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Question on how to figure taxable income
On the monthly eBay statements, it shows 'Payouts', 'Shipping Labels' and 'Refunds'. Would I subtract the shipping labels and refunds from the payouts figure to arrive at net taxable income?
Buyer Return SCAM or No SCAM?
Buyer Return SCAM or No SCAM?First time I’ve seen this type of fraudulent return and not sure if this is a new variant by a fraudulent seller. Sharing with the community my experience. Buyer (New with no feedback) purchased a mantle clock from me ($1...
Should I even bother?
I have a buyer asking me "Exactly what color red is this? Pictures can be misleading. I'm looking for brick red to match these shoes." Then he attached a PICTURE of his red shoes, the very thing he just said that can be misleading. Oh the irony.
Defective Product Report (eBay item number: 324466794965)
Dear eBay team, I regret to inform you that the product I received is defective. I apologize for reaching out after such a long time, but I was unable to test the item I purchased in April 2023 until now. I needed to acquire a lens, and as I am invol...
New bid (outbid) is showing a bid time from the past ( 3 days prior to my bid date )
After placing a bid on an item today, the 20th, I was outbid immediately (it wasn't tagged as an automatic bid) and the bid time shown for the new highest bid is the 17th. How does that make any sense? Any bid that occurred after my bid should've bee...
Tired of lowballers on "make an offer"
Has anyone noticed how many folks out there are just totally ignorant of what it costs to mail something today? Offering $6 for an item that will cost between $5-$6 just to ship, I'm better off throwing it in the garbage rather than accept their offe...
Guaranteed authentication theft
I sold a Wayne Gretzky rookie card that went through authentication process, passed and was shipped to buyer. For some reason it couldn’t be delivered. EBay first said it was lost and refunded the buyer and let me keep my funds. I discovered through ...
Order of foot rasps
Hi, I ordered some foot rasps recently through you. The sender has said it was eventually delivered to a porch. The address I gave has no porch and is a sports club which has a reception open from 9am to 9am..the sender is asking me to get proof from...
Ebay is holding sellers financially responsible for USPS Tardiness
USPS has been running as long as 2-3 weeks on priority. I ship every day, in the last two months I've seen delivery times go from 2-3 days to that many weeks. Had a buyer file "item not received" after 1 week, even though tracking shows progress. I s...
