Secret eBay fee increases

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Just as the “feel-good” was starting to come back to eBay, the natives are becoming a bit restless again this week. Why? Fee increases! What else? A few news items were floated across the Web this past week revealing what some people are calling “secret” fee increases eBay has not publicized. We all remember the fun that followed last year’s eBay Store subscription and listing fee increase.

What started this was a piece over at MSNBC.com. The Red Tape Chronicles revealed a few “back door” increases that sellers are finding out about the hard way.

“For years, eBay would issue refunds to sellers who dropped the price of an item after it was listed. Not any more. And to make matters worse, this “no-more-refunds” fee increase was not part of the fee increase announcement eBay made in January. In some cases, the increase is a stiff 50 percent,” wrote columnist Bob Sullivan.