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I was thinking about selling on EBAY I don't understand the $5,000/$600 rule for taxes. If I sell $3000 worth of $5 items, do I pay taxes on that? I thought it said if you sell one $600< item you have to pay taxes, but I wasn't sure.

Poor Ebay Search Engine (unrelated items)

So, today I typed in "Mens Merrell Rubato Shoes" (used shoes) and the first listing shown to me was a pair of Women's Robato shoes. And of the 6 listings, 2 were womens shoes. I spoke to customer service and they said nobody has complained about this...

Sales Down? - This May Be Why

Not sure if you've noticed the "System Status" board, but there is an ongoing "disruption" affecting buyers.

eBay just told me they deleted my negative feedback because they like the seller. Is that normal?

I had a very sour experience with a seller and left negative feedback after the dust settled. The feedback was fair and honest about my experience, but today it was wiped without any communication with me. It is currently still a negative feedback, b...

Item sent to Hawaii Ground Advantage Still in Transit After 3weeks.

I sold an Item to a buyer in Hawaii, sent it out Ground Advantage and its still shows in transit after 3wks. Contacted Buyer and they said they've had items lost before. I've never had an item not delivered. How do I handle this? Thanks

Flows in eBay's policy of reversing feedbacks ( the 30 days rule)

The buyer never messaged me about the alleged issue -he just posted a Negative feedback I did find out on his negative incidentally noticing that my selling score dropped witch was well after 30 days after that feed back was left. eBay did not notify...

What's with sellers deciding they can just cancel orders because the item sold too cheap?

Maybe this is more of a buying question, but I'd really like to put it to the audience of sellers. I've been on eBay as both buyer and seller for over 20 years. I'll admit that I love to jump on a great deal, either a B-I-N way below market, or an au...

The ongoing problems with Saved Searches

eBay’s saved searches used to be more or less consistent and helpful. For a while now, saved searches results do the following every single day: 1. Says there are (a number) results found but when I click on them it says “0” results found but shows m...

Item sold and shipped. Ebay is not allowing set up of Chase bank account for payment

My brother lives with my parents, but are having issues and I'm trying to help out. I don't have all of the details, but I need to find some resolution or help point me in the right direction My brother sold a used PS4 for $80.00 around 8/14/2023The ...

as a buyer if i'm happy with a purchase isnt a POSITIVE click good enough ?

I've agreed to a purchase, bought and received the item as described-then in feedback cant i just click on the "POSITIVE" tab and call it done ? or maybe i could type Thanks in the note field? I dont want to wast my time rateing the item i bought , o...

Relentless overseas scammers

Having issues with overseas buyers purchasing items off my store and trying to ship them to sketchy 3rd parties.When I refund their money because I don't ship to 3rd party re-shippers, they delete their account and try again a few days later.Each tim...

Don't you just love it when...

...a user asks you a question on an item they have no intention on buying? Example:-"HeLLo, R tHeR nE fLaWz w/ ThIs ShIRt?"-Well the description says its in great condition but whatever, they just want to make sure. Thats fine-*walk down to my baseme...

Excess listings for one item appearing without input from me

I recently listed a few books on ebay after a long hiatus and doing only Amazon. It is just not like the old half.com now and seems hard to control. Excess listings for one item are appearing and I am having trouble deleting them. I would rather do f...

returning an item

i am trying to return an item. so,,, i go to purchase history and click on more actions/return this item. then i click on item is defective, then next. then i fill in the box message to seller. /// then i want to continue but there is no "next" or no...

Issue with offers from sellers of watched items

For watched items, I get notifications about offers from the seller of one of the items in my watchlist. The offer is listed under My eBay | Bids and Offers, showing the offer price. However the button "View offer details" just sends me back to the i...