80% off Final Value Fees for up to 100 listings when you opt in (excludes 30p order-level fees) - Selected Accounts 5th to 8th April

You need to sell a couple of things for full fees first

I know this because I’ve had 70-80% off for 2 years running now

My wife complained to me for months that she never got the same 80% deal I did (as if it was my fault )

I suggested the whole time that she should at least try and sell a few bits at full fees, eventually she did this.

2 weeks later and boom!

Profit will be taxed, buying something for £100 and selling it used for £80 is a loss. If HMRC want you to account for all sales then the cost of the goods have to be offset. Most people who use eBay to sell personal possessions will NOT pay tax. If it's as ill thought out as people think, you could be looking at tax rebates. Always keep copies (scanned with a phone is fine) of receipts for ALL purchases. It's designed for those running small businesses and making a profit. Same with capital gains tax, it's in the name. Capital Gains Tax is a tax on the profit when you sell (or ‘dispose of’) something (an ‘asset’) that’s increased in value. If you buy a car for £50,000 and sell for £40,000, that's a capital loss (which you could possibly try and offset against other capital gains). If you buy a car for £50,000 and sell it for £100,000 then capital gains tax applies after your allowance (currently £6K). There's more info on capital gains here: gov.uk/cap…tax (edited)

Why don't you tell us where you think is better to sell on than eBay? With this promotion it makes selling on there a very viable option, I've sold tons of electronics and expensive (and cheap) items on there and never once encountered scammers. Prices are also usually much cheaper for new and sealed items than getting directly from a store online or otherwise.

Usually that's down to a spelling error. I always use these promos and search for my items from another account or while not logged in and it always comes up where it should - so I don't really believe this conspiracy theory some folk have (edited)

So you prefer to keep unwanted items than get cash? Here's an example if you sell something for £100 - with the 80% discount, you get £97.14 net before any postage costs. With the 70% discount, you get £95.86. So £1.28 additional fees to recover real cash. And if you have anything that becomes obsolete with every passing day, you will lose even more.

Obviously, all this assumes you need the money.

Normal fee is 12.8% + 30p. With the 80% discount, it is 2.56% + 30p.

No, it's a weird error but it means you are not eligible.

Try selling something at full fees, maybe a couple of things. Others report this will start the 80% off offers every fortnight.

You'll need to end and relist during an active promo.

Yeah if you want someone offering you a quid for every item you own and then doxxing you if you don't accept

You know eBay aren't reading this, don't you?

That's your last offer.

Sold anything at full fees for a while?

New members or stale accounts only.

Same here lowered to 70%,

Anyone know if you don't accept and try to leave it until the next one you would get back 80%?
Problem is not accepting I would fear losing all offers. (edited)

Maybe this answers your comment


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After midnight on the day of the offer you should check your seller dashboard under "seller promotions". If you are going to get the offer at all, it will be available for you to see then. Very often there are long delays for ebay FVF offer messages/emails.