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Who actually pays the fee for Purchase Protection?
Summary: altomare seeks clarification about who truly bears the cost of the Purchase Protection fee when buying on eBay. According to the provided information, buyers pay a fee to eBay for purchases from private sellers in Italy or France, excluding certain categories. They illustrate with an example where a €37 transaction includes a €2.10 protection fee, resulting in the seller receiving €34.90 net. altomare questions who truly pays this fee: the buyer or the seller.
According to the information provided on eBay: https://www.ebay.it/help/buying/paying-items/tariffa-per-la-protezione-acquisti?id=5594&st=3&pos=6&query=Tariffa%20per%20la%20Protezione%20acquisti&intent=servizio%20protezione%20acquisti&lucenceai=lucenceai&docId=HELP1811
Let’s read from the info:
Who pays the purchase protection fee?
Buyers pay the fee to eBay for purchases made with private sellers when the address is in Italy or France. Direct Contact listings, Vehicles, and some Boat categories are excluded from this scheme.
But how does it really work?
An example of a received offer shows that the buyer pays 37 Euro, of which 2.10 Euro are deducted for protection, leaving the seller with a net total of 34.90€.
Practical demonstration:
Customer offer:
EUR 37.00
incl. EUR 2.10 allocated to purchase protection
The amount actually received will be:
EUR 34.90 >>>> This is the amount sellers receive following an offer of 37€
Here is the screenshot:
So:
Who actually pays the purchase protection fee for the buyer?!!
