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Quote:What is it?

For the entire day of Thursday 29th November 2007 GMT Time, sellers who list one or more items in an eligible category using the Auction-style, Auction-with-Buy It Now or Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) formats and offer PayPal as a payment method will pay a 10 pence Insertion Fee per item they list. Please see below for more details.

When is it?

Thursday 29th November 2007 from 00:00:01 GMT until 23:59:59 GMT (promotional period).

What's included?

    * Only items, not excluded below, listed in British Pounds Sterling on eBay.co.uk using the Auction-style, Auction-with-Buy It Now or Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) formats are included.
    * Only listings offering PayPal as a payment option are included.
    * Sellers can list items with any starting price to qualify for the promotion.
    * Any item previously scheduled to go live on Thursday 29th November 2007 will qualify for the promotion.
    * If sellers re-list an item on Thursday 29th November 2007 that had previously closed without a successful sale, the re-listed item will qualify for the promotion. If the re-listed item sells and is eligible under the eBay re-list policy, eBay will refund the Insertion Fee at the Promotional Insertion Fee price of 10 pence.
    * Items listed in the ”Parts & Accessories” sub-categories of the Motors Category are included.
    * Items listed in the Photography and Toys & Games categories are included.

What’s excluded?

    * Apart from items listed in the “Parts & Accessories” sub-categories of the Motors Categories (detailed in the “What's included?” Section above), all items listed in any Motors categories.
    * Items listed in the "Residential Property" sub-category of the "Home & Garden" category.
    * Items listed in the "Mobile Phones with Contract" sub-category of the "Mobile & Home Phones" category.
    * Items listed using the eBay Express Only format.
    * Multiple-Item listings in all formats, including both Auction-style (also known as Dutch Auctions) and Fixed Price formats. See the full details about Multiple-Item listings.
    * Identical listings that do not comply with our Duplicate Listings policy. See the full details about our Duplicate Listings policy.
    * Shops Inventory Format listings. See the full details about listing items using the Shops Inventory Format.
    * Any item listed on Thursday 29th November 2007 but scheduled to start after the promotional period.
    * Any items listed which do not comply with eBay’s Listing Policies or Prohibited and Restricted Items Policies.

Category specific pricing

        1. The “Media” categories

            Items listed in the "Media" categories (see below for a full list) using the Auction-style formats with a starting price of £0.99 pence or below have a standard Insertion Fee of £0.05, and this Insertion Fee will remain unchanged during the promotional period. The Media categories are:
                    1. the "Books, Comics & Magazines" category (excluding the "Accessories" sub category)
                    2. the "DVD, Film and TV" category (excluding the "Accessories/Storage", "Film Memorabilia" and "TV Memorabilia" sub categories)
                    3. the "Games" sub category of the "Video Games" category
                    4. the "Music" category (excluding the "Music Memorabilia" and "Accessories/Storage" sub categories).

            Find out more about Insertion Fees for "Media" product categories here.
        2. The Photography and Toys & Games categories

Items listed in the Photography and Toys & Games categories using the using the Auction-style, Auction-with-Buy It Now or Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) formats with a starting price of £0.99 pence or below currently have an Insertion Fee of £0.05 (between 23rd October and 31st December 2007, terms and conditions apply), and this Insertion Fee will remain unchanged during this promotional period.
For more details on the reduced Insertion Fee for the Toys & Games and Photography categories between 23rd October and 31st December 2007 please refer to the terms and conditions.

Further Information

    * Only the basic eBay Insertion Fee will be 10 pence. All other eBay fees will still apply, including but not limited to Final Value Fees, optional Reserve Price Fees and all Listing Upgrade Fees such as "Gallery", "Subtitle", "Bold" or "Highlight". See the full details about eBay fees.
    * Sellers listing using the Auction-with-Buy It Now format will still be charged the Listing Upgrade Fee for Buy It Now.
    * If the item is listed in 2 eligible categories, the Insertion Fee will be 10 pence times two i.e. 20 pence.
    * If a seller lists an item with a third party listing tool such as TurboLister, they will not be able to see that they have been charged the promotional price at the time they list their item. However, if that seller’s item qualifies for the promotion, the seller will see from the "My account" section of "My eBay" that the promotional fees have been applied to the item that they listed. Please note that the transaction does not have to be completed with PayPal in order to qualify.

Please be aware that items listed during the promotional period will not be shown by default on the eBay.com site.