eBay Fees again??? help

[Dansta]

Ok, slowly gettin to the source of these charges.

She's listed the car twice and both times it didn't sell, have looked down the list and shes been charged £97.88 each time for a Reserve Price Listing Fee??!!
surely it can't be that much! or can it?

the reserve price on the car was £5000.

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[Grant_172]

That happened to me 47 pound fes for a car I dint sell, I just contacted ebay and said the buyer let me down, so they let me off with the fees.

 

[S22 JGS]

sounds about right.... 2% isnt it?

reserve prices on ebay are killers

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Stick it on autotrader instead . Its about £38 .

 

[thecremeegg]

Yup its 2% im afraid :dapprove:

 

[Dansta]

ok, well the car didn't actually sell.
So if a reserve price is £5000 on a car you have to pay £100 whether it sells or not??

also i can't find this charge anywhere on the charges page??

 

[Dansta]

Also this can't be right, as she also listed a motor bike with a reserve fee of £2000 and the Reserve fee was only £2.55?!

 

[S22 JGS]

yeh you have to pay that sell or no sell unfortunately... hence why reserve prices are killers.

When you list an item there hsould be a link next to the reserve price box to explain it all

 

[S22 JGS]

Also this can't be right, as she also listed a motor bike with a reserve fee of £2000 and the Reserve fee was only £2.55?!

I think the overall value effects percentages etc

 

[Dansta]

by that much though? the difference in reserve fee was (just been corrected) £1800 and £4900. and the fee goes from £2.55 up to £97!!?? really?

 

[Dansta]

Just found the bit that explains it guys... thanks for all the help.
Seems shes been guzumped!
Although the motorbike had a reserve of £1800 and she only got charged a few quid so i think she got off lightly?

 

[Andy]

I have 2 listing fees I have to dispute, does anyone have a contact mail address or similar?

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

A contact at ebay ??

Mate..

 

[Andy]

Never mind, just sent a few correspondence through their portal. Feckers.

 

[C.slicker]

As said above.

Autotrader - 2 weeks on the internet 16.99 - cars go for at least 10% more on AT anyway!

 

[CHRISK172+]

Tip:

Don't put a Reserve Price....saves money.

Instead...put in your listing 'item is for sale elsewhere, so I reserve the right to withdraw the item from sale'. I have had bids removed by sellers who had done this and Ebay say it ligit. So I assume it's all above board.

 

[AnyOldName]

You've listed it as a normal eBay item and not under eBay Motors as you should have done, thats why they've charged u stupid money.

The fee for listing a car is like £8 and then a max. of a £30 fee if it sells.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/motorfees.html

Contact them and tell them your a dumb arse and didn't know what you were doing and they'll probably let you off.