Holy cow is eBay ripping off sellers! (1 Viewer)

[upNdown]

Don't they charge the buyer sales tax then remove it from the sale? That's collected from the buyer if I'm not mistaken....see below on a sale I made yesterday...

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Right. But that $12.93 transaction fees they took from you? That’s 13.7% of the $94.56 that the buyer paid in total, which includes price $83, + shipping $6, + tax $5.66.

So yeah, they took the sales tax from the buyer, but then they went ahead and took 13.7% of that amount from you too, just because they can.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Right. But that $12.93 transaction fees they took from you? That’s 13.7% of the $94.56 that the buyer paid in total, which includes price $83, + shipping $6, + tax $5.66.

So yeah, they took the sales tax from the buyer, but then they went ahead and took 13.7% of that amount from you too, just because they can.

Because that's the cost of the service? I guess I just knew that cost so I expect it. Ebays still the best service to sell Sports cards and such for a good rate.

 

[upNdown]

Because that's the cost of the service? I guess I just knew that cost so I expect it. Ebays still the best service to sell Sports cards and such for a good rate.

No argument. And I'll keep paying it. But something about it feels wrong.

 

[Josh Kifer]

No argument. And I'll keep paying it. But something about it feels wrong.

Eh... If I go cosign my firearms at my gun shop. They take 15%. I think in our hobby we are super lucky on our sales here being free. eBay can hit some sticker shock if ya don't look and the high priced shit.

I don't sell on marketplace because Facebook is the devil, so maybe I'm just so used to it.

 

[legend672]

Would you like some cheese with your whine? Classic CPF go nowhere post.