ebay ripoff fees

RFW

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

I just read what you post, we should be thankful people with your level of national pride were not about when WW1 kicked off?

I'd be happy to have a debate with you about taxation, about patriotism. Sadly your only interest in tax payments is in your quest to promote anything anti Ebay. A quest that is informed by Ebay closing your accounts and not allowing you back on.

Masquerading your Ebay hostility as patriotism is an admirable change of tactic. Does your new found patriotism extend to other companies with questionable taxation issues?
Will you start to issue invoices for all those cash transactions you've carried out over the years and pay the back tax on them? Or are your profits not so big that you don't think they matter?
As you often post about Aliexpress and Alibaba and encourage buying from Chinese sellers, I won't be taking any advice in patriotism from you.

mgdavid

cash-strapped wrote: »

........ story which emerged this week. eBay, because they are registered in a foreign country (Luxembourg I think) means they can fiddle their accounts so as to pay minimal tax in the UK. ............!

It didn't emerge this week.
This has been the case for >16 years, have you only just realised?
It is on the first page of the User Agreement which you signed up to when you opened an account.

SpammyTheSpammer

Handbags down boys, go sit on the naughty step and think happy thoughts for 5 minutes....;)

RFW

mgdavid wrote: »

It didn't emerge this week.
This has been the case for >16 years, have you only just realised?
It is on the first page of the User Agreement which you signed up to when you opened an account.

Ebay don't even need to be registered in Luxembourg, they could happily have stayed in the US as a US company and paid all their taxes there whilst having sellers from around the world. There's no good reason why an operation such as Ebay has to be in separate countries. Amazon sell and store products in host countries, Ebay don't.

Brooker_Dave

RFW wrote: »

Ebay don't even need to be registered in Luxembourg, they could happily have stayed in the US as a US company and paid all their taxes there whilst having sellers from around the world. There's no good reason why an operation such as Ebay has to be in separate countries. Amazon sell and store products in host countries, Ebay don't.

There are 39 reasons why Ebay has to be in separate countries:

"America taxes profits no matter where they are earned, at a rate of 39%"

See - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_inversion

HTH.

RFW

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

There are 39 reasons why Ebay has to be in separate countries:

"America taxes profits no matter where they are earned, at a rate of 39%"

See - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_inversion

HTH.

It misses the point though doesn't it?
They could be anywhere in the world with a decent tech service and offer their services from there.
If I place an advert in the New York Times to sell a product, the New York Times don't pay the British Government tax on the fees I pay them. Ebay is not much more than a collection of ads that could be collated from anywhere.

brindsey

bartelbe - As others have said you should have checked the charges first - there are useful eBay calculators on the net to help you do this (know I'm not allowed to give you a link so I haven't even named the site but easy enough to find)
Think the Thread has gone off topic a bit on the tax issues of the major companies' tax liabilities though and would be good if posters could answer the OP's question as to how you sell on facebook (would tell you if I knew)

Sasahara

bartelbe wrote: »

The cheapskate comment would hold more merit if ebay didn't have a near monopoly or make its fees deliberately complicated. In the same way budget airlines have an upfront price, than hide all the extra charges.

10% sound reasonable, 10% on postage as well is penalising honest sellers only charge the true cost of postage. Then they add an extra 3.4% for paypal and an extra 20p. When paypal is owned by ebay and you have to use.

I am making money, because I am an amateur private seller who is selling off unwanted stuff. My stock costs are zero, I can't really lose money, but I am amazed anyone could make a business out of ebay.

It's a lot cheaper than a real shop.

meerustar

To sell on Facebook - Search for your local Buy, Sell & Swap page and join the page. Advertise anything there you want. I'm a member of a few and bought and sold a good few things over the years. Buyers are local so no postage costs.

However, people love to haggle on these pages, so up your price a little bit so they think they're getting a bargain when you drop it and you get what you want for it

Hope this helps

StaffsSW

Wow... it's like 2007 all over again....