eBay: NO Insertion Fee and NO Final Value Fee on ONE item listed through mobile app Feb 12-14 YMMV

Oh great, this is f'ing great. I hope I don't get screwed. I just checked the "All Selling" -> Listing Offers section and noticed I do not have that "Free Mobile Listing" offer showing up there at ALL.

I hope I didn't mess up for using the iOS iPad Version to do this. I still have the original message, even forwarded it to my email account.

Guess I'll post in an hour+ once my listing ends to see what happens..

not too sure why people is bashing amazon/ebay/paypal.
roughly 10% commission is not that bad for access to buyers across the US (or globe)
commission rate is not random.

For popular electronics (ipods, cameras, gaming consoles, earphones etc.) generally best to go with amazon 8% fee

for unique/rare items, laptops/desktops, broken electronics, collectibles, etc. generally best to go with ebay 12.9% fee for auction, less for buy it now.

ebay and amazon amazon combined, I have sold maybe 1700 items over the past 27 months?
few bumps on the road, but never once was it not solved to both the buyer and seller's satisfaction.

hint: don't give in to obvious scammer, but when buyers is genuinely concerned, have a problem, want to return or what not, you want to work with them until they are also satisfied even if you are 100% right in the first place.
if customer wants a $15 refund because of whatever, you negotiate with them, don't right out tell them NO. poor feedback is not worth few dollars saved.

i got a buyer with 14 positive fb but he wont pay for the item. I am losing 30$ if I relist. Why does not ebay provide me this promo again for relisting!

Why don't you give a second chance offer to the second highest bidder. Your account would still show final value fee for the second chance offer but you can get that rectified via ebay customer care. I did this as my buyer didn't pay either.

Not everything. I am listing a kitchenaid mixer on Amazon. They charge $65 more out of my $360 listing price. The shipping refund is only half what it costs me to ship. What a ripoff !

Ditto, mine not there anymore either. Think as long as we save our initial email we'll be okay. Ebay did screw me over on something like this once before, and I had to call.

just checked mine and it isn't there anymore either.
I say anymore because I'm absolutely positive it was there 3 days ago when I first checked.

Well auction ended, still no FvF being shown. Lol I've sold for about 5 years now on eBay and I still can't remember.. does eBay charge you the FvF immediately after auction ends or after buyer pays?

It's been 10 minutes since my auction ended and still no new/pending charges.

I just checked my two account, neither showed promo offer there, I did receive the offer email. I was not charged the listing fee ($0.50), when listing the item, so I believe the offer works, otherwise They should have charged me that fee. Let see what happened next.

Ditto, mine not there anymore either. Think as long as we save our initial email we'll be okay. Ebay did screw me over on something like this once before, and I had to call.

The listing promotion isn't going to show up in the "listing offers" section anymore because the promotion is over.. It was only good for 2 days. You aren't able to view expired promotions in that section. After the promotion is over it disappears. It works the same way with all other promotions such as the one where you get 50 free listings per month. It will disappear once a new month starts..

Once your item sells you won't find it listed in the "fees" section because there is no fee. You will be able to find it in a section under the "promotion savings" tab. This is a relatively new tab. Here is how to get there:

1) Click on My Ebay
2) Click on "Account" tab
3) Under your account balance you should find 4 tabs "All Account Activity", "Fees", "Credits", and "Payments and Refunds".
Click on one of those tabs (doesn't matter which one)
4) Click on "Promotional Savings" tab (wasn't there in the screen prior).

That is where you will find your final value fee waived..


HTH

if its just buyer's remorse and return condition difers then sent, then you should only charge restocking fee equal to the differences between market value and paid value.

if customer wants a $15 refund because of whatever, you negotiate with them, don't right out tell them NO. poor feedback is not worth few dollars saved.

Does anyone even make money on Ebay anymore? Their fees are outrageous for small time sellers.

Pretty sure ebay capped restocking fees at 15% or 20% (otherwise you could just charge a 100% restocking fee).

Problem is, difference between New and Used items on ebay is more than 20%, more like 50%.

If you try to resell a NIB returned item as New Other (where the difference is more like 20%) you just open yourself to more problems.

If I'm a buyer and a previous buyers has taken a NIB item out of the box and handled it than I consider that item Used (albeit lighty, but still used), not New Other.



But buyers have figured this out and instead of $15 refunds they are asking it for $400 items. Makes sense, to the buyer what's the difference? I mean if you're gonna scam someone and ebay/paypal is gonna side with you, why do it only on small dollar items, why not do it on any item?

Buyers know sellers don't want to risk a neg, even for a high ticket item because feedback rep is everything on ebay.

not too sure why people is bashing amazon/ebay/paypal.
roughly 10% commission is not that bad for access to buyers across the US (or globe)
commission rate is not random, they figure this stuff out. if commission is lower, then neither buyer nor seller would be protected from potential fraud.
I know people will say "They only protect the buyer and screw the seller". But if you read their seller protection terms, its clear if you don't follow their rules then you only leave yourself vulnerable even if you "think" you did everything right.

For popular electronics (ipods, cameras, gaming consoles, earphones etc.) generally best to go with amazon 8% fee

for unique/rare items, laptops/desktops, broken electronics, collectibles, etc. generally best to go with ebay 12.9% fee for auction, less for buy it now.

ebay and amazon amazon combined, I have sold maybe 1700 items over the past 27 months?
few bumps on the road, but never once was it not solved to both the buyer and seller's satisfaction.

hint: don't give in to obvious scammer, but when buyers is genuinely concerned, have a problem, want to return or what not, you want to work with them until they are also satisfied even if you are 100% right in the first place.
if customer wants a $15 refund because of whatever, you negotiate with them, don't right out tell them NO. poor feedback is not worth few dollars saved.

always accept returns within reasonable time frame. If buyer's fault, they pay for shipping both ways. if seller's fault, you pay for shipping both ways. if you can sell it in the same condition, do not charge restocking fee or that ticks off the buyer.
if its just buyer's remorse and return condition difers then sent, then you should only charge restocking fee equal to the differences between market value and paid value.

also protect yourself against potential losses
for buyers less then 30 feedbacks on ebay, I add signature confirmation to purchases over $100
everyone else I add signature confirmation to purchases over $200 (ebay rules)

for amazon.
I add signature confirmation to people living in apt, sending to business address, or purchases over $250

restocking fee is not capped, but if ridiculous amount (like 50% or 100%) the buyer will just escalate the case to ebay..

I agree that a company should be able to charge whatever they want to. I'm not saying anything against that; however, I think the whole commission thing is Bufu Bull Shit.

It takes eBay the same effort, bandwidth, etc... if I am selling a $3.00 matchbox car or a $100 matchbox car.

It's capped at 20%. I found the stupid page once, can't find it now but it exists.