My last tiff with eBay was over two years ago. Even reached out to the state attorney general and the outcome was the usual - NOTHING.
Crickets!!!!!!
Excess Sales tax charged on many transactions.
Three weeks ago eBay rep. Mr. ABC had promised to get my case across to the Sales Tax department and to keep me posted through email for updates, but I have not heard anything at all.
I have been purchasing postage stamps and numismatic coins on eBay over the past seven months and have observed that they hare charging excess sales tax on many transactions. After getting a comprehensive transactions report from them, had contacted their customer service who had promised to get a tax person to revert back but have not heard back for past three weeks.
Request your kind office to kindly look into this matter of excess taxation as it seems to be a regular event.
You are just one customer and that's $250! Think about how many times a day that happens. That's a lot of money nationwide. Now you figure they have been doing it for years! That is a lot of dollars stolen from buyers on ebay. Granted some buyers realize the tax has been collected and request it back from ebay. There are also many that don't notice it, I let one customer know sales tax had been collected when it shouldn't have been. He looked through his purchases and said ebay had been doing it to him and they have a bunch of his money. I told him how to request a refund and he thanked me for pointing it out and helping him to get his money back. What happens to all the money they collect that they don't return to the customer they stole it from?
@jmlanzaf"The states don't bill eBay. EBay collects and remits."
Correct! So the states will not be looking for it and if ebay keeps it no one knows anything about it.
And why would they do such a thing? They are a publicly traded company. The SEC is looking. The IRS is looking. And State sales tax authorities are looking.
You are just one customer and that's $250! Think about how many times a day that happens. That's a lot of money nationwide. Now you figure they have been doing it for years! That is a lot of dollars stolen from buyers on ebay. Granted some buyers realize the tax has been collected and request it back from ebay. There are also many that don't notice it, I let one customer know sales tax had been collected when it shouldn't have been. He looked through his purchases and said ebay had been doing it to him and they have a bunch of his money. I told him how to request a refund and he thanked me for pointing it out and helping him to get his money back. What happens to all the money they collect that they don't return to the customer they stole it from?
@jmlanzaf"The states don't bill eBay. EBay collects and remits."
Correct! So the states will not be looking for it and if ebay keeps it no one knows anything about it.
@jmlanzaf said:
You are making crap up out of anger.
Nope. There is no smoke without fire. never had issues with eBay from 1999 onwards that I have dealt with them, but around the time the pandemic started, noticed that many things were off and made a spreadsheet to tabulate it all.
eBay also started becoming very devious by deleting all the history (messages and purchase info etc,).
@jmlanzaf"We all know that ebay has had issues with state sales tax exemptions."
Yes, and ebay has known they have had issues for years.
So everyone knows about it but it's okay because it's the almighty ebay.
Why hasn't ebay fixed it?
I like you too much to lock horns with you here over this, I enjoy your input & responses.
I don't want to strike a nerve with you or anyone else here so this will be my last post to this thread.
Why should they is their attitude. So unless there is a class action lawsuit and fatcat attorneys making oodles out of it, we can all argue till we are blue in the face and nothing will come out of it.
@ifthevamzarockin said: @jmlanzaf"We all know that ebay has had issues with state sales tax exemptions."
Yes, and ebay has known they have had issues for years.
So everyone knows about it but it's okay because it's the almighty ebay.
Why hasn't ebay fixed it?
I like you too much to lock horns with you here over this, I enjoy your input & responses.
I don't want to strike a nerve with you or anyone else here so this will be my last post to this thread.
No one is defending their continuing errors. That is different than accusing then of doing it intentionally.
@ifthevamzarockin said:
It's their rolling tax glitch that they have known about for 3 years now and have not fixed it, just another way to fleece customers. It's dishonest & illegal and ebay sucks! If you end up paying the tax good luck getting your money back. An honest company would at least refund when caught with their hand in the cookie jar. I have not purchased anything off the site for about 2 years now.
They do refund you if you open a case for it.
I've gotten it back, but had to pull teeth to get it!
I find that the vast majority of my transactions are handled properly. Colorado has the most complicated sales tax structure in the county, with some 788 separate tax jurisdictions. I find the only time I get charged sales tax is on very small purchases. I keep all my receipts and if it is warranted, I claim a refund annually with my income tax return. Bitching about it solves nothing.
Ebay has become my go to for finding coins, then looking to see if the seller has a separate online store I can order from. I don't appreciate being taxed on items that aren't taxable, and then having to waste time to get it back. It should not be the customers job to fix their mistakes.
@vulcanize said:
Thought I should post an update because eBay is definitely getting better at refunds (perhaps they are following these boards for feedback)
Had initiated a call back request on 7th of November about CT Sales Tax being collected for two coins over $1000 threshold.
The customer service rep called back promptly and had the case escalated to their accounts dept.
Just recd. following e-mail with refunds applied for the same.
It's a Thumbs up for eBay and their gesture to remedy the situation is really appreciated.
Hello,
We've sent a refund of XYZ USD to your original payment method and you should receive it within 48 hours.
Please see details below:
Initiated Date: 02-Dec-22
Order Number:
Amount: XYZ USD
I’m actually having difficulties lately getting ebay to refund the taxes, which is strange because they’ve been so helpful the past couple years. Current issue is 4 separate coins taxed, got 2 solved, 2 remaining. Taking about 3 months at this point. Used to take less than 2 weeks to get fixed, and I’m not sure why the extended length of time needed now? And I don’t know why they are doing 1 at separate times instead of all 4 on the same day? All 4 were filed together
I’m actually having difficulties lately getting ebay to refund the taxes, which is strange because they’ve been so helpful the past couple years. Current issue is 4 separate coins taxed, got 2 solved, 2 remaining. Taking about 3 months at this point. Used to take less than 2 weeks to get fixed, and I’m not sure why the extended length of time needed now? And I don’t know why they are doing 1 at separate times instead of all 4 on the same day? All 4 were filed together
My problem was the other way around because two years ago, got diddly squat when demanding a refund for the excesses charged.
Asking to escalate the case has helped this time around with many issues being resolved by eBay because of comparisons of some that were charged while others were not and eventually the buck has to stop somewhere
Good luck to you with the rest of your cases mate. Keep at it in regular intervals but at same time, suggest giving them a slight leeway of extra window if they say a time frame within which things would get sorted out.
Today I used the chat feature on eBay to request a refund on sales tax which was approved. Not big dollars, but the principle of it was really bugging me.
I’ve noticed on the sell side that eBay sometimes miscalculates the fees. I’ve had success requesting corrections and clawing back dollars. Recommend all ebay sellers audit their eBay fees if they don’t already.
@J2035 said:
I’ve noticed on the sell side that eBay sometimes miscalculates the fees. I’ve had success requesting corrections and clawing back dollars. Recommend all ebay sellers audit their eBay fees if they don’t already.
@J2035 said:
I’ve noticed on the sell side that eBay sometimes miscalculates the fees. I’ve had success requesting corrections and clawing back dollars. Recommend all ebay sellers audit their eBay fees if they don’t already.
How much did eBay overcharge you on fees?
Does it even matter?
An unfair overcharge is just that - excess unwarranted expense incurred.
@J2035 said:
I’ve noticed on the sell side that eBay sometimes miscalculates the fees. I’ve had success requesting corrections and clawing back dollars. Recommend all ebay sellers audit their eBay fees if they don’t already.
How much did eBay overcharge you on fees?
Does it even matter?
An unfair overcharge is just that - excess unwarranted expense incurred.
I've never seen an overcharge, so I would be curious.
@J2035 said:
I’ve noticed on the sell side that eBay sometimes miscalculates the fees. I’ve had success requesting corrections and clawing back dollars. Recommend all ebay sellers audit their eBay fees if they don’t already.
How much did eBay overcharge you on fees?
Does it even matter?
An unfair overcharge is just that - excess unwarranted expense incurred.
I've never seen an overcharge, so I would be curious.
An unwarranted sales tax tacked on to the final price is considered an overcharge. Bite me.
@J2035 said:
I’ve noticed on the sell side that eBay sometimes miscalculates the fees. I’ve had success requesting corrections and clawing back dollars. Recommend all ebay sellers audit their eBay fees if they don’t already.
How much did eBay overcharge you on fees?
Does it even matter?
An unfair overcharge is just that - excess unwarranted expense incurred.
It does to me. Of course it's an unwarranted expense but I don't want to spend an hour reconciling records to get a $4 refund. You can either say how much or not- your call.
edited to add... to properly evaluate, I'd really need to see 1) total fees $ and 2) total overcharge $.
@MasonG said:
It does to me. Of course it's an unwarranted expense but I don't want to spend an hour reconciling records to get a $4 refund. You can either say how much or not- your call.
You may feel magnanimous and donate.
But when the state law stipulates that no coin above $1000 should be charged a sales tax and they go ahead and do it - guess what? Not gonna take it lying down.
Connecticut General Statute § 12-412(45) https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_219.htm
(45) Gold or silver bullion, legal tender of any nation, rare and antique coins. Sales of and the storage or use of rare or antique coins, gold or silver bullion and gold or silver legal tender of any nation, traded according to its value as precious metal, provided such exemption shall not be applicable with respect to any such sale, storage or use in which the total value of such bullion or legal tender sold by the retailer is less than one thousand dollars.
@MasonG said:
It does to me. Of course it's an unwarranted expense but I don't want to spend an hour reconciling records to get a $4 refund. You can either say how much or not- your call.
You may feel magnanimous and donate.
But when the state law stipulates that no coin above $1000 should be charged a sales tax and they go ahead and do it - guess what? Not gonna take it lying down.
I didn't say you should. In fact, I actually said it's an unwarranted expense at 6:05PM.
@MasonG; it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!
Another few minutes to write an email to eBay with the order number and amount you think is incorrect.
@J2035 said: @MasonG; it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!
Another few minutes to write an email to eBay with the order number and amount you think is incorrect.
I'll take that as "not"...
@MasonG said:
You can either say how much or not- your call.
edited to add... At this point, I wouldn't trust getting an honest answer anyway. I asked a serious question in good faith and you don't have anything but snarks for replies.
@J2035 said: @MasonG; it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!
Another few minutes to write an email to eBay with the order number and amount you think is incorrect.
I'll take that as "not"...
@MasonG said:
You can either say how much or not- your call.
edited to add... At this point, I wouldn't trust getting an honest answer anyway.
So you accuse me of dishonesty after one post where I called out your tendency to argue in nearly every thread you participate?
I can only assume you don’t keep accurate records of your sales or you would spend the 5 minutes to check your own records. Without good records, must be hard to pay the taxes you so readily accuse others of not paying in the 1099 threads.
@J2035 said:
So you accuse me of dishonesty after one post where I called out your tendency to argue in nearly every thread you participate?
I asked a simple question which you appear to not want to answer. Doesn't inspire any sort of trust in what you do post.
@J2035 said:
I can only assume you don’t keep accurate records of your sales or you would spend the 5 minutes to check your own records. Without good records, must be hard to pay the taxes you so readily accuse others of not paying in the 1099 threads.
@J2035 said:
So you accuse me of dishonesty after one post where I called out your tendency to argue in nearly every thread you participate?
I asked a simple question which you appear to not want to answer. Doesn't inspire any sort of trust in what you do post.
@J2035 said:
I can only assume you don’t keep accurate records of your sales or you would spend the 5 minutes to check your own records. Without good records, must be hard to pay the taxes you so readily accuse others of not paying in the 1099 threads.
Assume whatever you like.
You accused me before I even had a chance to respond because you got into a heated argument with another poster and you lost track of who was posting. Go reread.
@J2035 said:
You accused me before I even had a chance to respond because you got into a heated argument with another poster and you lost track of who was posting. Go reread.
Ok.
MasonG: "How much did eBay overcharge you on fees?" 5:34PM
J2035: "@MasonG; it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!
Another few minutes to write an email to eBay with the order number and amount you think is incorrect." 6:19PM
You had a chance to respond and you did so at 6:19PM (see above). You didn't answer the question I asked.
@MasonG you need to take a hard look at the persona you’ve developed. There’s a reason you receive a lot of ‘snark’ replies. There’s a serious issue around the language you use and how you treat other forum members. You’re of course welcome to behave as you see fit within forum rules, but you shouldn’t be surprised at the responses you receive when you consistently take up the mantra of keyboard warrior. I’d suggest that your attitude is probably affecting both your business and personal life if you take time to really self reflect.
The answer is $10.69 YTD in incorrect sellers fees which eBay had refunded. It took me less than 10min of work to get it back from eBay. It is rare, but it does happen. Just like USPS, TPGs and the major auction houses, eBay is a great platform but it’s not infallible. Maybe it’s not worth your time, but that doesn’t make it any less true.
You could have replied "$10.69" or even "I don't want to say." Instead, your response to that polite question was:
"it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!"
You could have replied "$10.69" or even "I don't want to say." Instead, your response to that polite question was:
"it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!"
And you're going to lecture me on behavior?
Yea, I’m calling you out based on your behavior over the past couple years.
@MasonG said:
It does to me. Of course it's an unwarranted expense but I don't want to spend an hour reconciling records to get a $4 refund. You can either say how much or not- your call.
You may feel magnanimous and donate.
But when the state law stipulates that no coin above $1000 should be charged a sales tax and they go ahead and do it - guess what? Not gonna take it lying down.
Connecticut General Statute § 12-412(45) https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_219.htm
(45) Gold or silver bullion, legal tender of any nation, rare and antique coins. Sales of and the storage or use of rare or antique coins, gold or silver bullion and gold or silver legal tender of any nation, traded according to its value as precious metal, provided such exemption shall not be applicable with respect to any such sale, storage or use in which the total value of such bullion or legal tender sold by the retailer is less than one thousand dollars.
Especially when it is in the three figure range.
If Connecticut sales tax is 0.4% or less, I'm not going to mind moving nearly as much.
@J2035 said:
I’ve noticed on the sell side that eBay sometimes miscalculates the fees. I’ve had success requesting corrections and clawing back dollars. Recommend all ebay sellers audit their eBay fees if they don’t already.
How much did eBay overcharge you on fees?
Does it even matter?
An unfair overcharge is just that - excess unwarranted expense incurred.
I've never seen an overcharge, so I would be curious.
An unwarranted sales tax tacked on to the final price is considered an overcharge. Bite me.
He was talking about the ebay fees. We're all aware of the sales tax problem. I've never seen an overcharge on ebay fees and was asking before I devote dozens of hours to calculating ebay fees on thousands of sales. Why are you even inserting yourself into this? The question wasn't even aimed at you, Francis.
@J2035 said: @MasonG; it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!
Another few minutes to write an email to eBay with the order number and amount you think is incorrect.
I do 2000+ sales per year. So your 60 seconds is now 33 hours.
I've never seen an error in ebay fees charged. I'm not sure why everyone got so defensive about asking for details and context.
Was that $10.69 across multiple transactions? Was there a pattern to it? Certain categories? Buyers from certain sales tax collecting states?
@jmlanzaf said:
He was talking about the ebay fees. We're all aware of the sales tax problem. I've never seen an overcharge on ebay fees and was asking before I devote dozens of hours to calculating ebay fees on thousands of sales. Why are you even inserting yourself into this? The question wasn't even aimed at you, Francis.
Then stop quoting my posts wherever irrelevant and learn to edit it out from your responses so as to address it to the right person without getting your panties up in a bunch Karen.
@jmlanzaf said:
He was talking about the ebay fees. We're all aware of the sales tax problem. I've never seen an overcharge on ebay fees and was asking before I devote dozens of hours to calculating ebay fees on thousands of sales. Why are you even inserting yourself into this? The question wasn't even aimed at you, Francis.
Then stop quoting my posts wherever irrelevant and learn to edit it out from your responses so as to address it to the right person without getting your panties up in a bunch Karen.
lmfao
You might want to look up the meaning of "Karen". You've been the shrill voice on this thread, ma'am.
@jmlanzaf said:
He was talking about the ebay fees. We're all aware of the sales tax problem. I've never seen an overcharge on ebay fees and was asking before I devote dozens of hours to calculating ebay fees on thousands of sales. Why are you even inserting yourself into this? The question wasn't even aimed at you, Francis.
Then stop quoting my posts wherever irrelevant and learn to edit it out from your responses so as to address it to the right person without getting your panties up in a bunch Karen.
lmfao
You might want to look up the meaning of "Karen". You've been the shrill voice on this thread, ma'am.
Keep taking swings
That's your perspective and opinion but reality is different because you project your nonsense and always attempt derailment of thread topic, then play victim after creating all the chaos through deflection.
Check a few posts above where I even acknowledged eBay for their refund response which is keeping with the thread title.
Your turn missy.
@jmlanzaf said:
He was talking about the ebay fees. We're all aware of the sales tax problem. I've never seen an overcharge on ebay fees and was asking before I devote dozens of hours to calculating ebay fees on thousands of sales. Why are you even inserting yourself into this? The question wasn't even aimed at you, Francis.
Then stop quoting my posts wherever irrelevant and learn to edit it out from your responses so as to address it to the right person without getting your panties up in a bunch Karen.
lmfao
You might want to look up the meaning of "Karen". You've been the shrill voice on this thread, ma'am.
Keep taking swings
That's your perspective and opinion but reality is different because you project your nonsense and always attempt derailment of thread topic, then play victim after creating all the chaos through deflection.
Check a few posts above where I even acknowledged eBay for their refund response which is keeping with the thread title.
Your turn missy.
I simply asked the nature of the overcharge and your FIRST response was "bite me". And you think I derailed the thread? Why don't you start a poll?
You may have the last word - I'm sure it will be as wonderful as your first words.
@jmlanzaf said:
He was talking about the ebay fees. We're all aware of the sales tax problem. I've never seen an overcharge on ebay fees and was asking before I devote dozens of hours to calculating ebay fees on thousands of sales. Why are you even inserting yourself into this? The question wasn't even aimed at you, Francis.
Then stop quoting my posts wherever irrelevant and learn to edit it out from your responses so as to address it to the right person without getting your panties up in a bunch Karen.
lmfao
You might want to look up the meaning of "Karen". You've been the shrill voice on this thread, ma'am.
Keep taking swings
That's your perspective and opinion but reality is different because you project your nonsense and always attempt derailment of thread topic, then play victim after creating all the chaos through deflection.
Check a few posts above where I even acknowledged eBay for their refund response which is keeping with the thread title.
Your turn missy.
I simply asked the nature of the overcharge and your FIRST response was "bite me". And you think I derailed the thread? Why don't you start a poll?
You may have the last word - I'm sure it will be as wonderful as your first words.
The reason being you quote my post for no reason. Accept the screw up and move along drama queen.
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My last tiff with eBay was over two years ago. Even reached out to the state attorney general and the outcome was the usual - NOTHING.
Crickets!!!!!!
Excess Sales tax charged on many transactions.
Three weeks ago eBay rep. Mr. ABC had promised to get my case across to the Sales Tax department and to keep me posted through email for updates, but I have not heard anything at all.
Office of the Connecticut Attorney General
https://portal.ct.gov/AG/Common/Complaint-Form-Landing-page
https://www.dir.ct.gov/ag/complaint/e-complaint.aspx
I have been purchasing postage stamps and numismatic coins on eBay over the past seven months and have observed that they hare charging excess sales tax on many transactions. After getting a comprehensive transactions report from them, had contacted their customer service who had promised to get a tax person to revert back but have not heard back for past three weeks.
Request your kind office to kindly look into this matter of excess taxation as it seems to be a regular event.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
@jmlanzaf "Maybe I should start a thread about how you killed your neighbor."
Shhh.... you promised you wouldn't tell.
And why would they do such a thing? They are a publicly traded company. The SEC is looking. The IRS is looking. And State sales tax authorities are looking.
You are making crap up out of anger.
I agree.
it's a racket.
There, I said it.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
There is as much basis for that as your ebay crap.
Nope. There is no smoke without fire. never had issues with eBay from 1999 onwards that I have dealt with them, but around the time the pandemic started, noticed that many things were off and made a spreadsheet to tabulate it all.
eBay also started becoming very devious by deleting all the history (messages and purchase info etc,).
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
You can get these on Amazon, I understand...
@jmlanzaf "We all know that ebay has had issues with state sales tax exemptions."
Yes, and ebay has known they have had issues for years.
So everyone knows about it but it's okay because it's the almighty ebay.
Why hasn't ebay fixed it?
I like you too much to lock horns with you here over this, I enjoy your input & responses.
I don't want to strike a nerve with you or anyone else here so this will be my last post to this thread.
Find if there is an underwear version of it. Would be more handy to protect the more important stuff.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
Why should they is their attitude. So unless there is a class action lawsuit and fatcat attorneys making oodles out of it, we can all argue till we are blue in the face and nothing will come out of it.
Sad state of affairs.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
a seller also has the option to charge sales tax and is able to input the percentage for each state he sells to.
No one is defending their continuing errors. That is different than accusing then of doing it intentionally.
However, it usually requires a notarized certificate from the submitter to refund it to a 3rd party (you).
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
I've gotten it back, but had to pull teeth to get it!
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I find that the vast majority of my transactions are handled properly. Colorado has the most complicated sales tax structure in the county, with some 788 separate tax jurisdictions. I find the only time I get charged sales tax is on very small purchases. I keep all my receipts and if it is warranted, I claim a refund annually with my income tax return. Bitching about it solves nothing.
Thought I should post an update because eBay is definitely getting better at refunds (perhaps they are following these boards for feedback)
Had initiated a call back request on 7th of November about CT Sales Tax being collected for two coins over $1000 threshold.
The customer service rep called back promptly and had the case escalated to their accounts dept.
Just recd. following e-mail with refunds applied for the same.
It's a Thumbs up for eBay and their gesture to remedy the situation is really appreciated.
Hello,
We've sent a refund of XYZ USD to your original payment method and you should receive it within 48 hours.
Please see details below:
Initiated Date: 02-Dec-22
Order Number:
Amount: XYZ USD
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
Ebay has become my go to for finding coins, then looking to see if the seller has a separate online store I can order from. I don't appreciate being taxed on items that aren't taxable, and then having to waste time to get it back. It should not be the customers job to fix their mistakes.
I’m actually having difficulties lately getting ebay to refund the taxes, which is strange because they’ve been so helpful the past couple years. Current issue is 4 separate coins taxed, got 2 solved, 2 remaining. Taking about 3 months at this point. Used to take less than 2 weeks to get fixed, and I’m not sure why the extended length of time needed now? And I don’t know why they are doing 1 at separate times instead of all 4 on the same day? All 4 were filed together
My problem was the other way around because two years ago, got diddly squat when demanding a refund for the excesses charged.
Asking to escalate the case has helped this time around with many issues being resolved by eBay because of comparisons of some that were charged while others were not and eventually the buck has to stop somewhere
Good luck to you with the rest of your cases mate. Keep at it in regular intervals but at same time, suggest giving them a slight leeway of extra window if they say a time frame within which things would get sorted out.
Cheers.
** Edited for typos
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
Today I used the chat feature on eBay to request a refund on sales tax which was approved. Not big dollars, but the principle of it was really bugging me.
I’ve noticed on the sell side that eBay sometimes miscalculates the fees. I’ve had success requesting corrections and clawing back dollars. Recommend all ebay sellers audit their eBay fees if they don’t already.
How much did eBay overcharge you on fees?
Does it even matter?
An unfair overcharge is just that - excess unwarranted expense incurred.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
I've never seen an overcharge, so I would be curious.
An unwarranted sales tax tacked on to the final price is considered an overcharge. Bite me.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
It does to me. Of course it's an unwarranted expense but I don't want to spend an hour reconciling records to get a $4 refund. You can either say how much or not- your call.
edited to add... to properly evaluate, I'd really need to see 1) total fees $ and 2) total overcharge $.
You may feel magnanimous and donate.
But when the state law stipulates that no coin above $1000 should be charged a sales tax and they go ahead and do it - guess what? Not gonna take it lying down.
Especially when it is in the three figure range.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
I didn't say you should. In fact, I actually said it's an unwarranted expense at 6:05PM.
Guess it was lost in translation because English is surely a funny language.
For example - "I helped my uncle Jack, off the horse" would be misconstrued if the 'comma' went missing.
** Edited to add an example.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
You're translating English to English??? Interesting.
Nope.
I am pointing out to the facts about double meaning open ended sentences that can be misunderstood.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
@MasonG; it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!
Another few minutes to write an email to eBay with the order number and amount you think is incorrect.
I'll take that as "not"...
edited to add... At this point, I wouldn't trust getting an honest answer anyway. I asked a serious question in good faith and you don't have anything but snarks for replies.
So you accuse me of dishonesty after one post where I called out your tendency to argue in nearly every thread you participate?
I can only assume you don’t keep accurate records of your sales or you would spend the 5 minutes to check your own records. Without good records, must be hard to pay the taxes you so readily accuse others of not paying in the 1099 threads.
I asked a simple question which you appear to not want to answer. Doesn't inspire any sort of trust in what you do post.
Assume whatever you like.
You accused me before I even had a chance to respond because you got into a heated argument with another poster and you lost track of who was posting. Go reread.
Assume whatever you like.
Ok.
MasonG: "How much did eBay overcharge you on fees?" 5:34PM
J2035: "@MasonG; it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!
Another few minutes to write an email to eBay with the order number and amount you think is incorrect." 6:19PM
You had a chance to respond and you did so at 6:19PM (see above). You didn't answer the question I asked.
@MasonG you need to take a hard look at the persona you’ve developed. There’s a reason you receive a lot of ‘snark’ replies. There’s a serious issue around the language you use and how you treat other forum members. You’re of course welcome to behave as you see fit within forum rules, but you shouldn’t be surprised at the responses you receive when you consistently take up the mantra of keyboard warrior. I’d suggest that your attitude is probably affecting both your business and personal life if you take time to really self reflect.
The answer is $10.69 YTD in incorrect sellers fees which eBay had refunded. It took me less than 10min of work to get it back from eBay. It is rare, but it does happen. Just like USPS, TPGs and the major auction houses, eBay is a great platform but it’s not infallible. Maybe it’s not worth your time, but that doesn’t make it any less true.
I asked you a question:
"How much did eBay overcharge you on fees?"
You could have replied "$10.69" or even "I don't want to say." Instead, your response to that polite question was:
"it’s a 60 second exercise to calculate % fees and evaluate against listing category if you keep good records. Okay, maybe it takes 3 minutes. Certainly less time than you waste on here arguing minutia every day!"
And you're going to lecture me on behavior?
Yea, I’m calling you out based on your behavior over the past couple years.
Good to know. Got your badge?
If Connecticut sales tax is 0.4% or less, I'm not going to mind moving nearly as much.
He was talking about the ebay fees. We're all aware of the sales tax problem. I've never seen an overcharge on ebay fees and was asking before I devote dozens of hours to calculating ebay fees on thousands of sales. Why are you even inserting yourself into this? The question wasn't even aimed at you, Francis.
I do 2000+ sales per year. So your 60 seconds is now 33 hours.
I've never seen an error in ebay fees charged. I'm not sure why everyone got so defensive about asking for details and context.
Was that $10.69 across multiple transactions? Was there a pattern to it? Certain categories? Buyers from certain sales tax collecting states?
Then stop quoting my posts wherever irrelevant and learn to edit it out from your responses so as to address it to the right person without getting your panties up in a bunch Karen.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
It is currently around 6.35% and there were proposals to reduce to 5.99% etc. but nothing happened.
Below link has an interesting article from earlier this year.
https://ctmirror.org/2022/07/15/ct-online-sales-tax-plan-to-collect-auditors-revenue/
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
lmfao
You might want to look up the meaning of "Karen". You've been the shrill voice on this thread, ma'am.
Keep taking swings
That's your perspective and opinion but reality is different because you project your nonsense and always attempt derailment of thread topic, then play victim after creating all the chaos through deflection.
Check a few posts above where I even acknowledged eBay for their refund response which is keeping with the thread title.
Your turn missy.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
I simply asked the nature of the overcharge and your FIRST response was "bite me". And you think I derailed the thread? Why don't you start a poll?
You may have the last word - I'm sure it will be as wonderful as your first words.
The reason being you quote my post for no reason. Accept the screw up and move along drama queen.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091