Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[JamJar]

I'm annoyed at myself for not checking current eBay fees. I sold my bicycle for £530 and they paid me £461.86. Thats a chunk of anyone's change!

I sold something for similar money recently and I was also shocked at the cost.

[KungFooBob]

I'm annoyed at myself for not checking current eBay fees. I sold my bicycle for £530 and they paid me £461.86. Thats a chunk of anyone's change!

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!

[ChrisW]

I'm annoyed at myself for not checking current eBay fees. I sold my bicycle for £530 and they paid me £461.86. Thats a chunk of anyone's change!

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.

[Yorick]

I'm annoyed at myself for not checking current eBay fees. I sold my bicycle for £530 and they paid me £461.86. Thats a chunk of anyone's change!

Fark

[Taipan]

Amount £530.00
Fees -£68.14
Net £461.86

That's an idiot tax right there!

[Yorick]

Amount £530.00
Fees -£68.14
Net £461.86

That's an idiot tax right there!

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.

[Taipan]

Amount £530.00
Fees -£68.14
Net £461.86

That's an idiot tax right there!

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.

Yup. Down to me completely. Its not like they hide their fees, I just didn't bother to check.

[Yorick]

Amount £530.00
Fees -£68.14
Net £461.86

That's an idiot tax right there!

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.

Yup. Down to me completely. Its not like they hide their fees, I just didn't bother to check.

When I sold stuff in UK it was much less than that.

[Taipan]

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.

Yup. Down to me completely. Its not like they hide their fees, I just didn't bother to check.

When I sold stuff in UK it was much less than that.

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!

[Felix]

Tis a thing of beauty! Service it! You drive all over Europe don't you? That would be handy winding down the alps, or the Ardeche etc. Have you ever gone on a weighbridge when fully loaded?

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.

[Felix]

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!

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]

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!

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.

There's no 1% on classifieds, only on vehicle auctions.

[Felix]

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!

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.

There's no 1% on classifieds, only on vehicle auctions.

Read it wrong

[Jody]

Whoever put this plug socket here......

[Felix]

Mare's fucking tail

[David]

Tis a thing of beauty! Service it! You drive all over Europe don't you? That would be handy winding down the alps, or the Ardeche etc. Have you ever gone on a weighbridge when fully loaded?

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.

Brake fade doesn't happen with discs ..that's why they were invented. Cheap pads may fail...not the same ting boss.
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.

[KungFooBob]

I've had disc brakes fade.

Not material expanding, but fluid boiling.

[David]

I've had disc brakes fade.

Not material expanding, but fluid boiling.

Not the same thing.....though equally catastrophic.

[David]

Systems fail in many ways...but "brake fade " is a specific problejm associated with drum brakes.


Brake failure is another scenario.....

[Felix]

Fucking Geek