NOTHING's FREE
They just shift the cost of photos and other services over to the final value fees, hence the rise to 7.9%.
They've sent this memo out several times in recent years, but the NEVER get it right....just as the first few fees on the list have been removed or discounted to the seller's advantage, they then jack up the remaining points of interest.
It would ALMOST be good if they didn't have a limit either, if you sell more than 10 items per month or whatever, then the fees kick back in again, so you gotta dribble your items out to avoid that....
I've begged them for years to simply REMOVE the listing fee, but they won't budge.
It's an uneccessary charge, and only fuels the greed and hatred towards ebay, especially when items don't sell.
Ebay COULD be king if they just charged 1% across the board and made it easy for EVERYONE.
one day......but it won't be ebay ;-)
MM.
