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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??

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...

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.

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...

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:...

Canadian but have a eBay.com address and want to sell in Canada but want to be paid in U.S. $

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.

CHICAGO DISTRIBUTION CENTER BLACK HOLE!

I've had three packages held up at the Chicago Distribution Center for 5-7 days now with no other updates. Anyone else seeing delays in US shipments?

The payout f4om my sale is less then my total sales minus ebay fees, why?

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...

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 =...

Resolved! I am so tired of buyers not able to ask for combined shipping

In the last few weeks I have had 4 buyers wanting to have combined shipping, I have tried, all my settings are correct, but it is just not working. 2 of them just gave up. I am having to send special listing for each one. This has been going on for s...

Resolved! Where can I find the total sales for last year

I am trying to find the total sales for 2022 without postage paid. Everything is different this year with seller hub. I keep getting"No tax forms availableYou haven't sold enough on eBay requiring you to submit tax documentation."

Anyway to avoid Fedex UPS Brokerage fees on returns?

Yes I'm aware Fedex and UPS are not supposed to charge brokerage fees on Canadian Goods being returned because they are exempt from customs and duties but they do anyways. The onus is on the buyers to state " Canadian Goods being returned" simply sta...

Seller fees out of control

I've been selling on eBay for 21 years. I am seriously reconsidering this relationship. With the company taking over payment management, seller fees have increased by over 1%, but that's really just the latest example in a string of bad faith policie...

anyone get a fraudalent charge lately? (hacker) Got a big one yesterday!

for over 700 cdn. 550 plus usd, got address from paypal website its in orogon. im in ontario, canada. just contact my credit union Monday for immediate refund? yes i changed my passwords just now, but sneaky stealer must have edited my paypal account...

Watch for the Sell & Save Promotion - 50% Off FVF's

Just received an email from eBay of a new promotion to Sell & Save. It says 50% off final value fees from Feb. 3 - 9th in several categories for up to 20 items. I haven't read the fine print but have activated it in the hopes I can make some sales an...

WATCHERS MISSING FROM ITEM LISTING PAGE

All watchers from the item listing page are missing! If you look at 25 or 50 items per page you can see the listings that have 10 or more watchers but if you click on the listing there is no watchers showing. Another eBay glitch?

Would you ship to the UK at this time?

I have had a request to ship an item to the UK. Low priced item, high shipping cost. I will have to ship tracked Pkt I think. Is it worth the risk now due to the strikes and postal problems in the UK?

Replying to Negative Feedback

Hi Everyone. Have not been on the board for awhile but I would really appreciate some feedback on this situation. I sold a necklace to what I thought was a US buyer, address was in Florida. Turns out they were in the middle east which is fine althoug...

Restricted Account

Hello,I am a Seller on eBay.ca with a Top Rated Seller Level, 100% positive Feedback, tens of thousands dollars in sales and my account is restricted. I can continue selling, just can't list items or make changes to my listings. (which means I can't ...

Resolved! Sales Withdrawal ?

Sup Folks. I'm curious. Can anyone relate to this?My sales are pretty consistent but I can go a day or two without a sale...which leads me with a bit of an empty feeling in some way. Melancholy....I've heard that drug users experience this when they ...

Resolved! First time "sale" issue - any recourse?

A user successfully bid for my item and then asked me to ship out of country, even though listing said Canada only. When I wouldn't they asked to cancel the order. I did, and then reported the buyer for asking for shipping to a place other than liste...

Resolved! Your payment information is not available on international eBay sites. To view and update this infor

I am in Canada. I saw that I can list on .com and .ca. I now have a sale going through on .com. When I go to add my payment info, this is the message I get: Your payment information is not available on international eBay sites. To view and update thi...

Modifications to Variation/Seller Refurbished vs eBay Refurbished requirements.

Heads up to anyone this applies to. This showed up in my eBay mail this morning. Unsure of the comment where eBay states will end listings, if that means they will be purged or end up in a sellers ended listing folder. A straight forward way to ident...