eBay

volfan37415 · ‎09-20-2020

Has anyone else noticed that EBAY is charging your account a fee for the sales tax they collect on your sale. I fussed and was told their lawyers say it is not illegal. I was told they collect their fee on the total of the sale be it sales proceeds, shipping charge, or tax collected. They look at the final figure and then charge their fee

buyselljack2016 · ‎09-20-2020

I fussed and was told their lawyers say it is not illegal.

Is that a typo??

Since Sept 1st.

Knew it was coming.

They are doing the fee on the total just as PayPal was.

wmsakalaucks · ‎09-20-2020

They are collecting a fee from the seller and turning around and collecting a prompt payment fee from the states also. It's legal, but highly unethical.

harris-superduty · ‎10-22-2021

May not be illegal but its still an big **bleep** thing to do.

releasethekraken_1 · ‎10-22-2021

@harris-superduty wrote:

May not be illegal but its still an big **bleep** thing to do.

What do you call it when someone pulls up a thread from more than a year ago for no reason?

soh.maryl · ‎10-22-2021

Can you explain ". . . and turning around and collecting a prompt payment fee from the states also"?

What money does eBay or a seller collect from any state?

soh.maryl · ‎10-22-2021

OOPS -- did not notice the age of the thread, but I still hope someone returns and answers my question.

donsdetour · ‎10-22-2021

Welcome to knowing what you are being charged: seems a lot were not with PayPal..

Shocking but true.

whitewaterford · ‎10-22-2021

@soh.maryl wrote:
Can you explain ". . . and turning around and collecting a prompt payment fee from the states also"?
What money does eBay or a seller collect from any state?

@soh.maryl I've heard that eBay and other businesses get to withhold a small fee from sales taxes collected for us and submitted to the states to cover their processing expenses.

I'm OK with paying some money collection eBay fees on the sales tax amount as merchants do this too. After all, eBay/Ayden is processing the money like PayPal did and "Money is Money" and they are processing it. It shouldn't matter whether the money is for taxes, goods or postage. However, I think the percentage the seller pays for this is too high and should not be at the same rate they charge for the goods. I would have preferred that this remained at the ~3% level like PayPal did.

Instead, in the name of fee simplification, eBay didn't do this and instead charged a slightly lower FVF percentage on everything. It all comes out about the same, but it's the principle that bothers most people.

kh-ornesh · ‎10-22-2021

Hi everyone,

Due to the length of time that has passed since this thread began, we have locked it from future replies. If this is still an issue that warrants discussion, don't hesitate to begin a new thread HERE.

Thanks.