Reply to ""What's eBay Like for Buyers These Days""

$2.40 profit for an item that cost you $4.50 is a huge markup: 53%! You should be happy that you got that much profit.

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Originally posted by mammycat:
I guess I didn't get it all out with the first post.....Ebay is definately trying to get rid of the small business person. Case in point:
here's one of my recent auctions which was a "buy it now":

$8.99 item (price was retail, no mark up)
-$ .35 listing fee
-$1.08 final value fee
-$ .66 paypal fees
-$4.50 cost of item for resell(does Ebay think we get this stuff for free?)

That leaves a grand total of $2.40!!

Now I charged $3.50 shipping for media mail which included delivery confirmation cost & shipping supplies.

I could have charged more for the item & for shipping but whose gonna buy it if I did...I wouldn't. I'm thinking I'm gonna check out Craigs List.

1/8/091:09 PM

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