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03-22-18 | 04:45 PM

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wrk101

Thrifty Bill

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From: Mans of NC & SW UT Desert

Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more

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Originally Posted by miamijim

You all that are using the padded flat rate envelope...

How are you attaching your labels? Are you printing on regular paper and taping it on? Using self adhesive labels?

I buy self adhesive label stock on eBay

Actually, eBay fees plus PayPal are higher than 13% unless you have a store and are a top rated seller. Even then, still higher.

Sell a bike for $300, add $100 for shipping. Ebay charges you 10% on the $400 amount, PayPal charges you 2.9% plus 30 cents on the $400 amount as well. So the fees add up to $52. On your $300 sale, that amounts to over 17%.

Mark up shipping to offset some of the fees and you are asking for negative feedback, or at a minimum, low detailed ratings. Low detailed ratings = you won't get top rated seller status, so you lose those discounts.

Last edited by wrk101; 03-23-18 at 04:59 PM.

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