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State Sales Tax

eBay is not collecting State Sale Tax. It's time for me to pay my State Excise Tax (California). I'm confused as to do I owe my State or has eBay already paid? Also assuming I'm not responsible to pay all the other states?Thanks you, Carl

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Absolute insanity in managed payments

Hello, I'm a private seller on ebay and prior to managed payments buyers were often paying VAT ontop of the price since that's how it is with ebay, I don't know the laws requiring this behind the works but whatever - now after the mandatory managed p...

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Tax

I'm confused as to why I am charged sales tax on some clothing and not on others? I'm located in Pennsylvania and we do not pay sales tax on any clothing.

waiting for an invoice

I purchased at auction Pantech II for $25.00 plus shipping. I have not heard from seller nor gotten an invoice.

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How to tell eBay not to ask buyer for money?

A buyer has "purchased" a BIN item I had but asked if it would be OK for her to wait to pay until she wins an auction I have going. Problem is the BIN was "purchased" on the 10th and auction doesn't go off until the 16th. I told the buyer it would be...

fees

Does anyone know if the sales tax that the buyer pays is part of the fee we pay? Ex: buyer pays $100 for an item 10 for shipping and sales tax of 10. Does all this add up to $120 that ebay charges 12.555% +$.30 for that little extra they get. I was l...

Holding my money

I'm done with ebay! Doing Amazon and Market Place from now on. Ebay's rates for selling have gotten outrages. More important is after selling an item I was in formed they (ebay) was going to hold my payment from my buyer until I open a checking accou...

Denied goof card previosly used earlier today

EBay has done it again for maybe the thousandth time. Congratulations I can't pay for my auction wins again because you refuse a perfectly good card. It's up to you to explain to the sellers why you won accept my card so they won't be paid

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Resolved! The new managed payments

I'm doing my level best to figure out just how the new managed payments is an advantage for sellers. For buyers? Most certainly. For ebay? Absolutely. But for sellers? Ummm..... ppfftttI have less than 2 weeks to decide whether or not I will continue...

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refund payments

kindly return it to me my refund payment because my order was cancelled the Under Car Experts, so let me know if my refund payment will return back to me.. coz how many times that I send a messages about my refund but why you did not reply. if you wa...

GST/HST

How can E-Bay charge a buyer out side of Canada GST/HST /VAT and added to the total fees deducted from a sale?

Shipping costs

How does one pay for shipping now that ebay sends the money from sold items directly to checking acct? I sold some items and when I went to print label it stated I did not have the money in my accouont.

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