Thank you for reply. No I did not have a sale yet. I asked him kindly to wait till I figure this out.
That's going to be a problem.
If you have a buyer , you have a sale.
Even if he has not yet paid.
And your fees are due, even if he has not paid.
You have to cancel, either as an Unpaid Item (he has 96 hours to pay) or Buyer Request.
Anything else you will be penalized, because eBay doesn't like unhappy buyers. It reflects on all sellers.
If you mean you have an auction bid , but the auction is ongoing, you can cancel the bid.
You can Block the bidder.
But when that happens, as others have said, eBay may assume you took the sale "off-eBay" and will charge you their fees anyway.
On that $400 cable that would be $50.00 on the purchase (that didn't happen)+ 12.5% of your shipping charge which is "free".
Free Shipping means you have included your shipping costs in the asking price, so no difference there.
But if the auction on that cable ends in five days, the current bidder (or someone else) wins, you have to ship. No matter what you may have politely asked him to do.
I do suggest that you take down your other listings immediately, since you don't think eBay is the right venue.
By the way Paypal also charges a fee. I think at the moment it is 3.9% for domestic sales, plus a further international fee for US or overseas customers.
Just my stuff I bought and already payed HST.
Doesn't matter . The tax is on the transaction not on the product.
And it's a Value Added Tax on goods and services.
However, your buyer pays the appropriate tax for his location, not you.
You do pay eBay's fee on his ENTIRE payment, which would include the tax you never touch, shipping (in this case 'free') and the purchase price.
