Any Ebay Sellers Here Or In The Past?

[BeenHereBefore 1,435]

Been selling on Ebay for the last 3 or so months, I get my packages sent out the next day and have a dude that keeps pm cause he didn't get his cause of animal interference and check before it and true  Keeps blaming me for it and says his apartment only allows little dogs and the mail person lied. Told him I did my part to get it there and up to you to deal with you mail parcel person and your post office. Was very nice about the way I said it to him twice. I'm starting to get pee about it. I had enough of the buyer and feel like reporting him to Ebay as a bad buyer,  What Would Jesus Do ?

[Cdub100 3,776]

I've been selling on ebay since it began. People are focking retarded and ebay will always side with the buyer. The best you can do is exactly what you did and hope he doesn't file a claim.You should add him to your block buyer list.

[Mark Davis 320]

I started my business in ‘99 selling on eBay. God those days were brutal and dealing with the dregs of society on there. At least now with the buy it now stuff you get paid. I used to have a default on payment rate of nearly 20%

[easilyscan 774]

6 hours ago, Cdub100 said:

People are focking retarded and ebay will always side with the buyer. 

A+

[WhiteWonder 2,631]

have not sold on ebay since shortly after they stopped using PP as a middle man. That's not why I stopped, just a coincidence and it's not like I was running a business. the last shit I sold on ebay was stamps. I had a huge excess of forever stamps and for some reason people were paying a lot for them. I just sent them out in a plain envelope and hoped no one was a richard. I think only 1 time someone claimed to have not received them.

 I find FB Marketplace to just be easier.  I guess it depends what you are selling and what you need your reach to be.  I was simply flipping vintage/antique items, including furniture, with my uncle before he passed away in Sept. so it's much easier to list on FB for local buyers only, pickup and cash only.  I just have zero interest in having to package up an item, cover shipping (or bake it into the price), send it out, have Ebay take their cut and know that Ebay will side with the buyer almost always. 

[Gepetto 1,250]

You can block him as a future bidder https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/resolving-buyer-issues/blocking-buyer-ebay?id=4082

Here is the direct link to block people by entering their user name: https://www.ebay.com/bmgt/BuyerBlock?

[Cdub100 3,776]

34 minutes ago, Mark Davis said:

I started my business in ‘99 selling on eBay. God those days were brutal and dealing with the dregs of society on there. At least now with the buy it now stuff you get paid. I used to have a default on payment rate of nearly 20%

Remember getting a check from person?  or sending a check and hoping the guy would send it.

[Mark Davis 320]

10 minutes ago, Cdub100 said:

Remember getting a check from person?  or sending a check and hoping the guy would send it.

Yep.  I used to get checks and money orders in the mail.  There was no buy it now.  I had to run 3, 5, 7, or 10 day auction format listings to sell inventory in various quantities.  For proof of delivery I was sending old certified letters like attorneys do so I could show someone signed for the item.

[easilyscan 774]

Anyone looking to get rid of stuff on eBay should consider this.

For the 2024 tax year, the IRS is using a $5,000 threshold, regardless of the number of transactions. The threshold will drop to $2,500, regardless of the number of transactions, for the 2025 tax year. Starting in 2026, the $600 threshold will apply.

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/self-employment-taxes/a-guide-to-irs-form-1099-k-for-ebay-sellers/c3v3tCIwl

 

[WhiteWonder 2,631]

my only memories of early ebay, circa 2005, was my friend asking me to bid up his item so it didn't sell for less than he wanted and then once I won he would cancel the sale. Maybe you could not set a reserve price? I don't remember.   I think I ended up doing the same thing one time. 

I also remember attempting to flip a PS3 when they came out and someone bought it for a ton and then backed out of the purchase and ebay sided with them

[WhiteWonder 2,631]

Just now, easilyscan said:

Anyone looking to get rid of stuff on eBay should consider this.

For the 2024 tax year, the IRS is using a $5,000 threshold, regardless of the number of transactions. The threshold will drop to $2,500, regardless of the number of transactions, for the 2025 tax year. Starting in 2026, the $600 threshold will apply.

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/self-employment-taxes/a-guide-to-irs-form-1099-k-for-ebay-sellers/c3v3tCIwl

 

 

another reason why FB,  cash pickup is superior 

[Mark Davis 320]

Just now, WhiteWonder said:

my only memories of early ebay, circa 2005, was my friend asking me to bid up his item so it didn't sell for less than he wanted and then once I won he would cancel the sale. Maybe you could not set a reserve price? I don't remember.   I think I ended up doing the same thing one time. 

I also remember attempting to flip a PS3 when they came out and someone bought it for a ton and then backed out of the purchase and ebay sided with them

Yep, "shill bidding".  It was common back then because otherwise people's items would sell for low amounts if only one interested party.  Ebay frowned on it but it was rampant.  Buyer's remorse always won out, I had daily unpaid item reports to get back sales fees for unpaid purchases

[Mark Davis 320]

2 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

Anyone looking to get rid of stuff on eBay should consider this.

For the 2024 tax year, the IRS is using a $5,000 threshold, regardless of the number of transactions. The threshold will drop to $2,500, regardless of the number of transactions, for the 2025 tax year. Starting in 2026, the $600 threshold will apply.

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/self-employment-taxes/a-guide-to-irs-form-1099-k-for-ebay-sellers/c3v3tCIwl

 

Not always the smoothest either.  As a former accountant it's surprising to me how many erroneous 1099's my business receives from companies who are much larger and should have competent departments to issue them.

[BeenHereBefore 1,435]

8 hours ago, Cdub100 said:

I've been selling on ebay since it began. People are focking retarded and ebay will always side with the buyer. The best you can do is exactly what you did and hope he doesn't file a claim.You should add him to your block buyer list.

Thanks and he now left bad feedback saying the same crap and sounds even more like a idiot. Also blaming white people at his post office for the reason not delivering it and saying they are racist.

[BiPolarBear 483]

When I first got here, over 20 years ago, there was a guy that said he was the "worlds Biggest seller of Kangaroo scrots".  I always tripped on that one. Congrats, I guess.