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A Canadian question why pay tax after confirm purchase
Summary: In this forum discussion, cnetseller expresses frustration over a negative feedback received from a buyer, who was upset about sales tax being added at checkout, despite it being clearly stated in the listing. muscoviteman argues that buyers should be informed upfront about taxes and mentions past experiences where tax affected their purchasing decision, highlighting the importance of clarity in listings. komics4sale and hameizad2 discuss the implications of tax on auctions and emphasize the need for sellers to disclose it to avoid negative experiences. marnotom! notes that eBay now ensures taxes are collected according to federal legislation, referencing a dedicated discussion board for these issues. The thread closes with a moderator, kh-leslie, suggesting starting a new thread due to the discussion's age.
Here we go, its REALLY hurt our sellers in having this kind of eBayer in our community.
A Canadian blast about sales tax at the end of checkout and yet confirmed transaction and paid for it, claimed it should have been informed before commit to buy. Seller takes the blame with a NEGATIVE feedback.
eBay system allows seller to setup tax rates and is clearly stated in all listings, it is buyer's choice to pick seller and check with details including final payment amount before submit purchase order.
eBay should step up their punishment to this kind of behavior within the community, we, the seller work so hard to please buyers and yet a few of these bad apples ruin our credit rating due to this ridicules reason.
Regards,
Samson
kh-leslie
·3 years agoHi everyone,
Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.
Thank you for understanding.
muscoviteman
·8 years ago"Oh, I don't know. I don't think any buyer has the right to get all uppity about paying a sales tax. Yes, many sellers on ebay are too small to warrant collecting it but it shouldn't be an expectation that all ebay is tax-free."
I respectfully disagree. I look at the total cost when making purchases and expect those that charge tax to indicate that in the body of the listing. I don't expect eBay to be tax free. I do expect to know if taxes are additional to the listing price and shipping.
I would not have left a negative but I have in the past requested a cancel on a purchase because the extra 13% made the item more expensive than the same item from a seller charging a few dollars more for the item without tax.
I have never used the cart so knowing it indicates tax is good but many buyers will not know this.
And many buyers do read descriptions. The problems caused by buyers who do not stand out but the problems never incurred because the potential buyer did read simply go unnoticed.
muscoviteman
·8 years agoKnowing about the cart is good but I just realized that won't work for auctions. Sending the seller a question to ask will not work either as I only ever check on auctions ending soonest and I purchase the bulk of my items in auctions.
So if you charge tax no problem ... if you indicate it in the listing body.
komics4sale
·8 years agoYou 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 will not know until they have committed to purchasing by winning the auction/auctions.
Why give your sellers a chance to have a negative feeling about their new purchase, especially after they've won your auction.
hameizad2
·3 years agothis posting is a little old, but I found it online when I was searching for a similar title, first of all, Ebay has mentioned that it is the seller's job to mention that the Tax is extra on the price of the goods, otherwise, it will be considered as miss information, and I don't know how much you know about the tax system, but as far as I know, you can't charge both GST and HST on a used item that already had them paid when it was brand new, you can only collect HST, so let's not be so selfish and think about customers as well as if it is you trying to buy something, you are working hard to make money same as the person who is paying you, we all work hard to make money and we don't like surprises and hidden fees.
marnotom!
·3 years agoThis is why the moderators of the eBay discussion boards and answer centre tend to shut down threads that have been revived after a longish to long period of inactivity. Things have changed considerably in the five years since the first post was made to this thread. eBay is now required by federal tax legislation to ensure that applicable taxes are collected and remitted to the feds on sales from Canadian sellers to Canadian buyers. This is noted at Checkout, if I recall correctly.
There's a dedicated discussion board devoted to the issue of sales taxes being applied to eBay sales and how it affects sellers and buyers. You may wish to go through some of those threads or posts. Amongst other things, you'll likely run into several posts dealing with the issue of taxes on transactions involving used items:
https://community.ebay.ca/t5/Canadian-Sales-Tax/bd-p/CA_sales_tax
mrdutch1001
·3 years ago@kh-leslie
ZOMBIE THREAD FROM 2018!