Sodding Ebay

[IainD]

Really wanted to buy a leo vince exhaust that was on auction for a decent price, went to bid on it in the last 20 s or so...

Thank you Bill Gates.... Crappy Windows 10 craps out and seizes, lost item grrrr!!!

Anyone got a nice exhaust for an f800 hanging around....

I fixed my Windows 10 on the only computer I upgraded.

After it hung on me and I couldn't select the window icon or do anything for the umpteenth time I wiped my hard drive and re-installed Windows 7.

Bliss....

[Cone]

I did just find a copy of windows XP, but i havent got windows 7, very frustrating!

[Cone]

So I just sold all my surplus suits on ebay, paypal charged me a small fortune for the transactions and now ebay will invoice me too...

So the same organisation as ebay owns paypal gets to charge me double for a single sale! grr, its a shame i didnt get to sell them through here

[Andi_Archer]

Yea you can say goodbye to around 20% between the two payments its really overcharging for what they do.

[dodursley]

I think ebay and paypal are now separate, but how separate, but the cost is still 20%.
However the posh auctions Bonhams etc are 30%!
You are paying for the wider audience compared to the specialist websites.

[boboneleg]

I did just find a copy of windows XP, but i havent got windows 7, very frustrating!

Microsoft is no longer supporting XP, windows 7 is still good.

[Chalky723]

Yea you can say goodbye to around 20% between the two payments its really overcharging for what they do.

This is why I try to sell things through either specialised forums like this or on one of the many Facebook selling pages that are out there now.

You can name your price & people will either pay it or haggle with you.

As a buyer I always pay the bit extra & use PayPal Goods & Services, just in case of dodgy dealings - that's only happened once though, people on the whole are fairly honest on these sites, especially if they've got a few posts under their belts...

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[dodursley]

ebay worked OK in XP on my laptop when I used it a few weeks ago & in 7 on my desktop

[bowber]

I use windows 10 all the time with no problems but it is a newish computer, don't bother with XP anymore, windows 7 is still my favourite.

Steve

[Andi_Archer]

I think ebay and paypal are now separate, but how separate, but the cost is still 20%.
However the posh auctions Bonhams etc are 30%

Bohams are bricks and mortar establishments who invest heavily in advertising,displaying and hosting items.Whereas eBay are in basic terms, merely a purveyor of other people items via a software interface thus not even handling or storing the items.
Their charges for non commercial sellers have seriously become unresonable for regular use hence why they are driving no cost/low cost/pay after sale offerings at the moment.