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ebay
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:35 pm
by Irish Rover
So the great ebay, not satisfied with making trillions, want even more.
They are now going to include postage costs in the final value fees, so if you sell an item for £20 and postage is £4 they will base their fees on £24
Nice work if you can get it! Even more profit for no extra work.
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:55 pm
by eyore
Bad form all right, typical monopoly situation where they can get away with anything.
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:02 pm
by slparry
playing devils advocate here ... but people had been taking the p*ss sometimes by selling stuff for 1p then adding £20 postage to avoid the selling fees, so I know they're making tons but I can understand why they've done it
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:44 pm
by Steve1200S
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:26 pm
by slparry
snitch
Re: ebay
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:21 pm
by Blackal
Irish Rover wrote:So the great ebay, not satisfied with making trillions, want even more.
They are now going to include postage costs in the final value fees, so if you sell an item for £20 and postage is £4 they will base their fees on £24
Nice work if you can get it! Even more profit for no extra work.
You appear to be making a fundemental error - Ebay is a business, not a service.
Al
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 2:00 pm
by KenG
also known as robbing barstewards,,, business on no business, but i call them after my wife's snatch, and she's a tight ****
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:09 pm
by meds8964
got you by the short n curlys im affraid
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:24 pm
by Gromit
Sadly, as there's no viable competition, eBay have us in the way ^Meds^ describes it.
He who carries the biggest stick makes the rules. Only in this case there's only one bloke with a stick.
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:01 pm
by cornishflat
Business or not its just another way to squeeze more pips out of those who use their service.
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:03 am
by Blackal
If Ebay is making such huge profits - then the shareholders must be getting huge dividends? Except - they aren't. Dividends are probably on par with other multinationals.
Pharmaciutical profits? Same thing applies.
It is the duty of the company directors to maximise profits to provide dividends to investors and also to attract new/continued investment.
I've sold two bikes on Ebay - each one for around £20 cost. A bargain!
So - sink all your savings into Ebay shares............ can't go wrong!
Al
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:06 am
by eyore
Blackal wrote:So - sink all your savings into Ebay shares............ can't go wrong!
Al
I sink all my savings into motorbikes, not as good an investment but far more fun.
