I just wanted to let anyone I can know that Ebay will screw you if they can.
I am in the process of arguing with them on this so it may turn out better but we shall see.
The story goes;
I got one of those emails they do every so often, where you can list a car for a $1 insertion fee. So, I have this truck to sell, and I'm thinking, cool, I'll do it for $1. I didn't know what the final fees would be but I knew they would be something. At any rate, now that it's over I looked into it and normally you would be charged a $40 insertion fee, and a $50 transaction fee, this is of course not including any extras such as a buy it now or a reserve, which I did not use. So to my great surprise I check my invoice and I was charged a whopping $109 transaction fee!!! So in summary they hook you in with the $1 fee and stick it to you with the jacked up trans fee.
I sent out quite a few emails to ebay and will let you know how this turns out but in the mean time I will tell every person I can not to use ebay for this blatant "sticking it to the little guy" tactic.
-Brandon

Also, wanted to mention, I will be emailing the links to all the forums I post this too, so please feel free to post any kind of comment

Use Cragislist next time. (but keep in mind Ebay owns 25% of Craigslist).

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I'm completely frustrated with e-bay as well.

I wanted to send a message to an e-bay member who purchased an S-320 but didn't follow through and buy it.

But, e-bay now prevents one member from contacting another member unless there is a transactional relationship (seller or buyer).

I don't mind buying on eBay, but I don't trust their selling rules...I use Craigslist.

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2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Were the terms of the promotion (including the transaction services fee) disclosed directly in the e-mail you received? If not, did the message provide a link to a page with the full details?

Was it a promotion like this one?

yeah, it was like the one you just showed in that link.

I'm still not clear: Were the terms of the promotion disclosed to you in the original e-mail? Or in a page to which that e-mail linked?

Were you trying to contact an eBay member who purchased (but didn't purchase) a car from yet another eBay member? Not from you?

the email I got from ebay, when I opened it was the exact one you posted a link to.

OK, I'm confused. Didn't you read the terms of the promotion before participating?

Some deal. Get your foot in the door, and they rob you an extra 20% after all is said and done.

LOL "special prices".

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Correct.

No, I did not read the full disclosure, I knew there were fees at the end, if I remember right they used to be a percentage, but, I assumed (yes, my mistake) that the ending fees would be the same price they normally would be. Not jack up over twice what they usually are.

I want to be clear when I say this, 109 isn't going to make or break me, it's the principle of the matter where they get in you on this "deal" of just a $1 insertion fee and nail you with a $109 trans fee when it normally costs $50. It just irrates me that companies are this dishonest and this is why I am on a mission to make this known, and complain about it.

Sounds like there might be room for another online auction company besides Ebay.

While I might shop and buy on Ebay, I hesitate to sell anything through them. Their fees are way to high and combined with paypal, there outrageous.

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