A2H GO
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I always ask sellers to do this on expensive, collection items, mobile phones etc. Less money goes to eBay the better.
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Blade_sri
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Done it a few times , no problem thou I would not give him half the money!
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Alex_Rally
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ive done it loads
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Ben J
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Originally posted by Chris
The only issue you will have is ebay, when the transaction cancel dept look at your email log, confirming that you would meet and skip paying ebay.
Or did you use other method to discuss skipping fees payment?
Only spoke about that on phone.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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Originally posted by Chris
The deal is 450 cash, as you will be giving 50 to ebay, so if he offers 451 your are better off.
I have done it a few times, save ebay getting 10% for nothin, just make sure the 20s are dry.
Either way if the cash is not right you will have troubles getting it back via ebay as they only cover paypal buyers that are authorised for cover.
451 Cash on collection and you are square.
where are you getting £50 from? iirc the final value fee's go up to a maximum of £40?????
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Ben G
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All categories including Media-related and Technology-related, except those listed below
£0.01 or more
10% of the final selling price (up to a maximum of £40)
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Ben J
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So by avoiding fees i'm saving myself £40 in total. Split 50/50 with the buyer.
So £20 up.
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Ben G
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yes.
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jacko198
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I cant see why you need to give him anything. If i bought that of ebay it would have cost me the £510, nothing else.
If he thinks doing it outside of ebay is doing you a favour, tell him to GTF. He should get no £ back at all :s
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Ben J
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He's suggested it and it leaves me £20 up.
£20 is better than £0
If I don't agree to give him half I lose out on £20.
May as well take the £20.
[Edited on 13-05-2012 by Ben J]
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R Lee
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I've bought large items on eBay before.
I tell them I'm bringing cash so they can just delete the auction. Essentially the auction is redundant and ends up being just advertising. Saves them the listing fee and all that.
Easy
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by jacko198
I cant see why you need to give him anything. If i bought that of ebay it would have cost me the £510, nothing else.
If he thinks doing it outside of ebay is doing you a favour, tell him to GTF. He should get no £ back at all :s
But it would be doing Ben a favour.
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Sam
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If you wanted to sell your bike and not pay any fees for anything you should have just listed it on Gumtree or in your local paper.
Whilst I'm not defending eBay's fee prices, you both have technically entered into a legal contract to buy and sell on there, and have agreed to any fees payable.
You can't just expect to use a service like that and not pay anything for the privilege. eBay are a business at the end of the day, they aren't a charity and they certainly don't need to be doing you any favours.
Flame me all you like, but I don't agree with people that do stuff like this. I imagine because of things like this going on is part of the reason why they increase their seller fees etc.
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Ben J
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I did list on Gumtree etc.
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Ian
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
I imagine because of things like this going on is part of the reason why they increase their seller fees etc.
Yeah its not at all because they are a monopoly who write their own laws.
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Sam
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They are a monopoly yes, and I would gladly love to see some fresh competition that people would be happy to sell with.
But until that day comes, we kinda have to lump it I'm afraid if we want to sell things on an online platform that in all fairness reaches the widest audience. 
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scottyp1989
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still dont see why you are giving him half of the fees, if you are doing the deal and cancelling the listing then fees shouldnt come into it as there are non to share.
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jamied
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quote:
Originally posted by Blade_sri
Done it a few times , no problem thou I would not give him half the money!
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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quote:
Originally posted by scottyp1989
still dont see why you are giving him half of the fees, if you are doing the deal and cancelling the listing then fees shouldnt come into it as there are non to share.
Out of 500 quid, there would be £40(made up figure) fees. Meaning that Ben would actually only get £460.
By cancelling the transaction (which the other party has to agree to) Ben doesn't pay the fees so gets the full £500, he's splitting it with the guy (fair enough) so he gets £480 instead of £460.
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Ben J
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Exactly!
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whitter45
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TBF the risk is on his part as if anything is wrong with the item he then isn't covered through seller/buyer rules on ebay
I say go for it
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Bonney
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I always do it with the expensive items, as soon as the item ends I just give them my number and do it that way, no trace back to eBay, did it with my bike I sold on there a month or so ago now
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Ben J
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Well this geezer has failed to complete the deal or call me twice when promising to do so, so I've fucked him off and sold it to the next highest bidder.
What a cock.
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Daveskater
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 Sounds like you'd be better off with them anyway.
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