Have fees gone down??

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Just read this -

August 2014

	<strong>*</strong>New final value fee cap for private sellers on eBay.co.uk<strong>*</strong>	

01 August, 2014 | 12:29PM BST

Hello,

On 2 September 2014, the maximum final value fee for private sellers will increase from £75 to £250. This change will only impact listings with a sale price of £750 and above (or £937.50 and above for private sellers with a Basic Shop) and will affect items listed from 2 September 2014 onwards.

As a private seller without a Basic Shop, this means that if you sell an item for under £2,500 your final value fee will be 10% of the total transaction price (including postage). If your item sells for over £2,500 you will be charged a maximum final value fee of £250.

As a private seller with a Basic Shop, this means if you sell an item for under £3,125 your final value fee will be 8% of that total transaction price (including postage). If your item sells for over £3125 you will be charged a maximum final value fee of £250.

This change does not apply to motors listings, property or classifieds. Business Seller fees remain unchanged.

Full details of eBay fees for private sellers can be found here.

Regards,
The eBay Team

does that mean that for a private seller, final value fee is cheaper now (or will be in September)?
At the moment they are taking 10% of the total, PLUS another 10% of the postage , is that right???

Ebay take & for last year have taken 10% of the total that buyers pay including postage, yeah. Plus 20p+ 3.4% of total for paypal.

I didn't know private sellers could have shops (learn something new every day). Not sure how you can spin this as fees going down. £250 is a lot bigger than £75.