Yea there is a point to this that I don’t disagree with - having some kind of ‘cap’ on the fee would make more sense - however these rates will be balanced to make it simpler - there’s a good chance that if there were flat fees that you would be paying more on the smaller items you sell. Ultimately the company still needs to generate the same turnover, however you slice it.
Reverb probably treat small sales as ‘loss leaders’ and make back some of that on the larger sales through the flat percentage.
I think that this is wrong personally. I suspect a lot of people underestimate the work and money that goes into creating and maintaining online products like ebay/reverb - they’re far more expensive operations than any auction house I’ve come across, apart from maybe some of the larger ones that also have their own online products and charge higher comissions.
This conversation always boils down to the same conclusion - that if you didnt find their service valuable, didnt enjoy their reach or featuresets, then you wouldnt use it. Someone better, cheaper would have come along in the last 25 years. You always have Facebook marketplace.
Which to be fair is your point @darenager - as you are quiting - so you are at least having conviction in your opinion so I respect that