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 Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2026 5:09 am Post subject: Has the \"seller protection fee\" scuppered Gixen |
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| I had a recent max bid set for ?GBP 108.00 and the auction was won by another bidder with a bid of ?GBP 105.17 |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2026 5:42 am Post subject: |
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Existing discussions include this, this and this.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:08 am Post subject: |
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Interesting. I lost out in the same way recently, so read the forum and found this post.
I thought I would try a test bid through the US servers for a UK item, detailed in the second link posted by Cupid.
It worked, Buyer Protection Fee removed, but... UK VAT was added.
As it was a very low value item, I'm not bothered, although in my case, I was able to reduce the postage again by choosing Click and Collect!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:10 am Post subject: |
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I should have added this was a UK account bidding on a UK item, with UK delivery address.
| Quote: | Interesting. I lost out in the same way recently, so read the forum and found this post.
I thought I would try a test bid through the US servers for a UK item, detailed in the second link posted by Cupid.
It worked, Buyer Protection Fee removed, but... UK VAT was added.
As it was a very low value item, I'm not bothered, although in my case, I was able to reduce the postage again by choosing Click and Collect!
Hilarious... |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 7:50 am Post subject: |
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Did you also pay for it via the US site ?
I only ever pay via the UK one.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 12:20 am Post subject: |
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Via the UK site - as soon as the auction was won, the Buyer Protection premium vanished, and the postage cost went up. I could see that VAT had been added to the whole total.
The US site price was the same, where VAT was explicitly called out.
Might try it out again to see if the behaviour is the same.
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UK VAT was added. |
Did you also pay for it via the US site ?
I only ever pay via the UK one. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 3:50 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | with UK delivery address. |
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| Quote: | Via the UK site - as soon as the auction was won, the Buyer Protection premium vanished, and the postage cost went up. I could see that VAT had been added to the whole total.
The US site price was the same, where VAT was explicitly called out.
Might try it out again to see if the behaviour is the same.
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Certainly interesting.
The postage price to the same UK address for a UK auction should be the same on the US site as the UK one, there's no justification for a higher one. The seller will not be expecting to get a higher postage amount for sending an item to exactly the same place from exactly the same place, because it was purchased via a different portal, so where would that extra 'postage' amount be going ?
Also, for a private seller in the UK, they will not be VAT registered, so sending to a UK address no VAT is due. I wonder where Ebay think they are sending VAT that has not been collected legally ?
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 3:54 am Post subject: |
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Well well... I did try this again, with an auction ending just now.
Result: as originally expected, no Buyer Protection Fee but postage remained the same.
Interestingly, VAT was called our for the postage, but the total value was as advertised in the listing.
No idea what happened yesterday.
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Might try it out again to see if the behaviour is the same.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:12 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | VAT was called our for the postage, but the total value was as advertised in the listing. |
If that's their 'Simple Delivery' program, I guess that's Ebay (not the seller) charging you for the postage and as a large VAT registered UK company they do have to include VAT in their prices, for services. The total shipping price you will be charged has to be provided consistently throughout the process though, as per UK legislation.
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