eBay

pr3s1d3ntsn0w · ‎08-06-2022

Sold over $600 in 2022, so I gotta pay taxes on it. A little background, I live out in East Jesus Nowhere, the USPS can't deliver mail to my house, it all goes to my PO Box, and in my little apartment complex of 8 apartments, eBay's address system can't find my specific apartment. I've been fighting with this stupid thing since February so I can get my money, trying every different way to write my residential address, and even trying my old address. It always fails. I try to see if the IRS has my legal address, it prompts me to enter it, and it won't let me use my PO Box (which is what I had to use on my return because of the mail debacle), and it can't verify me by my physical address. It is so infuriating, and I just want to get my money and be able to sell my stuff again! Is my eBay career doomed or is there something else I can try?

soh.maryl · ‎08-06-2022

If all of your mail goes to a PO box at the post office, why would eBay or anyone else need to find your specific apartment?

readabouthorses · ‎08-07-2022

@soh.maryl wrote:
If all of your mail goes to a PO box at the post office, why would eBay or anyone else need to find your specific apartment?

Because Managed Payments requires that you provide a physical address. They make you change your address and then you just hope they never try to send you anything to that address because it doesn't exist or doesn't receive mail.

soh.maryl · ‎08-07-2022

Guess I didn't know that. Thanks.

But isn't there a way for buyers to use the PO street address as their address and add their box # on the second line?

readabouthorses · ‎08-07-2022

@soh.maryl wrote:
Guess I didn't know that. Thanks.
But isn't there a way for buyers to use the PO street address as their address and add their box # on the second line?

I've seen that mentioned before but I've never checked into it. I don't know if all POs offer this but it would be an option if it would be accepted as your valid physical address.

soh.maryl · ‎08-07-2022

Will have to check into this further, perhaps by phoning my local PO next week.

Can local Postmasters actually opt into or out of things like this? Somehow I thought they all had to operate under the same set of general rules, except, apparently, hours of operation.