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A comment on eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agreement Update. Parent comment

Re:eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agree... by jsheard on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @05:45PM (#46712715)
They're playing stupid semantic games in order to claim there's no selling fees while still having selling fees. The fees were ostensibly shifted onto the buyer, except they're bundled into the sale price and cut from what the seller receives, so in effect nothing actually changed.

Before: Buyer pays £100, seller receives £100, seller later charged £5 fee, ends up with £95.

After: Buyer pays £100, eBay pockets £5 "buyer protection fee", seller receives £95 with "no fees".

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Re:eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agree... by iLoveOncall on Thursday January 22, 2026 @03:41AM (#46716676)
Except you can price higher to include that cut, and the buyer protection fee is a lower percentage than the sales one was (between 7% and 2% VS I think 11%).
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