Ebay Advice

[jonah hart]

Since losing my job, ive tried earning money on Ebay.
So for every item i sell Ebay take 85p and now ive just got a invoice from Ebay saying i owe £148 just for one month of ebaying! That's more than ive even sold, how can this be right?
Can anyone give advice on this pleasex

[wiltsman]

For you to owe Ebay £148 in one month means that you must have made over 170 transactions if you were being charged 85p for every item sold. Something doesn't add up here.

[barry1010]

Could it be the final value fee? That is 10% of the overall selling price including postage. PayPal fees? 3.4% + 20p each transaction

[albaqwerty]

Ebay.com or ebay.co.uk?? Not that it really matters.
They are different. Are you a store front or just an individual?
Are you paying for an enhancement?
1. You pay to list your item.
2. Enhancing your listing incurs a charge.
3, They will take a cut of your selling price.

[Buenchico]

Your post doesn't really make sense because there's no eBay charging system where you pay a flat rate of 85p per sale (other, posibly, than if you're only selling items woth £8.50).

Does eBay see you as a private seller or as a business seller? There are different fee structures for each. See here
https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4364
and here
https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/fees-business-sellers?id=4122
(If you can explain whee you think the 85p figure comes from, we might be able to spot where any additional fees are bein racked up).

One more thought:
Are you absolutely sure that the email you've received actually comes from eBay? It might well be a spoof email, trying to trick you into paying money into a fraudster's acount. Do NOT click on any links in the email. Instead, go directly to your eBay account and look at the information there. If you genuinely owe the money, there should be a detailed breakdown of how the total was arrived at. If there's nothing there to indicate that you owe the amount, simply delete the email.

[johnk]

Before you list look at the listing charge at the end. Ebay have lots of sneaky ways of adding charges on.

[fbg40]

Jonah
I'm with Buenchico on this - been buying and selling on E Bay for years and reckon this must be a phishing scam, please be careful.
FBG40

[fiction-factory]

Just log onto ebay and have a look at the invoice breakdown. If the ebay fee is for £148 it must include other things like listing fees, special boost/enhanced listings promotion. That would only add up though if you've listed loads of fairly expensive things but only sold a few less expensive ones given that you say your sales add up to less than £148