Ebay not so bad!

[Two_Sheds]

Add to that the free postage on books; so you are effectively paying ebay fees on the postage as well as the selling price; it really isn't worth it at all.

no, and the hiking up of fees in certain other categories is really underhand too.
eg, I had to have free P+P on mens gloves and sport gloves, but not on womens gloves

I don't know what their strategy is with this free P+P lark ... are they trying to drive away amateur sellers?

[Glutton4...]

I go off eBay in the summer, and re-kindle my addiction when the weather deteriorates Consequently I have a pile of stuff to sell, and I know it's going to take me all day to faff about and list it.

I, too, have given up with Turbolister, and also Auctiva, which I only used a few times then they said they were going to start charging.

My biggest gripe is people overcharging for postage. The last thing I bought was listed at around �4 postage, when it arrived it cost just over a quid and was in a small jiffy bag. The seller was a large electronics dealer who would've bought these bags in bulk at a few pence each. I don't like it when they hike the prices to compensate for the 'great deal' you get on the item.

Personally, I usually estimate postage on my items, but I always say in the listing, that it is estimated, and that I refund any postal overcharge, which I refund through PayPal as soon as I've posted the item. I also keep packaging from purchases to reuse for sales, which saves me a fortune

[Two_Sheds]

I refund any postal overcharge...through PayPal

do you realise it costs you about 35p to do any refund? that's on top of what you give back to the seller.
It's cheaper to put coins in the parcel

[HeyWayne]

I tried to sell a laptop lock on ebay once (having sold countless other bits and bobs previously). They wouldn't let me put any postage on it. I sold it via Amazon instead.

Don't hate the player, hate the game. Actually - that doesn't work, but you get my gist.

[OllieMartin]

do you realise it costs you about 35p to do any refund? that's on top of what you give back to the seller.
It's cheaper to put coins in the parcel

I always miscalculate the postage (or my post office overcharge!) and end up losing money on it. That's another soultion!

[Glutton4...]

do you realise it costs you about 35p to do any refund? that's on top of what you give back to the seller...

I didn't, but will now take it into account, cheers

Suppose I could get some scales!