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Why the high fees on this sale?

Yesterday I sold an item for $385.00. eBay added $32.15 tax for a total of $417.15. From that amount I was charged $57.13 for transaction fees and $58.40 for Ad fee general for a total of $269.47. How can ebay take $115.53 from a $385 sale? Wow!

Death of a Member?

My cousin passed at the beginning of November. She was a seller and had over 50 items listed on eBay. She had sold some items on and after her date of death. I contacted eBay, as no one else in my family really does business on this site. I told the ...

Most unhinged buyer you ever had?

I sold a Victorian sterling silver pendant. I am not a jewelry expert but I showed it to a few experts in antique jewelry. They all agreed it was most likely a one of a kind pieced manufactured in the Victorian era.Since it was one of a kind, no one ...

Black Friday Sales

I just read people spent 11.8B on online sales. Why couldn't anyone spend at least $20 with me.

ebay Livestreaming for the Holidays

https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-unwraps-its-biggest-ever-lineup-of-live-holiday-shopping-events/ (As usual, these curated "events" appear to be aimed chiefly at the "10%" or whatever percent has plenty of disposable income available, and of...

Bleak Friday

I had two sales on Thanksgiving day, That I was very thankful for, But it was a Bleak Friday rather than a Black Friday, no sales at all on Friday, Hoping for much better for the remaining season!

holiday sales

How are your sales doing? I don't have much more than usual but I am so busy I am just as glad not to have a lot of mail to ship. I sell books and media and while I have plenty to list I have pretty much caught up on books that I think are more likel...

Yodel charge

Hi, I have recently been selling quite a bit lately, but when I have to send by Yodel the text says that the buyer is paying x amount, but when I download the label yodel then charge me normally £2.69, can anyone tell me why? Am I doing something wro...

Tis the season

USPS is definitely in the season

Is trump tariff affecting your reselling business

Have you realized increase or decrease in sales since trump tariff.

selling collectibles for me

Do you sells items for clients? I have a larger number of antique music boxes and wood carvings (Anri from Italy) and Shawnee pottery. All is excellent condition. Is this something that you can sell for me?

EBay listings not showing up in USA store/search

Anyone know the fix for this? My eBay store has around 500 listings. I’m listing on ebay.co.uk and item location is UK. However when switching to ebay.com the store will only show 115ish listings. Copy pasting the exact title will generally show the ...

Shipping to Germany

I have always recommended international buyers use a domestic freight forwarder. I have never used eBay international. HELP!

ANNOYING Bug About "Policy Violations"

We've listed an item for 10 years or so, and no platform ever gave us a hassle over it. A few weeks ago eBay suddenly ended the listing because it has LR44 batteries, and if you don't put some stupid verbiage in the listing about battery hazards they...

LISTING LIMIT

MY ACCOUNT IS 7 DAYS OLD I HAVE 250 MONTHLY LISTING LIMIT AND 70 LISTING LIMIT OF MONTH ALSO WITH AMOUNT OF $3500 BUT I UTILIZE ONLY 16 OF IT AND FUND OF $500 IS UTILIZE AND I AM NOT ABLE TO LIST MORE PRODUCT AS PER THE GIVEN LIMIT I AM SHAREING THIS...