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How much money do you have to make on ebay to report it on your taxes?

I sell on ebay as a hobby. I have a mid-sized store, mostly because I have so many items to list, not that I have tons of sales.Is there a certain amount, gross sales? net sales? before I need to file my sales on my taxes?Is there a form I will need ...

Resolved! confused by search results

if i do a search for:1869 indian head cent i get a list with 425 results and i can choose to sort by best match which is not the same as the default result. does anyone know what the default is for search results. i am just trying to understand how e...

Anyone notice Ebays new DISHONEST practice of adding "Make an Offer" to auctions without asking?

I've had dozens of auctions WITHOUT the "Make an Offer" option but when I relist some all of a sudden I notice "Make an Offer" has been added plus an amount to decline. This is totally immoral, especially when we are paying Ebay we have equal say. Th...

buyers paying after winning an auction

The last 3 buyers who won an auction did not pay until I contacted the buyer and asked about payment. The buyers all have excellent feedback and have been buying and selling for years on eBay. Is there a glitch in the system and buyers are not being ...

Product Pages

I was browsing Google for Lego pirate sets. The first shopping result was for an eBay page. https://www.ebay.com/p/Lego-70413-Pirates-The-Brick-Bounty-Kids-Building-Playset-745-Pieces/2254372878 Do you see what's wrong with this product page? As a po...

Bidder & buyer

Anyone have this happen? An item sold with multiple bids (22). After it ended, I listed an exact same item (only 1 on eBay) & receive an offer $17 less than what the other one sold for. Meanwhile, the offer comes from 1 of the bidders who was willing...

How (and why) would you sell something so cheap?

I stumbled across a lazer pointer/keychain for 86 cents and free shipping to the US. China seller. I know it's going to be a piece of junk. Let's say for the sake of discussion that the lazer pointer costs them a nickel. Let's say for the sake of dis...

Good ‘till Cancelled - the final straw

20 years selling on this platform and who would have thought a greed driven change could destroy a community of loyal sellers. I have 10,000 book auctions on a rotating basis listing 1,000 a month with my store. I now have a chore of cancelling so I ...

Buyers Scam?

I sold an Action Figure to a man in Hong Kong in last month with low reputation, registered in 2018. Everything seems OK. However, about one week after he received the package, he submitted a case to eBay and said it is not same as description. He su...

How many listings did I create this month?

i want to find out how many listings I make in the current month which includes GTC and listings I created and ended manually. is there a place i can quickly find out what that number is without having to look into multiple areas and adding and subtr...

Being billed for free listings

I activated a promotion for 100 free listings. When I listed last night, Ebay added them to my bill.I called last night and got those charges credited back to my account. Today when I tried to list more under that promotion, Ebay billed me again. (Fo...

Time to respond to item not received reduced from 6 days to 3 days

90% of the time those three extra days are enough for a package to shake loose and show movement. Every time I have called CS to get a extension they have refused, even when tracking within the last 24 hours showed movement.

Community Chat, April 10 @ 1:00 pm PT - General Topics

Hi everyone Join us here at 1 PM PT on Wednesday, April 10 for the Weekly Community Chat with eBay Staff. We don't have a set topic this week, so bring your general eBay buying and selling questions for discussion. See you then!

have a bidder that's heck bent on paying with paypal on a local pickup

Told them I would require cash for the item when they picked it up. ( they still want to pay me via paypal when they pick up the item)Explained to them that I would not be able to provide tracking if they paid via paypal and I would get a ding if I w...

Anyone else getting crazy number of "views"?

I love the number of views on this plain 'ole pair of earrings I have listed..... On my main selling site I have another pair of common earrings listed with over 1,000 views. I'm sure that is accurate. I wish!