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sky high sales tax

I had a lot of trouble collecting sales tax data for 2019. I decided to keep my own records instead of relying on a report. Today I sold an item for $10.38 to a person in Minnesota. They paid $1.20 in sales tax. Ouch! Has anyone heard any news storie...

Selling limit decreased?

I'm asking for a friend since I never had any issues with my selling limit, I'm not exactly sure how to answer due to my lack of experience. The selling account has been using close to the limit every month (the limit bar is on the red). Sales are fi...

Listing Page View from Outside eBay

As the title states. How do you get listing pages view from outside eBay. Are these from links to your listings on google ?Is there any ways to drive more traffic for this stat ?Is there a specific type of listing that will be added to google, or any...

Buyer says clothing item smells

Buyer messaged me saying that a clothing item smells and that i didnt mention that in my description. I said he can return it for a full refund. If I get a negative feedback for "smell" can that be removed or is that a valid reason?

"Suspicious buyer for item"

When you get emails with this title, basically it says ebay had to cancel all bids made by this specific buyer because they are no longer registered on ebay. It's always from a purchase made long ago... so I just end up doing nothing. I got one today...

I suspect my buyer is going to want to cancel a local pickup only sale.

He has paid with Paypal and I got a message from him saying, When should I expect my order? I replied, whenever you want to pick it up. He is 500+ miles away and it's a $20 item so I don't see that happening. So if he wants to cancel and I say no, wh...

Resolved! Item Not Received Amateur

New ebay, joined December 19, 2019. She buys an item from me on December 23. Estimate given to the buyer by ebay was January 2. It's delivered December 28. December 29, buyer opens INR case. WHY is ebay asking me to input the tracking information whe...

Won't be getting 1099'd this Year WOW ! Nobody wins !

My sales are down at least 50% since they implemented those bogus policies in 2019, Now instead of having 1,040 listings I only keep about 900 so not to go over and be hit with those TRICKY fees. How does that help either of us.Does not look like I w...

eBay policy is one sided and biased towards buyers

I have been on eBay over 15 years and have bought over $120,000 on eBay. I have sold as well and have over 900 transactions with 100% feedback.i sold a subwoofer for local pick up. The sub was in mint condition. All pictures posted. Someone send me 2...

Listing Bundled Electronics

Ah yes, still having an issue. Main thing: cannot find dropdown list under "bundled", maybe using the wrong listing feature? I even started over the complete listing. Stuck!

Down down down - terrible 2019 holiday season . . . on eBay

Long time ebay seller, storefront with over 2k listings for past 4 years in multiple categories. This holiday season (Nov - Dec), we are down 20% across the board from last season in sales on ebay. Sales on other platforms (non ebay) are up 22% from ...

USPS 1st Class Shipping Max. 16 oz. now only 15 oz.?

Up until today, I had always know the maximum allowable weight for USPS 1st Class on Ebay to be 16 oz. Today I tried to input the weight at 16 oz. and it would not let me (only showed Media Mail). I then put in 15 oz. and it accepted it. Did they low...

Resolved! eBay Telephone Customer Service Hours?

What are eBay's telephone Customer Service hours? The most recent information I could find was this post from February 2, 2018. It says that telephone Customer Service is available seven days a week, 5:00 am to 10:00 pm Pacific Time for most topics, ...

2019/2020 1099-K threshold when reported by Paypal / Ebay (w/ or w/out Ebay structured payment)-HELP

Hi, I've seen this answered before several times several years ago, but I don't see anything VERY current and explaining any change to this as a result of Ebay structured payments and further separation from paypal regarding payment processing. Autom...

Revisions of an Item seen by Buyers

What is the Reasoning behind eBay showing Revisions on Sellers Items, to me, that's a " Sale Killer" Would Appreciate any Responses as to Why they do that, and if there's a Benefit to them doing that. Thanks