Originally Posted by
kmart
Hasn't eBay's treatment and billing of sellers been a little rocky lately? With the economic situation now, I would expect to see more seller fees in the future. What you get from eBay is basically a storefront and a customer base, but I wonder how much it ends up costing the type of low-margin high-volume seller and if it's really worth it.
FYI I'm a buyer most of the time, rarely a seller. Too expensive the other way around
The fees are part of the my pricing when I sell things. Paypal has fees too....yep, it's a lot more than in person cash, but my Ebaying is usually of fairly 'niche' items that I would never sell in person anyway.....but for me that works because I see it as fun way of recycling that offsets my hobby costs...and, so something is better than nothing + it's kinda cool to see the "one man's junk" philosophy in effect.