mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@misfitfun wrote:They are acclimating sellers to ebay's payment system as they roll it out
Not exactly since PP will be added sometime this summer per Ebay.
@no-plain-white-envelopes wrote:So on top of having to pay tax for the supplies even if the total is under the coupon total amount they do not ACCEPT PAYPAL ! Are you kidding me ?
Even when you shop in a B&M store, a coupon can't be used in payment of a TAX due on the sale. The coupon can't exceed the price of the item. This is pretty normal business practices. I know some may not like it, but it isn't unusual, some of us just don't like it.
The seller is part of the Managed Payment program Ebay introduced late last year. In it's current form buyers do not have the ability to submit a payment via PP, but they can pay with a PP credit card or Debit card if they want to. Later this year Ebay will be adding PP as a payment option in the Managed payment for buyers. So this is a short term issue.
@mansons2005 wrote:
@dtexley3 wrote:
@turquoisetulips wrote:
@no-plain-white-envelopes wrote:So on top of having to pay tax for the supplies even if the total is under the coupon total amount they do not ACCEPT PAYPAL ! Are you kidding me ?
I don't get it either . Pay Pal has always worked fine[ as far as I know] for most buyers and sellers . Why bother to fix something that's not broken ? Tulips
I solved my problem with the shipping supplies store not taking PayPal. I got a free PayPal debit card, now eBay shipping supplies takes Paypal from me.
Which of course, is the easiest and most sensible solution - but many would rather "not buy" from fellow sellers who are in managed payments as a "statement" against eBay for not running their business the way they want it run. Again, a tempest in a teapot about a change that is inevitable - a change that eBay is not going to reverse because a few old-timers don't like it...........................for which I am sorry. (no sarcasm intended)
That would be a statement that I think would serve no purpose. Ebay is going to move forward with Managed Payments. Just as other sites have their own payment processing, Ebay will too. It is a smart business move on Ebay's part even though I have reservations on how it rolled out. But separate of that, it is a smart business move.
It is very good that Ebay is doing this in a slow roll out. They will learn and improve the system as more and more sellers enter the program. But in facing the end of their contract with PayPal in a couple years, this is a good move for Ebay and the site as a whole.
Once PP is accepted in the program, buyers are likely to see any difference in how they pay. The differences fall with how sellers see the payments and how the payments are handled being delivered to the sellers. It will be easy on buyers and a big learning curve for sellers.
As with any big change there is resistance. And understandably so. We are use to what we are use to and even though there are lots of sellers that complain about PP. Take it away and they will surely complain about that too.
@moo*cow*corner wrote:In my state, shipping supplies are taxable, so having taxes added on was no big deal.
I spent over my coupon value anyway, because I wanted some of the bigger boxes. Having the coupon made them down right cheap compared to elsewhere on the net.
I used my Paypal debit card at checkout, so I'll get a cash back reward on the first of next month. I use that card in a lot of places, so that didn't bother me either.
I do understand that paying the taxes separately even if the amount due is under the coupon value is very annoying. That's state law in most places. You can't use a coupon to pay taxes. That's not ebay's fault.
eBay's shipping supply seller is misrepresenting their sales tax collection requirement. This is their Shipping & Handling tab:
And this is the after-purchase payment page:
I'm in New York. Not Iowa, Minnesota, or Washington. I may have to file a SNAD.
@whatmodernwas wrote:
@moo*cow*corner wrote:In my state, shipping supplies are taxable, so having taxes added on was no big deal.
I spent over my coupon value anyway, because I wanted some of the bigger boxes. Having the coupon made them down right cheap compared to elsewhere on the net.
I used my Paypal debit card at checkout, so I'll get a cash back reward on the first of next month. I use that card in a lot of places, so that didn't bother me either.
I do understand that paying the taxes separately even if the amount due is under the coupon value is very annoying. That's state law in most places. You can't use a coupon to pay taxes. That's not ebay's fault.
eBay's shipping supply seller is misrepresenting their sales tax collection requirement. This is their Shipping & Handling tab:
And this is the after-purchase payment page:
I'm in New York. Not Iowa, Minnesota, or Washington. I may have to file a SNAD.
That area of the listing form is in FULL control of EBay and NOT the seller. We can't add, change or delete anything in that part of the listing that states about the sales tax for those states.
Your statement about NY is interesting since it doesn't yet appear on the list of states that Ebay is collecting sales tax for. So I'm unsure of this aspect of your issue.
