Should Ebay charge final value fees on reserve price auctions?

Should eBay impose three charges on sellers in reserve bid auctions. Whether your answer is "yes" or "no" it's not going to make any difference. What eBay says, goes.

I go back to eBay's early times and the rates then were low, ridiculously low compared to present rates. But the services offered weren't as varied or comprehensive, either. And the number of items up for sale was "only" 250,000 at any given time instead of millions as it is now, which means many more (expensive) servers and support staff. As eBay's expenses have gone up, so have their charges. You have to pay to play.

Oh, and they didn't have reserve bid auctions back then, either.

Ebay may need more servers to handle a higher volume of traffic, but the added revenue from the additional business should pay for the added equipment. If a restaurant needs more seats to accommodate the reservations it has to turn down, they don't expand and then raise their prices to pay the additional rent. They expand and run specials to fill up the added space. GIVE ME A BREAK! Telling me I have to pay more because Ebay has to spend more to accommodate the additional business they are doing is ridiculous.

Ebay is great for clearing ouy your garage of junk to pay bills or to just buy something of interest. But on the other hand, EBAY fees keep going up, up, and up. You would think that with the rising prices ebay would be more up to date on their web hosting. I will have to say that ebay servers kind of suck. But hey, they are the world's online marketplace, so I am gonna stay until something better comes along.

Hey, maybe I should have added that there's no limit to corporate greed, whether it's Enron or eBay. Like the man said, it's the best game in town, and like I said, you have to pay to play.

I'd be happy to give you a break, but unfortunately for me I don't have a controlling stock interest in eBay, so I can't make an exception for you.

Ebay may have some high fees but if you think about placing your item in a newspaper and the amount of people that see that paper compared to ebay the cost is minamal. Or you can live out in the boonies like me where a garage sale i out of the question and ebay is a dream come true. If you think reserve price fee is to high then don't use a reserve list it for the lowest you can accept for the item or use buy it now. Plus the fees must not be that high if people are still using ebay to sell their stuff.