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80% off Final Value Fees for up to 100 listings when you opt in (excludes 30p order-level fees) - selected accounts
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Start Date 26-Jan-2024 00:00:00
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80% off final value fees on up to 100 listings and no insertion fees - see T&Cs.
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Start Date 26-Jan-2024 00:00:00
End Date 29-Jan-2024 23:59:59
80% off final value fees on up to 100 listings and no insertion fees - see T&Cs.
Learn More - Get 80% off Final Value Fees (excludes 30p order-level fees)
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sorted byBut sharing data in itself does not by any means suggest you will have to pay Tax.
If you have genuinely sold, for example, £2500 of assorted used items over the course of a year, I'd be very surprised if their computers would even pluck your details to put in the enormous pile waiting for a human to review.
But even if that happened, whoever looks at it is going to see you selling used goods and likely not going to be able to justify trying to make a case that you're a business.
Why bother when there will be other sellers, and we've all seen them, who claim to be selling their own goods but have 000s of brand news clothes/trainers etc listed at any given time and raking in tens of thousands. IMO those are the people HMRC are trying to frighten into declaring their earnings.
But even with the really blatant ones, there's only so much 26 staff can do vs millions of registered ebay UK sellers, not to mention they will be getting data for ALL foreign sellers who sell in the UK plus Ebay is just the tip of the iceberg, they they will also be getting data from Vinted, Etsy, airbnb, onlyfans etc etc.
I'd say the chances of getting inspected for selling your own unwanted stuff, even if you sell a good few grand of used stuff over a year, is slim to none. The data sending is automated and in itself means very little.
If, on the other hand, you're making your main living from ebay and not declaring it, you might get some unwanted attention, but even then, based on human resources alone, I still wouldn't put money on them ever getting round to you.
But, you know, if you ARE making a living from it, you should be paying what you owe like everyone else!
I reiterate though that teaming up with tax dodging corporations to try and dob in individuals for way smaller amounts than said corporations dodge, is just a perverse demonstration of the same rules not applying to the mega rich with great legal teams etc.
Every time someone suggests it's low selling accounts, someone will pop up and say "well I sell 50 things a month and always get it"
Every time someone suggests it's only account that have a lot of sales, someone will say "I haven't sold for over a year and still get the offer every time"
If someone suggests it's due to too many selling defects like late deliveries, cancellations etc, someone will chime in and say "nah, I have quite a few defects and still get the offer every time"
Only ebay know exactly what the critera is, and even that's debateable.
ebayfeescalculator.com/uk-…or/
not using them until I get an offer. I’m not even a trader, I’ve sold 3 things over the last 2 years.
i just stick it on local Facebook now, I get less money, but don’t pay postage or 10% fees…
The ones I have I don’t pay for promoted listings never get it
Just a thought
I've had multiple online chats about it. They said they'd escalate to the marketing team. They said to opt out and then back in to marketing prefs. They confirmed my account is in good standing. Done all that.
Finally I called them today and the CS rep to their credit told me the truth - eBay are more likely to give these promotions now to new accounts. He actually suggested I start a new account and I might have a better chance of getting some kind of seller discount as there was literally nothing he could do about the situation and didn't want to lie to me. Top man that CS guy for sure, didn't mess me around but there you have it. eBay does not value long term users. (edited)
Obviously less good news for the dodgy businesses posing as private sellers who've had it good for years, finally now having to play by the rules as every other legit business.
Nobody really knows why some get lucky and some don't.
I explained to the buyer I couldn’t send something he bought till the weekend and Moron asked me to cancel a sale as didn’t want to wait , so I gave him full refund then gave me negative feedback saying item not received !!!!! Tried to explain to email that he got his money back and showed them his email saying to cancel and they still said technically item was not received!!
Horrible
Unfortunately, in today's algorithm controlled eBay it's far too easy for crooks to game the system. eBay customer service doesn't care, citing 'distance selling regulations' for refusing to adjudicate in buyer disputes. Additionally, identifying rogue buyers pre-emptively is now impossible as eBay doesn't permit sellers to flag abusive buyers.
It's no wonder they're now having to regularly incentivise users to list items.
Of course, eBay always ensure they win.
"caveat venditor"
The only one they didn't help with was when rm got hacked last year and something I sent to the states arrived 3.5 months later.. buyer ignored me when I asked him to repay the money ebay made me refund. Ebay customer service said it was too late for them to help, and royal mail just shrugged it off and said they don't guarantee a time frame lol
Heated OP! (edited)