JJ wrote:
Brian Hill wrote:

"exray" wrote in message Thanks...

The cost of doing business comes directly out of profits. Thats the way
it works for any vendor or merchant. You can't take 100% of the income
and insist that the buyer pick up the tab for your business costs.
In that light, the manner of presentation DOES matter.
What if a buyer sez, well ok-I'll mail a money order and then wants to
hit you with HIS costs of doing business like 37c postage and 85c for
the money order? You wouldn't think very highly of him as a buyer would
you?

-Bill



I'm going with it. I can see it isn't popular. I was just looking at
it like
this.

Lets say a $50 radio okay and the total cost. This is just a quick
guess.

So the buyer gives me $50
-Pay Pal 2.9 %+.30c=$48.25
- packing materiels $8=$40.25
- Ebay list fees $2.50=$37.75
then final value fee( say -$2)= $35.75
Then time packing and driving to the PO+Gas-$5=$30.75
and the radio is still worth $50


That is the chance you take with an auction, it could have gone for $20
or $200. If a item sells for less than you think it is worth, do you
think you should be able to make it up in other fees?

Golly, it breaks me heart to hear how the sellers on ebay can't make money.

More things to add in:

Cost of electricity to operate the computer.

Computer depreciation.... you guys ARE depreciating your computers
aren't you? And the way computers depreciate, you lose money.

Toilet paper when that no-reserve item sells for so low that you crap
yourself. 8^)

Printer paper, ink , etc.

A couple final thoughts:

If you have costs, you factor them into what you are doing, and don't
bore the customer with them. I don't want to hear the person I'm buying
something whining about the cost of packing material.

If ebay is such a profitless venture, bring that 50 dollar radio to a
hamfest, and pay the 5 bucks or whatever for the table. Yeah, I know, it
costs for the gas, and sandwidges and sodas.....

- Mike KB3EIA -