Selling expensive items

[paul_atredies]

I want to sell something for about $2000 but I don't want to get dinged for a $200 user fee.

Is there any way around it? Ebay isn't useful to me if not.

[cumos55]

Canada Post insurance 

Shipping within Canada, the maximum that can be covered is $5,000

To the US the maximum that can be covered is $1,000

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As a  new seller on eBay... the possibility of a scam buyer is very, very, very high.

A new seller, selling at a high value of $2,000 is a red flag for a problem..

also .....Trying to sell somethings "used" at such a high level will be a problem....  especially if you are trying to get back what was paid for this item

[mcrlmn]

The higher you drive the  price, the less chance you'll have to pay $200 in fees.

Don't forget tax on those final value fees.

How's this gem going to be shipped, and to where?

Have those fees been factored in?

 I wish you luck.

[reallynicestamps]

How much do you want to put in your pocket?

Take that amount.

Add your listing costs, selling and shipping FVFs, packaging costs,and insurance costs. Add your labour and overhead costs.

(The buyer pays the actual shipping costs, so you don't need to include that.)

Now you know what your 'about $2000' should really be.

If your costs are $250, list at $2250 to pocket $2000.

Is $250 a reasonable cost to show your item to 181million buyers for 30 days? (Fixed Price listing with Immediate Payment Required enabled.)

Kijiji (and Craigslist) are free, but local and therefore have a more limited audience.

Amazon has a larger audience, but takes much longer to release payment to sellers.

Actually, you won't get fast payment from eBay either, since you have apparently never sold here in the dozen years you have been a member. As a new seller, your customer's cleared payment will be held for 21 days against your customer service. Be sure to ship promptly and with tracking and Signature Confirmation of delivery, to make that part of the transaction as smooth and painless as possible.

[my427sc]

If you can avoid using ebay to sell your expensive items (or anything really), and still get your price do it.  Ebay fees are insane!  Try to keep as much of the dough in your jeans as possible would be my advice.

And IF you figure you'll get the best price on ebay, then inflate your price to start with to offset the fees.  Anyone shopping on ebay has to realize they are paying inflated prices... afterall, the sellers sure don't want to eat the costs...

[ypdc_dennis]

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@paul_atredies wrote:

I want to sell something for about $2000 but I don't want to get dinged for a $200 user fee.  Is there any way around it? Ebay isn't useful to me if not.

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If you do not want to pay any fees then use eBay's other Canadian site (kijiji) to list.

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@If you just want to pay a smaller fee check out getting a basic store for a month -- some categories (like coins @6.15% ) have a smaller selling fee when you have a store.

https://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/storefees.html

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[dutchman48]

As a new seller, be prepared to be scammed and get no help from Ebay.

When you lose the $2000 and your item, the $200 will be insignificant.

[mcrlmn]

"I don't want to get dinged for a $200 user fee.

Is there any way around it?"

Nope, not unless you sell the item for less.

It must be a very high end laptop to re-sell for $2000 or more.

What is the make and model?

[femmefan1946]

OP didn't say it was a laptop. It might be a diamond ring or a designer purse or an oil painting or a coin or stamp. Laptops are just the most common high value item that newbies list and lose to scammers.

[momcqueen]

This thread is from end of May and risen from the grave; the OP hasn't been logged into ebay for well over a month. I doubt we'll ever know what he was intending to sell or how it worked out for him in the end.

[maddkatt06]

sell it for 2200 then - include the 10% in the listing price. its not necessarily exact but its works out enough

[reallynicestamps]

Oh lord.

You're gonna be selling a laptop aren't you?

Sigh.

Don't do that.