I was just posting a bike ad on ebay and when i went to complete it says that the ad price is £140! because i have a reserve price.

that seems a bit steep for one, secondly if it sells would i then pay £140 + 10% ebay fee + the pay pal fee ? would i be better just putting it as Buy It Now?

Yes- Buy It Now with best offer set to refuse stupid low bids.

thanks, will i get charged if the bike does not sell ?

is it not cheaper to put the starting price as the reserve price? that is also less off putting to potential buyers

You’ll still pay 10% eBay fees with Buy It Now. It’s a final value fee, so it’s charged on what it eventually sells for. How it sells doesn’t matter.

http://sellercentre.ebay.co.uk/introduction-ebay-fees

More annoyingly, you can’t post a Classified Ad in most categories.

I sold my Orange Five recently using Gumtree. Free.

I sold my Orange Five recently using Gumtree. Free.

Now owned by ebay and, strangely enough, not as user friendly as it used to be…