I sold something for similar money recently and I was also shocked at the cost.
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I just listed a motorbike as a classified ad, I went for a classified cos all the auction options, even the fixed price/buy it now had a listing fee of £15ish and then 1% of the sales price on top wen it sells!
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I only ever sell anything these days of even vaguely significant value when there's a deal on for final value fees, which is every couple of weeks. Used to get max £1 but more recently it's been 80% off.
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Amount £530.00
Fees -£68.14
Net £461.86
That's an idiot tax right there!
Fees -£68.14
Net £461.86
That's an idiot tax right there!
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The final value fee is calculated as 12.8% of the total amount of the sale (which includes the item price, postage, taxes and any other applicable fees), plus a fixed charge of 30p per order. If the total amount of the sale is over £2,500 for a single item, you'll pay 3% for the portion of the sale price above £2,500.
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Yup. Down to me completely. Its not like they hide their fees, I just didn't bother to check.Yorick wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:28 pmThe final value fee is calculated as 12.8% of the total amount of the sale (which includes the item price, postage, taxes and any other applicable fees), plus a fixed charge of 30p per order. If the total amount of the sale is over £2,500 for a single item, you'll pay 3% for the portion of the sale price above £2,500.
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When I sold stuff in UK it was much less than that.Taipan wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:30 pmYup. Down to me completely. Its not like they hide their fees, I just didn't bother to check.Yorick wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:28 pmThe final value fee is calculated as 12.8% of the total amount of the sale (which includes the item price, postage, taxes and any other applicable fees), plus a fixed charge of 30p per order. If the total amount of the sale is over £2,500 for a single item, you'll pay 3% for the portion of the sale price above £2,500.
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I don't recall ever getting those exorbitant fees on things before either? But its there to read if I'd bothered to check. Done now. I'll move on and enjoy my new steed when it arrives and lose hundreds on that next year!Yorick wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:31 pmWhen I sold stuff in UK it was much less than that.Taipan wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:30 pmYup. Down to me completely. Its not like they hide their fees, I just didn't bother to check.Yorick wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:28 pm
The final value fee is calculated as 12.8% of the total amount of the sale (which includes the item price, postage, taxes and any other applicable fees), plus a fixed charge of 30p per order. If the total amount of the sale is over £2,500 for a single item, you'll pay 3% for the portion of the sale price above £2,500.
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Nah it going. The bus is plated at 4.2 Tonne but no way its that heavy. My standard last convoy was plated at 3.5T but only 2.2 when converted as a camper. This one has 17 seats for fat people and a dizzy lift at the back. I would be surprised if its over 2.5/6T when i get that rubbish out from under it. It also has teh compressor and air tank from the air suspension to come out as i bypassed that for a valve at the side. Apart from it all being buggered i can now adjust the suspension to how i like rather than a pre set PSI.
As for the extra brake coming down the alps i bought that T shirt long ago. Low gear and just take it easy. Had brake fade coming down bit hills in the black forest once but luckily in a smaller van and it turned out to be cheap pads from China or the likes.
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Was the extra 1% always there? I dont remember paying that in my last classified but then again it was a while back. I dont have an ebay account now as they shut mine down as they are pricks.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:01 pm
I just listed a motorbike as a classified ad, I went for a classified cos all the auction options, even the fixed price/buy it now had a listing fee of £15ish and then 1% of the sales price on top wen it sells!
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There's no 1% on classifieds, only on vehicle auctions.Felix wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 10:11 pmWas the extra 1% always there? I dont remember paying that in my last classified but then again it was a while back. I dont have an ebay account now as they shut mine down as they are pricks.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:01 pm
I just listed a motorbike as a classified ad, I went for a classified cos all the auction options, even the fixed price/buy it now had a listing fee of £15ish and then 1% of the sales price on top wen it sells!
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Read it wrongKungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 10:13 pmThere's no 1% on classifieds, only on vehicle auctions.Felix wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 10:11 pmWas the extra 1% always there? I dont remember paying that in my last classified but then again it was a while back. I dont have an ebay account now as they shut mine down as they are pricks.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:01 pm
I just listed a motorbike as a classified ad, I went for a classified cos all the auction options, even the fixed price/buy it now had a listing fee of £15ish and then 1% of the sales price on top wen it sells!
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Brake fade doesn't happen with discs ..that's why they were invented. Cheap pads may fail...not the same ting boss.Felix wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 9:34 pmNah it going. The bus is plated at 4.2 Tonne but no way its that heavy. My standard last convoy was plated at 3.5T but only 2.2 when converted as a camper. This one has 17 seats for fat people and a dizzy lift at the back. I would be surprised if its over 2.5/6T when i get that rubbish out from under it. It also has teh compressor and air tank from the air suspension to come out as i bypassed that for a valve at the side. Apart from it all being buggered i can now adjust the suspension to how i like rather than a pre set PSI.
As for the extra brake coming down the alps i bought that T shirt long ago. Low gear and just take it easy. Had brake fade coming down bit hills in the black forest once but luckily in a smaller van and it turned out to be cheap pads from China or the likes.
Brake fade is a condition of an internally expanding Brake, caused by the expansion of the braking surface expanding away from the friction material. In a disc system, the expanding Brakeing surface actually tends to apply the Brake, which is why the seals on the caliper pull the piston back..if they don't the Brake drags progressively more.
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I've had disc brakes fade.
Not material expanding, but fluid boiling.
Not material expanding, but fluid boiling.
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Not the same thing.....though equally catastrophic.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 10:31 pm I've had disc brakes fade.
Not material expanding, but fluid boiling.
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Systems fail in many ways...but "brake fade " is a specific problejm associated with drum brakes.
Brake failure is another scenario.....
Brake failure is another scenario.....
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