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cogus70

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‎03-15-2025 11:01 PM

How do they get away with stripping every cent you could possibly make? First it's the double final value fee which terms say there is only one fee, which is incorrect. You want your funds direct deposit well guess what there's another $2 even thoi you paid the final value fee and $.30--$.40 second final final value fee or processing charge, so you're charge multiple times for processing.Then taxes are wrongfully charged by .09-10% when most are .07% per dollar so they're profiting off the IRS. Next they add your shipping label, taxes,on to your selling price to get their 13.6% which is never the same always 13.25%-13.6%. But when they add taxes on an the label you're being charged for someone else's cost...like saying do you want pay for labels or buyer....it's the same **bleep** thing just makes the buyer falesly believe they're getting free shipping or to make the seller think the buyer is responsible except it's paid and taken from the total amount either way so more fraudulence.. (unjust enrichment)..Next what gets me all this taxes collected people do understand under a certain threshold ($2500!!) those taxes are not required to be filed with the irs and eBay keeps all the taxed amount I just sold item total 57$ after their taxes and stuff an after all said an done I get released $30 outta $60 that's flipping 50% plus you just profited off two gov entities the USPS and IRS...only reason one continues to use eBay after learning the unethically made terms which are never what they are said to be(breach contract) is cause the need the money so they do it loss or not! Mercari charges on e flat fee and always reasonable it's just a long spell of time on sales made.  Customer care has no concern for the issues at hand and continue to do so without any regard for seller or buyer.  I mean if you give a refund guess what bam another fee charged or added on them subtracted from your profits. Smh something needs done about this even if eBay needs removed from the field!

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lisa5768

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‎03-16-2025 01:22 AM

@cogus70 

eBay fees are clearly shown on the fees page. 

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822&st=3&pos=1&query=Sellin...

You are charged a final value fee on the total payment that your buyer pays just like all other payment processors do. (Untrue all other sites charge one fee and it's a commission fee, they do not charge fees on fees fees, to add they charge me 13.6 instead 13.25%) When you use your card anyplace the merchant pays fees on the total. (They pay fees for the card readers and it's a small fee not 1/8 of your sale.)

There is no charge to have your payouts sent to your bank account and you can have that done daily if you choose(this is incorrect every payout I've had $2 deducted to process to the bank ,along with the express fee if needed) The $2 express payout fee is optional and only charged if you choose to pay it to get your funds immediately instead of waiting a day or 2 for the transfer. (A reg deposit can take up to 5 days)

eBay collects sales tax from buyers when they check out as required by the laws of the state the item is delivered to. Where the seller is has no bearing on the tax collected(**bleep**) eBay collects, files, and sends the tax to the buyer's state for the seller so they do not have to do that themselves (untrue anyone ever get a 1099 from eBay I have not)for each of the over 13,000 different sales tax districts in the US. Paying a few cents per order for this is a great bargain(an bargin for them lol each seller does not have file for all those people and there is a threshold on total made before filing taxes and it's not about filing you can file and not have to pay it back if under the bar. Or if you have a loss you actually get amounts back) but again it's not about filing it's about all the taxes taken out and if not required to pay cause the total made is under the cut off amount it's kept not returned) (I mean we have pay fees on their shipping & handling that we do not eBay!) (we have pay a few on the taxes that they are responsible for paying on the item. Most states is .07% for tax in the U.S. so charging 10% is over kill)  (shipping fees are charges a said amount to you but if viewed on actual add are more then said to be.)

eBay has nothing to do with federal or state income taxes unless they are required by law to withhold an amount. There is no legal threshold under which you are not required to claim your income when you file your federal or state taxes. The threshold is only for them to issue you a 1099-K form. You are required to claim all income whether you receive a 1099-K or not.

It is your choice where you sell your items but all online marketplaces must follow the laws. ( However eBay they do just unethically to both seller & buyer.) After all said and done they're taking 25-40% off each sale my total for 4

30 days $487 profit $238!!! 

to add they sell fake tracking numbers which are not fully trackable as the USPS does but said to so so be being worked on between parties... 

 If you have issue a refund cause of overcharges then again they charge you another fee on what you refund even if it's a portion of the sale.

Have above standard selling status yet buying wise since 1-2 strikes 12 months ago still being punished for it even thou they are profiting off me.

[fbusoni]

@cogus70 

For the sake of clarity, you have reposted the exchange that you had here:  

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Ask-a-Mentor/Professional-scammers/m-p/34987386

And then you added the following text:

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( However eBay they do just unethically to both seller & buyer.) After all said and done they're taking 25-40% off each sale my total for 4

30 days $487 profit $238!!! 

to add they sell fake tracking numbers which are not fully trackable as the USPS does but said to so so be being worked on between parties... 

 If you have issue a refund cause of overcharges then again they charge you another fee on what you refund even if it's a portion of the sale.

Have above standard selling status yet buying wise since 1-2 strikes 12 months ago still being punished for it even thou they are profiting off me.

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--FWIW, eBay does not take anything close to 25-40% off of my sales.   But that's because I am extremely careful to avoid things like promoted listings... are you using PLs?

--eBay does not, as far as I know "sell fake tracking numbers"... that is part of a known scam that is initiated by malevolent sellers. 

--Not sure about an eBay charge in case a seller has to refund a buyer... I do not think I have ever experienced that, but I confess that I do not pay attention and my margins are such that it is of no concern to me.

--"Above standard selling status" has nothing to do with being a buyer -- why did you receive strikes as a buyer 12 months ago?  

[meme6253]

Please leave my lemons out of this!

[luckythewinner]

How do they get away with stripping every cent you could possibly make?

They do not strip every cent I make. What are you doing wrong?

First it's the double final value fee which terms say there is only one fee, which is incorrect.

I am not charged a double final value fee. Mine is calculated exactly as the fee schedule explains.

You want your funds direct deposit well guess what there's another $2

My funds are direct deposited once a week with no fee. 

Then taxes are wrongfully charged by .09-10% when most are .07% per dollar so they're profiting off the IRS.

You are wrong. eBay does not "charge" you for any federal taxes.

Next they add your shipping label, taxes,on to your selling price to get their 13.6%

Just as the fee schedule says they will. Mine are always accurate to the penny.

Next what gets me all this taxes collected

eBay does not "collect taxes". eBay reports payments processed to the IRS as required by law.

under a certain threshold ($2500!!) those taxes are not required to be filed

There is no limit to what income you must report to the IRS. If it is not tabable, you account for it as non-taxable on your tax return.

eBay after learning the unethically made terms which are never what they are said to be(breach contract)

eBay's terms are spelled out in the user agreement. Their calculation of my fees has always been exactly as explained  in the eBay user agreement, which I have read and understand.

something needs done about this even if eBay needs removed from the field!

Aside from sellers reading and understanding the user agreement, what else needs to be done?

[monroe67]

Oh, my goodness.  You've posted in the Ask a Mentor forum and now in the Selling forum, and you are getting excellent and TRUE answers.  

You've sold 38 things since the first of this year, only 75 days.  That's pretty dang good.  My selling ID has sold only two things.  

You are showing your absolute ignorance about eBay's fees and, apparently, a real confusion between sales taxes and income taxes, which are two separate things.  

A lot of your gripes are things we read here from new sellers (too) often.  But you're not really a new seller,  are you, with more than 300 sales.  

Please, please, please  try to open your mind, read, and understand.  I think you will feel better if you do.  

[buyselljack2016]

@cogus70 

When I "refund" I am "credited" the "fees" that had been charged when the item sold.

When I do a partial "refund" I am "credited" part of the "fees" that had been charged when the item sold.

[tobaccocardyahoo]

You can pay an enormous number of fees, but not without being complicit in agreeing to optional fees which may be unnecessary or inappropriate.

If you do not know how to run your business, you can make sales and fail to make money.

If you do not understand what is a mandatory fee and what fees only apply if you choose to use optional services, you can waste a lot of money which could be part of your profit.

Why do you think that you are qualified to run a business on Ebay?  Ebay allows many people who are not qualified to run a business to lose money by selling on Ebay.