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@millionairedojo:
Maintaining a Top Rated Seller Plus rating gives a seller the seal and 10% off on final value fees.
Most of us probably don’t need to jump thru eBay hoops for this.
But for most of us, Top Rated Seller is worth maintaining for the discounts on shipping plus potential best match visibility, etc.The two remaining seller Levels are: Above Standard and Below Standard. So you are probably Above Standard.
Below Standard sellers pay penalties in the form of increased FVF. So no one wants that. Are you checking your Seller Dashboard / Seller Level to make sure you are not moving toward a problem there?
If you are on managed payments, you probably cannot issue refunds without eBay knowing. If necessary, you can download reports about the transactions that have offended eBay to analyze what is going on.
BTW, isn’t it interesting that eBay can have some big screw-ups but we sellers get dinged if a package does not get a timely scan?
@ChristineR: For 2021 tax year, you have to have both 200 sales AND over $20,000 in transactions. So eBay probably does not need to send you the form nor report to IRS, etc.
Next year, for 2022 tax year, eBay will issue a 1099-K for everyone with $600 in sales. The latest Congress passed new legislation that requires this. It’s the law. I suppose this includes all but the most casual sellers. Read more here.
“Are we paying Final Value Fees on the Sales Tax Collected from the Buyer”
Yes.
@craig-rex: This morning I got an eBay pop-up announcing an eBay Bucks 5% sale. It’s good thru 10/14/21.
It came in on my ‘buying ID’. Perhaps these are getting more predictable? Since there was also one the middle of last month.
I use calculated shipping and most of my items go via First Class mail. Good news this year. eBay seems to be correctly adjusting the amount that they are charging my buyers.
Last year eBay did not do this for me.
@craig-rex: This morning I got one of those eBay pop-ups announcing an eBay Bucks 5% sale. Seems like it is good thru 9/15/21.
@mycottage: Perhaps eBay has finally unlocked the “big secret” that eBay sellers are some of their best buyers too?@Temudgin: Thanks for the reminder.
These holiday surcharges are higher than they were last year. In some cases, significantly higher. And they begin two weeks earlier than they did last year.
I use calculated shipping for my eBay auctions. Last year eBay did NOT increase what they were charging my buyers for shipping at all.
J&R:
I had been listening to the podcasts weekly for over 24 months. And will miss them. Thanks for keeping the forum along with your weekly updates. I come here for encouragement, help keeping up with eBay and your positive attitudes.@Temudgin: The eBay PR/USVI quirks went away when I changed my test item’s domestic shipping from first class calculated to a fixed amount. The international shipping charges were already fixed amounts. I need to try a few more permutations when time avails. Thanks.
@temudgin: Thanks for your input. In regards to PR/USVI go to some of your own auctions and play with the country dropdown box on the Shipping and Payments tab. See if when you select Bahrain or Malta, it will display the shipping charges. But if you put PR or USVI (or Marshall Islands), eBay will put a message out that states: “This item will ship to Puerto Rico, but the seller has not specified shipping options. Contact the seller and request a shipping method to your location.”
Yes of course these locations have zip codes and USPS service just like 50 states. So perhaps it is an eBay quirk BUT
For some sellers, the above does not happen. So there must be myriad different setups for this. I am looking to find one that works for me.
And I am starting to recall why I limit buyers to US.
@lukastreasuretrove: thanks for your reply. For one of your auctions, select Puerto Rico or USVI as your destination “country” in the dropdown list and you may see what I am talking about. eBay doesn’t handle that very well and tells buyer to contact the seller about it. If buyer enters their destination with a US zip code, then all looks good. And since they may be signed in with eBay knowing their zip code, maybe they never need the dropdown box.
I am already leaning towards PirateShip for this. Perhaps I should enable my auction for just Canada as a starting point.
Still need more input from the SL hive mind.
Don’t reply to the feedback just yet. That may make it more difficult to get it removed.
Get eBay on the phone. You were threatened with a negative feedback in eBay messages. They should remove it. If the first phone rep cannot do it, keep trying.
Problem solved.
I got lucky on this. There is a miracle automotive product that I had used for years and still have a bottle handy. It solved the problem.
It is a petroleum-based liquid wax and goes by the name Liquid Lustre / Pink Wax. I think it used to be called Nathan’s Liquid Lustre.
