FRUSTRATED LIVE AND LEARN

[AlohaSandy]

So I sold my first quilt on Ebay, great right, NOT!!! They charge $2.00 to list your item, then when it is sold they take a percentage in this case $19.20, then you have to mail your item that is another $11.35 from Hawaii, my money is sitting in Paypal and just learned they also take a percentage, so I am lucky if I made any money sellling this darn thing and don't get me started on Etsy, they don't charge as much but I don't even think people look at this at all. Ok I have vented boy live and learn and am going to charge way more next time but then again the more I charge the more the take, hmmmm sounds like the governmnent right, lol.

[SuziC]

I used to sell my baby quilts on ebay years ago and did well, but that was a long time ago before all the fees and new guidelines.
Won't even waste my time with that now.

[AlohaSandy]

No I did sell it quickly in a week after posting I just need to adjust my fees. It has been on Etsy for 3 weeks now with nothing they only charge .60 but not worth it, give it a try Ebay I mean just check fees

I used to sell my baby quilts on ebay years ago and did well, but that was a long time ago before all the fees and new guidelines.
Won't even waste my time with that now.

[bec]

Sorry to hear that you aren't making any money on your quilt. Thanks for letting us know about all the fees. We'll know to add extra onto the price to account for them.

[Patrice]

Thanks for the heads up

[Quiltngolfer]

Things sell on Craigslist too.

[K. McEuen]

You have to read all the terms and conditions when listing something on Ebay. A lot of people charge extra for postage and I don't think that they lose a percentage of that in fees. I know Paypal tells you up front that they charge a service fee. They have to do this to keep those sites up and running.

[Loonwatcher]

I hear ya. I sold a charity quilt on ebay last spring. that was $17+ more that could have gone to the charity. The paypal fees weren't much and the buyer had to pay the shipping. But still ebay charged way too much.

[Lisaau]

Aloha Sandy sorry this has happened.. l dont sell on ebay.......... but recently the australian government demanded ebays records for all Aussies who sell on ebay to see if people owed any taxes if they made over $20,000 a year from selling on ebay the government was going to hit them for unpaid taxes

[bkthomas]

Am sorry your excitement on the sale has turned to sour grapes....