mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@brendas1230 wrote:Don't know a lot about how the banking systems work do ya'?
Did you have a specific question? Did I state something that confused you or that you felt was inaccurate?
@quincydepot wrote:Well they also charge US fees on sales tax they collect and hold.
A. Change your handling time to 10 days or longer to cover eBay's inept programmers.
B. Never ship until the money is available to you.
C. Never use eBay shipping. They ripoff buyers and sellers by NOT giving the "best" rates. They make FVFs on shipping, get FVFs on shipping sales tax and then make a profit on shipping if you use their shipping.
D. Create your own website and enclose a business card with your shipments. Ensure you enclose a note that lets the customer know what your price was for the item, what the "non-eBay" shipping would have cost and how much they could have saved if they purchased from you if you kept the same margin. It is SO effective.
E. Always give brutally HONEST feedback. SInce eBay does not allow buyers to express "free speech" via Negative Feedback, check the positive box and let it go.
F. eBay is not a professional or "fair" business. They make decisions in a vacuum. Facts are rarely considered and the stupider the buyer, the more likely eBay is to agree with them.
Good Luck and Use eBay to promote your brand and goals.
MP charges their fees on sales tax just as PP always did, so yes you are correct.
A. That is a choice for each seller to make. Some sellers do that and others don't. Just remember that longer handling times get lowered in the search return. So your effort in this matter may be just hurting yourself and not really gaining you anything within the MP program. All payments will get processed. Buyer have no ability to change, cancel or otherwise mess with any payment they submit in MP anymore than they did in PayPal.
B. Again, if that is your policy for your little business, there is nothing wrong with that. It is however an decision for each seller to make for themselves.
C. Well that isn't true if the seller is using primarily USPS. IDK about other carriers, but USPS I'm quite familiar with. For Media Mail and First Class Parcels, Ebay has the exact same rate as any other online provider of postage has. No one gets any additional discount on these two classes of mail as USPS does not allow negotiation on these classes of mail. In regards to International postage, while I know Ebay gets better discounts that Amazon offers to its sellers, I don't know if they are the best available on the internet, but the Standard International shipping program [NOT GSP] does provide for a very good discount.
D. Creating your own website is excellent advice for those that sell on a regular basis. You just need to do your research and make sure you understand what you are getting into and how much and where you need to spend your money to drive buyers to your site. Having your own website isn't free, it has costs and labor associated with running them too. But the upside is certainly being your own boss, completely in control of your own rules as long as the are within the laws of the land.
E. Well not that is a very involved conversation. "Free Speech" doesn't have a real place in the feedback system on this site or elsewhere. It is VERY bad business to name and shame customers. These are not personal transactions, they are business transactions, each and every one of them on this site. It was an excellent move on Ebay's part to no longer allow sellers to leave harmful FB.
F. That is a personal opinion. One you are absolutely entitled to have.
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