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This article got one thing wrong; "eBay's fees can be kind of a rip off" should be "eBay's fees ARE a huge rip off". That combined with the removal of negative
by kreek 13y ago
This article got one thing wrong; "eBay's fees can be kind of a rip off" should be "eBay's fees ARE a huge rip off". That combined with the removal of negative feedback for buyers is why you should try Amazon rather than sell as an individual on eBay.
- voltagex_ 13y agoBut only if you're in the US right? I'm sick of eBay too, but they bought the "Australian" Gumtree trading site as well so there's really no alternatives.
- droidist2 13y agoTrue, somehow sellers in China can get by selling items to the US for less than a buck on eBay, shipping included. I never understood how this worked. Just mailing the same little item within the US would be like 2 bucks, plus eBay fees.
- pjc50 13y agoThe postage thing was explained a while ago somewhere, possibly HN: there's no "settlement" between international postage services in the normal sense, and there's a HK postal service that will ship to the US for pennies. Once it arrives in the US postal service, it's their cost to deliver it.
- droidist2 13y agoAhh, that explains it. Thanks.