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I don't understand how Ebay is doing shipping.

I don't understand how Ebay handles shipping. Do they keep what you charge the customer then subtact what they charge for the shipping label, keeping the rest in some sort of 'fund'. I keep getting screwed on Ebay shipping. What are these funds' you ...

De Minimis news

Just watched an interview with a government official (unfortunately did not catch his name). According to what I gather, the De Minimis exception ($800) is being removed from goods from China (and apparently ONLY China). Additionally he referenced ch...

type of amulet from where?

I guess this is some type of amulet necklace, but I don't know where it was made. Can anyone help? It looks like silver, but again, not sure. It is not magnetic. And looks to be handmade. No markings. On others I saw online, one end opened, so outta ...

Resolved! It's a scam to include shipping fees in the total they charge for sellers fees.

It's a rip off when the shipping fee is included in the total charged for seller's fees. This is deceptive because it's not based on the profit made. Then you have to pay them back for the shipping fee, after they charged a percentage for it. It's a ...

Promotions interfering with sales?

I mentioned late last fall that I was planning on seeing what would happen if I was to eliminate promotions. I then totally forgot all about that decision. Fast forward to this week. After several days of unusually slow sales (for me) I went back and...

April Fool's Eye Candy Wednesday

THe joke, of course, is on us as usual. Put some pictures up if you have some, and keep the images smaller to speed loading. As usual, nothing from a live sale please. The carnelian necklace is long gone, as are the earrings. My guess is they were sy...

Shipping fee

So I sold an item for 37.54 plus shipping. I chose the option to print the shipping label through eBay, which was about 8.50. The customer paid for the shipping extra, but it took that fee out of the 37.54. At the end I only had 28 and change availab...