eBay scams 22% fees from Ebay Motors users

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!

Ebay and Paypal ripped me off

WARNING ripoff eBay cancelled a purchase I made because of problems with seller but didn't refund my paypal payment!!!

They told me to do it instead. But I couldn't and when I called they wouldn't, said they couldn't file it either. I was transferred several times, assured that I would be helped by "specialists" and never was finally after hours on the phone I hung up. while on the phone they also kept telling me the lie that my account's coverage under the eBay buyer protection program has been suspended was  the reason why, but it isn't. I asked for details about that and they refused to tell me why I would or could be suspended. My account is not suspended and I just used the return process for 2 other transaction from bogus eBay sellers selling misrepresented junk.
 so then   i tried to dispute the transaction on Paypal online and couldn't. it gave me an "unknown error" and I have written Paypal as well about the issue and only got back that I should file a case with eBay!!!

BIG HELP! NEITHER COMPANY IS TRUSTWORTHY

Update: Paypal finally opened a case for this for me. it's been escalated to Paypal and I am awaiting notice of a refund.

and I am not suspended from the Ebay buyer protection program because I am still using it . That was apparently just BS from A LOT of Ebay lackeys on the phone that day and apparently only applied to the one item above. So I think what happened at Ebay bears repeating in all caps: 

EBAY CANCELLED 2 ITEMS (i was able to get refunded at Paypal for one transaction which was still unclaimed) I HAD BOUGHT AND PAID FOR, THEY SAID BECAUSE THE SELLER"S ACCOUNT HAD BEEN COMPROMISED AND TOLD ME IF I HAD PAID FOR THEM ALL READY TO OPEN EBAY CASES TO GET MY MONEY BACK. BUT WHEN I TRIED<, I COULD NOT OPEN CASES AND EBAY SAID on the phone  I COULDN'T AND NEITHER COULD THEY  BECAUSE I WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE BUYER PROTECTION PROGRAM EBAY  HAD TOLD ME IN EMAIL TO USE TO GET MY MONEY BACK FOR THE TRANSACTIONS I HAD PAID FOR THAT THEY CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!!