eBay media sellers learned the hard way on Monday that their listing fees increased by as much as 3900% as of April 1st. That's because eBay failed to renew an ongoing promotion that let them list books, music, movies & DVDs and video games for just five cents with free sub-titles.
eBay, which had extended the promotion many times since 2008, did not give sellers any advance warning that the promotion was ending, and some failed to notice the new higher fees. Sellers began reporting April 1st on eBay's discussion board that their fees had jumped: