Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions

[haloitsme]

It’s fake, old, used, dirty, stinky, and also take my money. So I sent him a joke back.

Oh yes, I can smell the stinky cloth from the USA to Austria as well, I would toss it away.

 

[MJMcRibb]

So, elvis_decanters is going by another name?

Before I even scrolled down, I saw that @drlivingston had replied and knew there was going to be a reference to good ole' elvis_d!

 

[silverwarebandit]

So, elvis_decanters is going by another name?

I had to google Elvis_decanters, can you imagine being such an asshole that all you have on the internet is multiple unrelated forums advising anyone that’s listening to stay away from you?

 

[MJMcRibb]

I had to google Elvis_decanters, can you imagine being such an asshole that all you have on the internet is multiple unrelated forums advising anyone that’s listening to stay away from you?

If I remember correctly, in addition to ridiculing the clothes he was interested in, he did the same for baseball cards, right?

 

[drlivingston]

Before I even scrolled down, I saw that @drlivingston had replied and knew there was going to be a reference to good ole' elvis_d!

He's the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[silverwarebandit]

Yeah he’s mentioned heavily on baseball card forums.

 

[kbadgley84]

Yeah he’s mentioned heavily on baseball card forums.

I could see sitting down at the computer with a bottle of gin and a few hours to kill trolling baseball card forums is actually great fun

 

[MJMcRibb]

One for the block list: papanana01

Paid only after an uncase was opened. Opened a SNAD as soon as the item was received and the explanation was the item was more dated that they thought. It was a pair of suspenders...

 

[LaundryRoom]

And here's another:

0 feedback buyer, apparently opened an account to buy this shirt. Opened a SNAD claiming "The sleeves and length are too short. I have many Pendleton’s to compare it to. "

If that's true, then the detailed measurements in the listing might have served some use.

 

[CWOyaji]

Looks like my new selvedge jeans are making a side trip to Hawaii on their way from New Jersey to San Francisco. Glad they didn’t send them all the way back to Japan while they were at it.

 

[haloitsme]

Looks like my new selvedge jeans are making a side trip to Hawaii on their way from New Jersey to San Francisco. Glad they didn’t send them all the way back to Japan while they were at it.
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are you still using USPS? I switched to FedEx and DHL complety.

 

[zenosparadox]

For all of you that sell casually, and typically sell at a loss--just selling stuff you don't wear much to fund new purchases--how do you deal with income taxes? This is the first year that I've been issued a 1099K by PayPal. I know that I should be able to subtract those earnings from the original cost of those items, and also that I can subtract fees/shipping from the total, so shouldn't end up having my 1099K amount count as income (as it actually reflects a net loss) but how do you all typically show this? Is there an official way of demonstrating that this isn't a net profit, or do you simply claim this on your taxes and then worry about proof in the unlucky event they come back to you asking for proof?

My taxes until now have mostly just been me punching W2 amounts directly into my 1040 form, so I'm not at all sophisticated when it comes to other forms of income and/or deductions. That said, I didn't earn nearly enough to justify an accountant for this, so hoping to figure it out on my own. Any advice would be appreciated!

 

[justridiculous]

Man... eBay is so annoying. I shipped a pair of shoes via FedEx 2-day. USPS was showing me like $19 or so and FedEx was about $14, so that's what I went with. I just got an e-mail saying I'll be getting billed about $30 for the shipping. My weight and dimensions were right. I double-checked and they weighed it and measured it at a FedEx facility. I called eBay and they were like, "Oh, we'll need to submit a claim with FedEx and wait to hear back..." After talking to the guy for a few minutes and explaining how crazy this all was that they can just re-bill an amount that's more than double, he just went ahead and credited me the difference to my 'managed payments.' Issue resolved, but 15 minutes wasted on the phone.

 

[Van Veen]

Does this seem scammy to you? Seller has 155 positive feedback.

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Followup on this:

I wrote the guy twice. First, asking for the courier information and where the item shipped from. No response. 2 days later, asked if he had tracking yet. No response. Was ready to open a dispute if I didn't get it today, so of course it comes today.

I ordered it on March 2nd. The label was created March 5, but it was not actually shipped until the 11th, 3 days after this message (and 9 days after I ordered). Also it looks like it was drop shipped from a wholesaler, and his "courier" was USPS. So this guy straight lied to me. On the fence about whether to leave negative or neutral feedback. He's definitely getting 1 star for "shipping speed" and "communication."

 

[Van Veen]

For all of you that sell casually, and typically sell at a loss--just selling stuff you don't wear much to fund new purchases--how do you deal with income taxes? This is the first year that I've been issued a 1099K by PayPal. I know that I should be able to subtract those earnings from the original cost of those items, and also that I can subtract fees/shipping from the total, so shouldn't end up having my 1099K amount count as income (as it actually reflects a net loss) but how do you all typically show this? Is there an official way of demonstrating that this isn't a net profit, or do you simply claim this on your taxes and then worry about proof in the unlucky event they come back to you asking for proof?

My taxes until now have mostly just been me punching W2 amounts directly into my 1040 form, so I'm not at all sophisticated when it comes to other forms of income and/or deductions. That said, I didn't earn nearly enough to justify an accountant for this, so hoping to figure it out on my own. Any advice would be appreciated!

Since you don't have a profit motive, I believe the "by the book" way to deal with your situation is report the income as "Other Income" on your 1040. You won't be able to deduct against it, but it also won't be subject to self employment tax.

The only way to deduct against your gross receipts is to file a Schedule C. From what I have read, if you show a loss 3 out of 5 years, you risk getting audited and having your business reclassified as a hobby. I don't know what the actual risk of this is, but it is not automatic.