mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@laststopgeneralstore wrote:I absolutely love when people say "you can write that off", like okay but that still doesn't mean I'm making money lol. Not to mention you can't write of 100% of every single thing; which most people assume as well as assuming that what ever we write off we get back in the form of a check from the government lol. That would be great!
It also doesn't mean that Ebay is at fault. As I explained above. Sellers often confuse the cost of shipping as somehow being something that they pay Ebay.
If a seller is properly pricing their stuff, taking into consideration all their costs, they should be fine. And yes, costs get to be written off. But again if the seller priced their stuff correctly, there is room in the profit portion of the sale to make it worthwhile for the seller.
I'm not sure what cost you think you can't write off if it has to do with your sale of that item. You would need to be a bit more specific.
"which most people assume as well as assuming that what ever we write off we get back in the form of a check from the government lol." Well I have to say I've been around a LONG time and I've never heard anyone say anything even remotely like this.
@coolections wrote:
@dbfolks166mt wrote:What has the weight have to do with the FVF's eBay applies? Are you by chance including what what USPS, UPS or FedEx takes?
NO I am not talking about what the post office takes. The weight causes the price to sometime quadruple depending the item. Ebay steals that money right out from under you. This is what you constantly keep forgetting and posting untruths. Ebay fools you into believing their charge is 12.9%.
How do you define "stealing"? The dictionary defines it as: the action or offense of taking another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.
How is Ebay doing that? We all have to agree to the User Agreement before we can become a member of this site. The Selling fees is a publish policy there for everyone to see. You don't just get to ignore all that just so you can claim Ebay is "stealing" from you. Ebay is absolutely transparent about the fees they charge.
"Ebay fools you into believing their charge is 12.9%" Most categories are 13.25% now.
@wes-4507 wrote:
@coolections wrote:
@dbfolks166mt wrote:What has the weight have to do with the FVF's eBay applies? Are you by chance including what what USPS, UPS or FedEx takes?
NO I am not talking about what the post office takes. The weight causes the price to sometime quadruple depending the item. Ebay steals that money right out from under you. This is what you constantly keep forgetting and posting untruths. Ebay fools you into believing their charge is 12.9%.
Selling things here when the postage far exceeds the price of the item is stupid. As is calling it “stealing” when the fee schedule is fully documented.
That's not necessarily true. It depends on what is being sold. There are time when things that don't cost a great deal are in demand in areas that simply can't get those items. So a buyer may be willing to pay the shipping in order to get the item they need or want.
I use to sell a series of patterns that sold very well for me. They were paper patterns created to be stored in a 3 ring binder. They sold for a variety of prices, depending on the pattern. Often times the price of the pattern cost less that shipping, but they sold like hotcakes.
So it depends on what is being sold.
