The eBay Ordeal Conclusion

(If you haven’t been following this story line, read part 1 here and part 2 here. Or not.)

As it turns out, a seller account isn’t the same as having an eBay store, so there’s nothing for me to cancel, unless I want to delete my eBay account completely, which I’m not ready to do.

The fees they recently deducted automatically from my PayPal account were the fees from our last sale–the Ohio State vs. Penn State tickets. It wasn’t some required monthly fee just to be able to sell anything on their site. Apparently, they don’t deduct the fees immediately after each sale–rather, they wait until the end of the month to do this, which supposedly saves you money. For example, if we sold some other things that month, they would have deducted all of the fees at the same time.

If anyone’s interested, you can read their response to me below.

Dear Barb,

Thank you for writing eBay in regard to your questions on billing.

All of your charges will be calculated throughout the month and appear
on one invoice. This way you are not charged separately for each of the
fees.

I hope this is helpful to you. Your satisfaction is important to me!
If you need any further assistance please don’t hesitate to let me know
and I’ll be happy to help you.

Thank you for being a valuable member of the eBay community. Have a
wonderful time shopping and selling on eBay!

Sincerely,
Emily K.
eBay Customer Support