A friend of mine just told me went to list on eBay Motors a $750 parts car with a good title but stopped because eBay charges so much.
She said eBay was charging her up front to list a $750 car in a no frills listing for 21 days eBay Motors was $40! So she balked and called to confirm what she was seeing because she doesn't even pay listing fees for anything else she puts up elsewhere on eBay and if she uses up her free listings, it's only 30 cents from then on.
So she called eBay to confirm that they were charging $40 insertion fee, she said she went ahead and checked on what the final valuation fee would be when it sold: ANOTHER $125! For a $750 sale!
So for a $750 car sale, EBay demands a horrendous $165 fee and that's not counting Paypal's cut if it is paid for that way, she said. I'll do the simple math for readers: that's a 22% fee from Ebay alone. With Paypal fees it would be nearly a third of a car seller's sale income!
She said eBay was charging her up front to list a $750 car in a no frills listing for 21 days eBay Motors was $40! So she balked and called to confirm what she was seeing because she doesn't even pay listing fees for anything else she puts up elsewhere on eBay and if she uses up her free listings, it's only 30 cents from then on.
So she called eBay to confirm that they were charging $40 insertion fee, she said she went ahead and checked on what the final valuation fee would be when it sold: ANOTHER $125! For a $750 sale!
So for a $750 car sale, EBay demands a horrendous $165 fee and that's not counting Paypal's cut if it is paid for that way, she said. I'll do the simple math for readers: that's a 22% fee from Ebay alone. With Paypal fees it would be nearly a third of a car seller's sale income!
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