Ebay

[Blue Space]

Does it cost you money to place an item for sale on Ebay?

 

[Scubaroo]

There are two fees for selling - a listing fee, which is a fixed fee at the start of the auction, and a commission calculated on the final selling price. You don't have to pay them until after the auction though.

 

[jonnythan]

Ebay charges a listing fee (based on the opening bid), a final value fee (based on the price it sells for), and then various fees for "Extras" like a bold listing or extra pictures.

As an example, say I put a BC up on eBay. I start the bidding at $199, which makes the insertion fee $2.20.

The final bid is, say, $250, which would mean a final value fee of $7.50.

This means for a $250 item, I paid roughly $10 in eBay fees.

There is a complete description at http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

 

[Blue Space]

Thanks guys!! How long can an item be up for bid I was told seven days. And if the item hasen't sold in that time frame you still owe the fees. Is this true

 

[Scubaroo]

Blue Space once bubbled...
Thanks guys!! How long can an item be up for bid I was told seven days. And if the item hasen't sold in that time frame you still owe the fees. Is this true

Your anwers are there.

In the meantime, auctions can run up to 10 days, and the insertion fee is non-refundable if no sale is made.

 

[Kat]

E-Bay is great. People will buy just about anything. I've unloaded things that I was going to throw away, but then thought...what the heck.

As a buyer, be careful & ask questions. There are some incredible deals & incredible rip offs as well.

One mans junk is another mans treasure. But sometimes one mans junk is another mans junk too.

 

[washow88]

Definitely ask questions and check the seller rating as well.
I discovered that honest sellers would answer your questions without any hesitation.
Personally, I buy from e-bay, but never would I buy new or used dive gear.
I would rather spend a little bit more money and buy my gear from a perspective store
Online or LDS.
I bought my regulator from an online store, but after a few months, it started leaking air. The store fixed it for free without giving me any trouble.

 

[Mo2vation]

jonnythan once bubbled...
Ebay charges a listing fee (based on the opening bid), a final value fee (based on the price it sells for), and then various fees for "Extras" like a bold listing or extra pictures.

As an example, say I put a BC up on eBay. I start the bidding at $199, which makes the insertion fee $2.20.

The final bid is, say, $250, which would mean a final value fee of $7.50.

This means for a $250 item, I paid roughly $10 in eBay fees.

There is a complete description at http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

This is why the best deals take place "off line" or "under the radar"...

BUYING
If you're buying, ALWAYS email the Seller and offer to complete the xaction off line TODAY. Urgent and motivated sellers will, more often than not, agree to complete the sale for a little less than they anticipated to save the FVF and get their cash quicker (the sure thing arguement...)

SELLING
Listing is cheap. You get killed selling expensive stuff by the final value fees... As a seller, I can't solicit off-line sales ("fee avoidance" as the eBay SS refers to it) but I can surely invite buyers to eMail me with any questions they may have about the product, my T's & C's, etc, etc, etc.

Only the uninitiated wait a week for the auction to wind down, or duke it out in the last 5 minutes without throwing the hail-mary-off-line-lets-end-this-thing-today offer to the seller.

eBay rules.

K