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experiment with almost give away listing pondering problem

need to increase number of sales before the 20 th of month to get back to good glaces with ebay and lower charging rate 6% lower that is -- tried selling all my listings at 45% to 50 to 65 % off my already low prices -- don't increase sales still abo...

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Media (DVD's/Blu-rays) Being Shipped from China!

I remarked on this topic a few weeks ago, but I was unaware at that time as to the extent of this problem. (When I went to revisit the thread after a couple of weeks, I noticed that it had disappeared. I was curious as to why .... it's the first time...

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99c auctions experiment, observations so far.

I auction a lot of stuff at the same start price it will be if it doesn't sell and then goes BIN, but it has been a very very long time since I've run a 99c auction.I've noticed that some of my "watchees" succeed in getting some very good results wit...

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Need Help My fellow Canadians

i have sold shoes on ebay and they have gone to someone first to be checked for authenticity before going to the buyer no problems. i recently sold a pair to someone in Mexico and using eBay labels, i used the choice given and sent them just like bef...

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Unable to general printing labels on eBay

I have had this happen a couple of times before. Not sure if Canada Post's fault or eBay's but have tried over the course of 40 minutes or so to print a label & it just keeps giving me an error message to print later. This is of course annoying but w...

Resolved! Sourcing Shipping Materials in Canada

Hello everybody, I am having a hard time finding a good source for boxes and bubble wrap, mailers etc. Can anyone here recommend a good wholesale company in Canada and better yet in B.C.?

Shipping Costs being a Canadian Seller

I was looking for some insight as I have recently tried to make my eBay a secondary source of income. I am getting a lot of messages about shipping. The majority of my sales are graded cards which I always send tracked however I am getting asked freq...

Watchers

With the last update for watchers the count was attached to each listing when you hit 5. Anyone know if that is still the case? On my curent listings all I am now seeing is Ships from Canada, Returns accepted and/or New. From my past experience if/wh...

Sales tax on shipping cost

How is eBay able to collect sales tax on the shipping cost? I've just sold an item for $5 + postage $17.90 (yes, Canada Post at work) = $22.90 on which eBay has slapped 12% for the buyer. $2.75 tax on an item worth $5??

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New kind of glitch - a blocked buyer buys from my store!

This is something very unusual. I got an offer from a buyer blocked since 13 months! I accepted the offer, then I realized the buyer was on my black list. It happens often that the banned buyers try to buy again, but they use other nicknames, but thi...

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Selling digital codes

I have some livenation digital cash codes to use and have a discount on ticketmaster and i wonder if it's against eBay rules to list them? It's basically like a digital gift card/code. I did read the policies about it but it's not all clear to me 1. ...

eBay raising fees again

Hi eBayYou are raising fees again. That raises the idea that I should seriously leave eBay for another platform.Keep going and I will leave.

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Resolved! Reporting eBay total on personal income taxes for 2022?

So this past year I decided to start selling my old pokemon cards that I'd had lying around since I was a kid. Sold about 50 cards for around $1115 total after fees and shipping label purchases. No individual item sold for more than $500. Hard to get...

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RICARMICs Self insurance cookie jar statistics to end of 2022

WOW the 10th anniversary of me producing these!! Main overall note: In 2022 I shipped a higher percentage of NON tracked items, I'm usually running under 10% tracked now, folks were buying "smaller" stuff for the last half of the year. Overall Notes:...

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Buyers claiming defective, even though it was described. Ebay sides instantly with buyer

I recently sold a camera. The camera works amazing but the lens does not. Therefore I listed as used, and put in the title to read the description. In the description I repeatedly said the camera body works great and will work great with other lenses...

Import taxes on commercial goods

Is it true that, when importing goods for commercial use, only the GST (5%) applies ? Provided it goes through a custom broker I guess... For example, if I buy collections/lots of stamps in the US for resale. Thanks !

Resolved! Any Tips during downtime?

Hey yall! Hope you're all making sales and the weekend was nice. Just curious. What are any tips that you have for what to do with listings during sales downtime (when sales are quiet) I am curious as to what might help?Thanks,Jake

Do Listing Drafts Ever Expire?

Just wondering if draft listings ever expire or auto delete? Looking at doing some prep for items to list in the spring and early summer and was wondering about this.

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Resolved! A question regarding some stamps I found…..

I know nothing about stamps but I found these when going through my in-laws things. They travelled a lot after retirement so thinking these were bought as a souvenier? Anyway, these aren't worth much but wondered if I should bother to list them or ju...

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Latest fee increase

Regarding the latest fee inrease: Example: $20 Sale + $3.50 Shipping = $23.50 + $3.06 (13% HST) = TOTAL: $26.56 FVF = (TOTAL-Shipping) x 13.25% = $3.06HST on FVF = FVF x 13% = $.40FVFS = Shipping x 13.25% = $.46HST on FVFS = FVFS x 13% = $.06MP Fee =...

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