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Unethical EBay fees on sales tax and shipping!

eBay is ripping off its sellers! I sold an item for $500. With eBay’s 13.5% normal transaction fee that’s $67.50. I also chose a 10% ad fee which would be another $50 for a total of $117.50. Although that’s 23.5% of my sale price, I agreed to that, a...

It's time eBay changed its refund policies to combat fraud.

It's way past time eBay changed its policies concerning how it handles INAD and bogus returns. They've put a lot of effort behind identifying Top Rated Sellers. If a seller is top rated, they should have the benefit of the doubt with complaints. Afte...

Is there a way to set up best offers auto on/off due to a running sale?

I have a sale running currently and suddenly got several offers from different people offering me way lower on my already reduced price items, and realized I needed to turn best offers off during a sale event. I don't plan on having constant sales ru...

Resolved! eBay Standard Envelope - Filing a Damage Claim - Advice Needed

A buyer recently messaged me indicating that cards sent through the eBay Standard Envelope service was damaged and included photos. The photos appear to be accurate so I trust the buyer. All cards were wrapped in a plain white envelope, penny sleeve,...

How do I tell how much PROFIT I made?!?

So, someone buys from me. It says the following information on my 'All Activity' tab in seller payments:Amount: $16.78Fees: $-2.75Net: $14.03Here was the product transaction:Price: $9Shipping: $7.78 So...how much did I make? What is my profit? Why am...

eBay sucks. other places to sell?

I am not a professional seller and rarely sell on eBay. I just sold a pair of designer sunglasses and was surprised to see that the FVP selling fee was 15%. This seems very high, and I don’t recall the fee being this high before. on top of it the web...

selling assistant

Need help selling electronic gear. Voltage standards, vtvm's, power supplies. Southeastern Wisconsin.

"offers" not working for 3 days on eBay app-

Is anyone else having issues with sending offers on the app? Galaxy S10. When you hit send offer.... The next screen just says -"one offer not sent" in red. Tried many categories and items. Are they going through or not?

As a seller I can’t counter offer (2518) iPhone

Ive tried deleting and reinstalling and restarting, signing out etc. I still can’t counteroffer because of error 2518

Ebay suspends my seller account with 100% positive feedback

I have been a seller on Ebay since 2020, and I have 100% positive approvals.My account was suspended because out of 67 sales, 4 customers said the product was defective. They use a criterion called SNAD, that is, the customer says the product is defe...

Package stuck on way to Freight Forwarder, Buyer left Neg

Buyer made a purchase on Dec 8, Christmas silverware. I shipped the package Priority Mail within 24 hrs. Tracking stops updating in Georgia on the 14th. Buyer left me negative feedback this morning because it didnt arrive for Christmas. I attempted t...

Adding listings to Dynamic Ad Campaign.

Hello, I was hoping somebody might have some insight. I recently switched our advertising from a "Fixed ad rate" campaign to a "Dynamic ad rate" campaign. When setting up the original campaign I am able to add listings to it, but am unable to ad them...

Taxes

On the 1099 many of us will receive. What are we taxed on ? Total sales or funds sent back to our bank accounts ?

Invoice customer or repurchase?

I am trying to decide what is the easiest way to have a customer repurchase or invoiced of an item that was lost in the USPS system for over 30 days. The customer canceled at 3 weeks for full refund. I submitted a lost package search with USPS for re...

buyer claiming missing parts one a sealed item

so i sold a pinini press that was still new in the box and no one had opened it ( will probably open and check items like that from now on) but the buyer claimed it was missing the drip tray and that nothing in the box was plastic wrapped. now i got ...