mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@gapu-9778 wrote:
Actually I added a checking and eBay still demands a social or no access .
Why are you surprised by that, they told you that you had to provide it. MP is required to get it, they aren't doing it just to annoy you.
@zzvyb66 wrote:This has nothing to do with "tax evasion". It has to do with Identity theft. eBay is an international company with a poor reputation for being hacked by European and Asian thieves. Not interested. I do better on Craigslist and FB Marketplace.
Goodbye.
Now you are just passing around bad information. A simple Google search would prove what you have said is incorrect. Ebay was hacked ONCE in about March of 2014. Hackers got some email addresses and some encrypted passwords but nothing else. The hackers NEVER were able to unencrypt the passwords and therefore NEVER got any financial or personal information on ANY member of Ebay.
So you are just passing garbage information around with no support just what you want others to believe for whatever reason you may have. If you have some facts, but what you are saying is defamatory and libelous.
@rezo_m wrote:Now it's my turn to go (after 19 years). No business, no store - just selling some old useless stuff around my house. Gave my bank account to ebay - stupid me. Now I can't delete it (it says you "must" have bank account with them). And I can't get paid unless ebay gets my SSN. Why not ask for credit cards and 401K and W2s.
Craiglist and forums are still there and do not need my SSN. It was great while ebay was good to simple people.
Bye everybody
Selling on a site that does not require your SSN does not relieve you of the requirement to report your income to IRS.
Sometimes for those only selling used stuff around the home, while they still need to claim it on their federal tax return, they may not have any effect on their taxes they need to pay. It depends on the expenses of it all.
Every single transaction is a business transaction.
@no_zero369 wrote:I have a conspiracy theory to proffer!
eBay has long been hampered in making changes to its platform and other things by what the CEO once called a "habituated buyer base!" So the theory is that the switch to MP and requirement for a SS would be the 'straw that broke the camels back" for those 'old timers' and they would leave in droves! What a better way to get rid of those pesky, crabby, old people than to have then self select & quit?! 80% of CS issues were from those 20% of small sellers, and they only account for a small percentage of the revenues anyway, so if we can get rid of them we can increase profits!
Guess all of those that are leaving are falling for this? Fear is a powerful motivator and I bet eBay knew this would cull the herd in an advantageous way!
Me? I'll keep selling, but spend most of my profits buying various ID theft protection programs and a moat around the house with electric fence to keep undesirables out!
I'm one of those "crabby old timers". We aren't all leaving. I'd venture a guess that it isn't even most of us but only some. Just like when Ebay made PP mandatory sellers were upset just like they are now with many of the same complaints. It was suppose to be the end of Ebay making it mandatory so some left. It is the same now with MP.
For those that learn the facts of how MP actually functions and if they are running a profitable little business on this site, it really doesn't make a good business decision for many of us to leave. As in any job there are aspects of the job we don't much like. To me, that is just part of life as I've known it. Every moment just isn't a joy in business or in our personal lives.
It seems from reading most of the threads it is mostly casual sellers that are leaving with some that sell on a regular basis. But mostly the casual sellers because they don't like the delays in how money is disbursed from MP and that is understandable really. For many of them they will do fine on Facebook and Craigslist.
But sellers that sell on a more regular basis that isn't necessarily true. Those may not be good choices. They may be giving up doing a good business here on Ebay. So others will decide to stay.
It is just a choice for each of us to make for what is right for us. Hopefully they actually learn how MP actually functions or even tries it for awhile before making the leap to leave. But again a choice for each of us to make.
Ebay has protected our account information for 25+ years. There is no reason to believe that because we give them our SSN that they are suddenly going to stop protecting our information. That comes from those trying to spin reasons for not entering MP that are completely unnecessary and unhelpful to anyone as the only reason anyone needs is that they don't want to sign up. Nothing further than that is needed.
