Ebay Sellers Fees?

[ZrByte]

Just wondering how much ebays sellers fees are?
The reason beeing I am buying my PDA off ebay and I was planning on buying the Ipaq 2110/2115 and by accident I have gone and bid on the 1940/1945 (a far inferior model). Im hoping to try and get out of it by paying the sellers fees for the item. from what I hear the sellers fees are dynamic based on the starting amount, length of auction & final amount of item. The Item started at £1, 1 day listing and finished at £107 + £29.99 delivery (US import)
any ideas? or can somebody show me the formula for working it out and I will do it myself?

EDIT: it also appears the seller has described the product wrong, could I get out of the transaction on these grounds?

[Dave Stones]

i think you can (maybe, best check ebay help if you havent already) get out of it.... as for the seller fees though, they are only going to come to about £3-£4... i think i had something like £3 fees to pay when i auctioned off my jukebox zen... got £200 for that.

if its desctibed wrong then you should be able to get out of it, try speaking to the seller telling him that you have this loophole so he will back out

[Chris W]

Listing fee = £0.20
Final Value Fee= 5.25% of £29.99 + 3.25% of £77.01

Also bear in mind that if they enhanced the auction in other ways there will be extra costs:
Homepage featured- £49.95
Featured Plus- £9.95
Highlight- £1.50
Subtitle- £0.50
Bold- £0.75
Gallery- £0.15
Gallery Featured- £15.95
Slide Show £0.60
Buy it now- £0.06
Scheduled Listing £0.12

Also, if the item was listed in more than one category, insertion fees and upgrade prices will be doubled.

hth
MB

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

i think you can (maybe, best check ebay help if you havent already) get out of it.... as for the seller fees though, they are only going to come to about £3-£4... i think i had something like £3 fees to pay when i auctioned off my jukebox zen... got £200 for that.

Thats Reasuring, thanks, I'm just hoping the seller will be reasonable.

Originally Posted by Damien

if its desctibed wrong then you should be able to get out of it, try speaking to the seller telling him that you have this loophole so he will back out

After a further look at the product it is misleading rather than all out wrong, basicly in the main description it says it is WiFi capable, but further down in the detailed description it says it is WiFi capable with the addition of a WiFi SDIO card (Not included) so it actually isnt WiFi capable. I didnt see that, but still technicly the description isnt incorrect (If somewhat misleading).

Originally Posted by monkeybreath

Listing fee = £0.20
Final Value Fee= 5.25% of £29.99 + 3.25% of £77.01

Also bear in mind that if they enhanced the auction in other ways there will be extra costs:
Homepage featured- £49.95
Featured Plus- £9.95
Highlight- £1.50
Subtitle- £0.50
Bold- £0.75
Gallery- £0.15
Gallery Featured- £15.95
Slide Show £0.60
Buy it now- £0.06
Scheduled Listing £0.12

Also, if the item was listed in more than one category, insertion fees and upgrade prices will be doubled.

hth
MB

Thanks for that, would it be possible to tell any of that from seeing the Item itself?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...e=STRK:MEWN:IT <--thats it

If you have bid on something by mistake then AFAIK you can just retract it. Ebay do not consider this a problem unless you start doing it a few times, in which case they will become suspicious that you are abusing the system (this assumes of course that the auction has not ended).

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by Paul M

If you have bid on something by mistake then AFAIK you can just retract it. Ebay do not consider this a problem unless you start doing it a few times, in which case they will become suspicious that you are abusing the system (this assumes of course that the auction has not ended).

Auction has ended sadly , Though I did not see an option to retract a bid before hand.

[Julian]

I see on the guys feed back that many of these products are refurbished and people did not know..

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[ZrByte]

Thanks for your help so far people. How do you think I should handle this next part? you see I havent told him any of this yet and to be honest im not sure what to say, should I lie and say somebody placed the bid for me in error but im still willing to pay the sellers fees? (To try and make him sympathise) or should I be completeley honest?
I really dont like doing this, I have never been a non-paying bidder before and I dont like doing this, I have always believed that even if bought in error you should take responsability, and if the item was similar I would but It cant do more than half the things I need it to so its just not acceptable to me. Still don't like doing this though

[mnorris]

[QUOTE=ZrByte]Just wondering how much ebays sellers fees are?
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[Chris W]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

Thanks for that, would it be possible to tell any of that from seeing the Item itself?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...e=STRK:MEWN:IT <--thats it

It has a subtitle... there was no slide show or gallery addons (first picture is free) but without seeing the listing in the category itself, i can't think of a way of telling what other extras they have used.

If it appeared in the top section of the category listing, then it was featured... and if it was on the homepage then it was homepage featured... Highlighted auctions and purple backgrounds on the listing page, and bold is... well i won't patronise you Buy it now was not used by the look of things.

And finally... it was only listed in one category

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by Julian

I see on the guys feed back that many of these products are refurbished and people did not know..

Feedback reports

Ive just been looking through that myself , I noticed that a lot of people have said that too, though he did make it clear in the description for the one I bid on by accident, I was aware of this and it wasnt a problem for me. It is a little worrying though that he didnt mention the need for an adaptor to convert the AC for use on UK mains, and I didnt see any mention of the absurdly long delivery times (Longest ive seen in his feedback was over 20 days).

[ZrByte]

[QUOTE=mnorris]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

Just wondering how much ebays sellers fees are?
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Thanks, didnt even think of that, though I always come here for help first

Originally Posted by monkeybreath

It has a subtitle... there was no slide show or gallery addons (first picture is free) but without seeing the listing in the category itself, i can't think of a way of telling what other extras they have used.

If it appeared in the top section of the category listing, then it was featured... and if it was on the homepage then it was homepage featured... Highlighted auctions and purple backgrounds on the listing page, and bold is... well i won't patronise you Buy it now was not used by the look of things.

And finally... it was only listed in one category

It wasnt in the featured section (Thankfully) though I dont remember if it was listed on the homepage. Thanks for the rest of the info though, very helpful with regards to paying his sellers fees.

[Chris W]

Ah hah... if it was not featured, then it wasn't homepage featured either, because they appear at the very top of the category

[mnorris]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

Thanks, didnt even think of that, though I always come here for help first



It wasnt in the featured section (Thankfully) though I dont remember if it was listed on the homepage. Thanks for the rest of the info though, very helpful with regards to paying his sellers fees.

NO worries thats what we are all here for TO HELP AND GIVE different points of view