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BarbBQ said: "just wondering if anyone here owned ebay stock or had any thoughts about it?
it seems like they might be a good buy.
thanks before you reply!"
HappyHarry said: "I haven't owned it, but I don't like their prospects that much. Keep on waiting and see if they go down a bit."
sp0om said: "This past week, I had a [U]horrible[/U] experience with eBay.
I sold my pocket pc on eBay for $200.08. After all of the fees were added, I got charged $20.28!
Listing Fee: $1.70
Final Value Fee: $6.20
Final Value Fee: $6.13
Paypal Fee: $6.25
The first winner ended up being a non paying bidder, which wasn't that much of a problem because the second best bidder was willing to buy the item. So that's all well and good. I was actually happy that the transaction ended so well last night. I decided to pay off the fees today and looked at my eBay and saw an unbelievable fee. I got charged final value fees for both the non paying bidder and the paying bidder. I think I can talk to the folks at eBay and get the first final value fee removed, but still, that's a total of $13.98. Also, I think it is a very critical flaw on eBay's part to not cancel out the first transaction if a second offer is made to the next bidder. That should be automatic!
Still, $13.98 spent to sell an item worth $200.08? I can't afford to use eBay anymore. Well, there's my rant. I'm not interested in using eBay anymore unless I'm very desparate."