put out that enabled you to make that sale.

I'm not disagreeing with you in the least. That's the reason I sold it on ebay, very quick turn around. Like I said, I am typically a lower end seller, and just had a wow moment. lol

 

[cgilmo]

I'm not disagreeing with you in the least. That's the reason I sold it on ebay, very quick turn around. Like I said, I am typically a lower end seller, and just had a wow moment. lol

I understand man

I'm not criticizing you for it. I have had months where I sent ebay a few k myself and didn't like it.

 

[jcmint]

Its called the price of doing business.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

Ebay/Paypal will make more money off cards than even the best flippers out there.

How much money will they make off the same $400 card sold three times?

 

[MansGame]

I was wondering who was funding my eBay bucks account [slap forehead emoticon here]

 

[Boylen33]

Remember the good old days when we could cover a good percentage of our fees by charging more on shipping....and when they didn't take a cut of the shipping?

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

I realize I am in the minority here, but I actually think ebay takes about the right amount as it's cut.

Yes, it is a lot of money. Consider the resources that they put out that enabled you to make that sale.

Exactly. Where else can we reach millions apon millions of viewers and make overall net sales of 20% or less in fees? Nowhere, thats where. Honestly, not trying to be stern against the thread initial posting, but that is a more then fair price we pay to get the exposure of ebay.