To who do you think I was referencing? The buyer? No, the seller is what I am referencing. If you have ever Ebayed anything then you now that their fees can be ludicrous. On 1/2/06, VULCAN20 wrote: > > > > Shawn Wilton wrote: > > >Ebay charges a fortune. And if you use Paypal, then they get a cut on > both > >sides as they own Paypal. > > > > WRONG The buyer pays nothing to Ebay. The seller pays a listing Fee, a > percentage of his final sale price but not on the shipping fees and > finally if the buyer pays with PAYPAL they Take a service fee which is > a percentage of the total money received. > All the seller pays is final cost and shipping. nothing to ebay or > paypal. I remember when the founder of Ebay sent a email announcing > they had completed their 5000th auction. They do that many in seconds > now, I think. > > Thank you very much! > John > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- Shawn Wilton (b9 Systems) http://black9.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist