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period between T-day and mid-Dec

What do you like to do in this time frame? Business as usual? Push listing hard? Close up shop? For myself I know that I really need to pause listing on ebay for the next few weeks to list hard on Amazon (I sell books and media and things are picking...

Business Account Personal Taxes

I originally started eBay as a personal account and just bought things. I decided to start selling and thought I had to make a business so I created one. I switched to business account with my EIN and tried selling but didn’t work out well, so I clos...

Re: Maybe a dumb question.... Florida Sales Tax as a seller

Ugh! I have been paying the Use and Sales Tax on my ebay sales. So, if I understand correctly, the only thing I would generally need to collect tax on would be in person cash sales.

Do you still get a 1099 if...

You spend all the money you make on Ebay, through spendable funds on Ebay? Or if no money ever hits my bank account from here, am I making any income or just breaking even?

I've updated my account and I am still getting messages about updating

Nothing has changed in my account info

INR 3 days after shipment? Nuts!

Buyer paid late on a Saturday.Chose the SLOWEST shipping option we offer.Listing clearly states, at the very top of the listing, the slow options is SLOW and can take 10 days or more.Shipped on Monday from one side of the country to the other (they l...

Sales Cancellations

Anyone else experiencing this ??, I have had two sales in a row cancel in minutes after purchase, I Hope this doesn't Continue!

I didnt get paid

From the social skills book by Chris Macleod I sold from April. And yes I checked my bank statements. It was only $6.64...but I never got paid for it!!

Can't select "open box" I'm guessing type of item?

I have a spinning spa brush, looks like for shower use. But I can't select "open box" only new. I could tell that the box was re-sealed so I opened it to ensure content was there. I can tell it's never been used because brush heads were packed and ba...

I earned under $10,000 this year which means I don’t owe taxes but what about this $600 eBay thing?

I’ve sold about $545 on eBay so far this year so I took down all my listings because I don’t want to go over $600 because of this possible tax thing that I don’t understand. Everything I’ve sold has been at a loss (sold for less than originally purch...

My September sales were the worst and so is 2022, so far

I sold only two items for Sept. My worst September when I have been active. I usually sell a fair amount in the month of September.If you look at my listings, you will see that I hit most of the buttons to attract buyers. My January and February sale...

Divorce and selling issue

So maybe someone has some experience here, I took down my auctions without bids already, but I have one with a bid, and today I was served paperwork, part of this states I can not sell or transfer any property without court permission, so of course I...

Resolved! Have you ever seen this with USPS?

Supersonic delivery, right?Except it represents 2 different packages picked up at the same time, one going to W Virgina and one to Texas.I did go check my mail to be sure I hadn't somehow screwed something up...hard to do when you use an eBay label, ...

Bidder backed out

Bidder backed out, asked for cancellation. I said no, he said he had no intention of paying. After I said "no" on the ebay form, it shows "cancelled" on one page, but awaiting payment on another. So, has ebay basically cancelled the transaction?

What am I thankful for?

Although I am Canadian & already celebrated my Thanksgiving in October, I can still comment on what I am thankful for. I am thankful I can send items up for auctions & almost all of them sell (46 of 48). Even after the 30% in fees, I still end up wit...