Reporting Ebay Seller

Goldenage

connoro30 wrote: »

If an ebay account holder sells a certain number of items then their account is automatically flagged and they are told that they must register as a business account before they can list more items - thus incurring greater listing fees.

You should leave well alone, why get involved?

I'm not convinced that accounts are flagged, ebay are notoriously blind to activity which is against their own policies. I expect because they won't employ people ( keeping overheads down ) to monitor listings even when reported e.g sale of human body parts. Look at real human skull sales in completed items.

As for "..leave well alone, why get involved?" surely that attitude encourages more problems in wider society?

emweaver

how do you know they buy to sell? i sell a fair bit of new items that ive won im a compoholic and sell any unwanted prizes not to mention unwanted gifts dd gets off mil

Crowqueen

emweaver wrote: »

how do you know they buy to sell? i sell a fair bit of new items that ive won im a compoholic and sell any unwanted prizes not to mention unwanted gifts dd gets off mil

Unwanted prizes or gifts or whatever would be assumed to be one of a kind new items.

If someone has large amounts of new stock it's not going to be competition prizes. No-one is that lucky.

soolin

Why have we resurrected an 8 month old thread?

Crowqueen

They started it...!

emweaver

I didnt even check the date the thread was started when I replied it was just top of the ebay thread! Also yes some people are that lucky if you check out the comps board and see what people have won in their signatures

Crowqueen

emweaver wrote: »

I didnt even check the date the thread was started when I replied it was just top of the ebay thread! Also yes some people are that lucky if you check out the comps board and see what people have won in their signatures

Yes, I can see that from your sig.

However, trust me, it's more likely to be a business seller not registering than some other explanation. A lot of people don't realise the rules on trading and if there is a large quantity of stock, then competitions are unlikely to be the source. Plus a lot of very similar items is going to be hard to explain. From your sig, I'd know if you were selling a variety of stuff related to your competition wins. They're also largely going to be "once-offs". But someone with a large library of CDs or a lot of new sealed DVDs or hairbands or flipflops or whatever...then it gets very hard to persuade me that you should not be registered as a business.

Plus, if HMRC think you are a business, if eBay think you are a business - then you have to prove that you're not, rather than they having to prove that you are.

Myyrrddyn

FRUIT_SALAD wrote: »

I had this exact response a while back when i asked a similar question, tho the ones that were helpful to you were also v. nice to me

report away (Y)

My question would be how do you know they sold £250 have you been keeping close tabs on them? Plus what is the profit margin on these items less paypal and ebay fees etc

forgotmyname

HMRC are a joke to deal with, Sent me a tax bill for several hundred pounds when my taxable earnings were
less than my tax limit.

Had to ask and explain to them on the phone 3 times, I can earn £5k before tax i earn less so pay no tax right.

Eventually they agreed and i heard nothing from them again.

soolin

forgotmyname wrote: »

HMRC are a joke to deal with, Sent me a tax bill for several hundred pounds when my taxable earnings were
less than my tax limit.

Had to ask and explain to them on the phone 3 times, I can earn £5k before tax i earn less so pay no tax right.

Eventually they agreed and i heard nothing from them again.

I'm afraid that HMRC are not mind readers so will present a bill if someone does not complete a full tax returns to show there is no liability. Not so much their error but yours but in fairness they do send bills to 'jog' peoples memory about completing a tax return if required.