many parents would love to turn the junk found around the home into hard cash, but does it really make sense by choosing ebay. the fees for selling on ebay can leave the seller out of pocket, lets say you list your item for 99p the auction ends with just this amount, take off 15p plus your 5% final fee the buyer pays by paypal take off 20p + 3.25% this is the most basic of listing, already your listing has cost you half of the original cost!