https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/EBay-asking-for-national-insurance-number/m-p/7798157#M712123 <P>Hi</P><P>Thanks for response</P><P>Always going to be difficult with items sold and proving they are old but still sealed as that's how I collect things to maintain the condition should the need arise to sell</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>However, the 13.9% is charged against the SELLER unless those charges are added to the selling price</P><P>I dont have issues with this as the platform has to make money However, telling HMRC that the post costs are Profit are lies<BR />Ebay told us that "some" sellers back in the day added ridiculous post costs to a small item cost to evade post charges</P><P>To correct that small issue that impacted EBAY ONLY, Ebay charges EVERYONE on EVERY PENNEY of post 13.9%<BR />Please explain to me where i can find Free post services as that is what Ebay are telling me, its profit as your post is free</P><P>I replied to this issue when it was released but as always, the faceless&nbsp;</P><P>Bureaucracy wins again and you can only talk to an Ebay assistant who MUST tell you what Ebay told them to say or they will lose their jobs so you cannot talk to anyone truthfully<BR />What I suggested was to use the Royal Mail bas charges as the FE EFREE post costs and anything above that can be considered profit - even though that means envelopes and packing are paid by the seller and not recovered - Obviously nothing changed as Ebay would lose 10's of thousands of $$$$$<BR /><BR />So, we have the option to leave which is getting more and more tempting</P> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:11:32 GMT jimpowney 2025-03-10T16:11:32Z