Fees

[gregorpalon0]

Did I just read this correctly? eBay is now charges us fees based on the total sale INCLUDING TAX COLLECTED!!! This is wrong in everyway

[loose_goose_garage]

They've been doing this for years.

It sure beats having to file taxes in all the states you sell to.

[redstarrobot_vintage_toys]

As a ebay user since 2016 I would assume you have read all of ebays user agreements and policies.

[iamalwaysright · Accepted solution]

I feel like this post was written back in 2019 and the OP finally just clicked the submit button on it. That was back when eBay started charging sales tax, thus a fee on it.

Hate to break it to you, you’ve been paying that fee since then without knowing it.

[bonjourami]

Yes, you read correctly that Ebay charges on the whole amount they process..shocker!

[kensgiftshop]

They have based their fee's on the total amount since you've been selling.

[bonanza125]

Well I am surprised that you just come to find out about this and have been charged for years. It's not wrong it's all in the terms and conditions which you agreed to before clicking submit. Item cost + shipping + tax. Ebay takes a fee from all 3.  

[jonathanbrightlight]

So, when you create a listing (and this is not the only place this information is available, just one of many), you'll see this at the bottom before you click List:

That link on the words "Final Value Fee" takes you to eBay's page about fees: https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822#section2

The first thing you'll see in the Final Value Fees section is this (emphasis NOT added, it's there in the original):

We charge one final value fee when your item sells, and you don't have to worry about third-party payment processing fees. This fee is calculated as a percentage of the total amount of the sale, plus a per order fee. For orders $10.00 or less the per order fee is $0.30, for orders over $10.00 the per order fee is $0.40.

The total amount of the sale includes the item price, any handling charges, any shipping costs collected from the buyer (some exceptions apply), sales tax, and any other applicable fees.

[itsjustasprain]

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@gregorpalon0 wrote:

Did I just read this correctly?

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You did.

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@gregorpalon0 wrote:

eBay is now charges us fees based on the total sale INCLUDING TAX COLLECTED!!!

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Right. Payment processors (including credit cards) charge the seller on the basis of the buyer payment. They do not make deductions from that amount.

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@gregorpalon0 wrote:

This is wrong in everyway

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It is not. It is pretty much standard practice.

[animal-house-8]

In my state I would get 1.5% of the tax I collected, that stopped when ebay started doing the collecting and ebay also charges to collect the tax with their fees.

[gloryglorygifts]

Consider that small amount collected your fee for them collecting the tax and paying it to the various jurisdictions that is owed. I think it's a small price to pay for saving me a heck of a lot of work.

[frugalmarketplace]

@gregorpalon0 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[1786davycrockett]

And I am reminded of the classic tale, told by Nathaniel Hawthorne, of another similar individual:

"All stood amazed until an old woman, tottering out from among the crowd, put her hand to her brow, and peering under it in his face for a moment, exclaimed, 'Sure enough! It is Rip Van Winkle, it is himself! Welcome home again, old neighbor. Why, where have you been these twenty long years?' "

[monica-sells]

how did you collect sales tax for the other 49 states...

or are you referring to the pre-facilitator sales tax laws?

[mam98031]

@gregorpalon0 

In July / August of 2020 [over 5 years ago] Ebay started onboarding all sellers to use Managed Payments.  The onboarding was completed by December of 2021.  From the time you entered Managed Payments you started paying Ebay for both your selling fees AND your money processing fees.  

You no longer paid PayPal the 3% on the ENTIRE payment by the buyer, you now paid Ebay for everything.

So whatever the buyer pays when you sell them something, Ebay charges their fee on it for both the money processing and seller fees.  Plus the fixed per transaction fee of 30 or 40 cents.