If a buyer pays me $10 via Paypal for a few ebay transactions & I refund
them $1....Does paypal charge me $1, or more? By receiving this $1
paypal payment, I have 96.1 cents in my paypal account (ie $1 minus
their 3.9% fee is 96.1 cents).If I refund ...
Just expressing my frustration to stamp sellers (or other similar small
& low weight items) who offer Combined Shipping & then arbitrarily tack
on an extra 50 cents or more onto each item even when the extras don't
increase the postage costs.It's per...
I recently tried to pay for an ebay item using my ebay bucks & to my
frustration, the code supplied by ebay to me was deemed unvalid.I tried
all types of work-arounds which were ineffective:(1) Typed in code
instead of using copy & paste(2) Used a di...
Here is a comment I've read numerous times in these helpful discussion
forums. This scenario, which I think has good instructive intentions, is
sometimes not so good. I quote:What is better:(1) An item that cost $2
with free shipping?Or (2) an item t...
Please post somewhere in your listings if you either DO or DO NOT offer
combined shipping.....and what your general rules are. For these small
items, shipping 1 or 10 lots often doesn't increase postage
costs.Shipping often constitutes a high percent...
You put my thoughts into words exactly as I feel regarding ebay sales
taxes. Not a problem.....IF it is actually stated somewhere in a
seller's listings ahead of time.A potential cause for concern if not.For
Auction Items (Not Cart Items) , a buyer w...
Add to Cart would show the sales taxes...but what if it is from winning
a few auction listings & we must then request a combined total from the
seller.
Had a chuckle reading your last comment:No surprises......"Unless the
buyer finds out after committing to the sale that the seller charges GST
or HST."I just made a few purchases from a seller I purchased from
before & received this "surprise". I alw...
For the stamp sellers who don't have any mention of "combined shipping",
I always send them a polite question with essentially the same wording
as you've suggested". However, about a third of the responses don't
fully answer my question. They merely ...
I think this discussion has now morphed into other areas not closely
related to the original topic.Hope some have benefited from all the
experiences learned from all the veteran ebayers.
