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why is ebay adding the sales tax to the seller's income from sale. Sellers never receive sales tax

I couldn't believe my eyes, but apparently Ebay is charging the seller to include the sales tax to the amount received, we don't receive any sales tax from customers, and when they get their 12% which already way too high, but this is downright theft...

USPS Advantage Shipping Damage Claim

I recently sold an old radio in a bakelite cabinet. It was carefully wrapped in bubble wrap, air pillows on all sides, fragile. It was received in two pieces. Used the tracking # to file a USPS claim and it shows it's ineligible.Now what can I do? Th...

eBay Not Letting Me List Items; "We Looked Everywhere..." and "Where's All the Stuff" Messages

This has been happening on and off the past few months at least, but these past 10 days I was able to list 1, yes ONE, item. Every other time, I go to click Publish Listing and it just sits there loading, nonstop, regardless of how long you let it si...

Urgent Help Needed: Unjust Negative Feedback After Buyer Admits Not Reading Description

Imagine if, as a customer, I visited your eBay store and ignored the product description, then complained about missing items that were never offered. Would it be fair for me to leave negative feedback, and would it be right for eBay to be okay with ...

Sales Slump

Is everyone here in the US experiencing a HUGE downturn in sales?I used to do $3K a month, but the last few years sales have slumped by 2/3's or more.I have increased item levels by more that double, to no avail.I wish there was a real competitor to ...

Feedback no longer showing item number?

I used that to look at buyers feedback when it says 'repeat buyer' so I can see what they bought and when? Now, nothing shown??

New policy? What does this mean?

We’re reaching out to let you know that, starting May 15, your listings that display calculated shipping will default to showing eBay Labels discounted shipping rates. The new default rates will apply to all of your active and future listings that of...

MacBook bound to email of seller

Hello, I ordered a second-hand MacBook air (in Dec 2023) and when I got it I could use my apple account. Some months afterwards, I had to to reset the laptop and now am stuck. There is an email associated to the laptop. I guess the previous user has ...

Buyers Mistakenly Selecting Local Pickup At Checkout

I've been suddenly having this issue in the past 2 months of so, that has never happened in all my years as an eBay seller. Recently I keep getting buyers selecting local pickup at checkout, but expect shipping. I assume this is due to a change eBay ...

15 days waiting; package stalled in USPS tracking; USPS "Case Closed"

Not sure how to proceed. Item purchased 15 days ago. USPS tracking stalled at 10 days,I contacted USPSThree days later they responded "package located in your city, CASE CLOSED"Still no package has arrived. When to file for a refund through ebay? How...

eBay refund is taking too long

Hi and hope you’re having a great day. Last Sunday, I made an accidental purchase of an iPhone which I don’t meant to buy it, and of course, I made the request for refund, which is taking way too long, and the bank company is already bombarding my ac...

Top Rated seller sales tank

Why is it that each time I gain Top Rated seller, my sales stop or barely any sales? Top Rated seller is not a good thing apparently. Am I the only one?