I don't know whats worse, buyer protection fees or tax declaration for selling my own personal goods

[kamilee99]

What is going on with ebay are they trying to get rid of private sellers like myself. They adding buyers protection fees making it even harder for us to sell and they making us use their postal services which does nopt cover the cost so we losing out. Also making declaring tax if we sell 30 items  or sell over £1000 which is not hard to do if you got a lot of pre owned goods at your house. What was fun and good for making few bucks and decluttering your home has turn into a nightmare. Being selling for years as a hobby but might have to say goodbye to ebay since they done all these changes. Selling with ebay is free is a joke statement, does anyone else feel same as me

[style_wise]

Next time, if you post in Discussion > Selling you will find other Sellers who feel the same.

I think you are misunderstanding how Simple Delivery works because you say SD 'does not cover the cost'.

eBay does not make anyone declare tax. HMRC is making eBay report according to UK laws. The HMRC website is very good for checking what you owe for additional income:

Check if you need to tell HMRC about additional income - GOV.UK

[bumblesale14]

What's to stop you closing your account and opening a different one in another name ?

[tressygirl]

You cannot avoid restrictions or rules by just opening another account with a different name.

It will be linked to the original account,  and be subject to those same rules and restrictions.

@bumblesale14 

[jonatjonatjonat]

Nothing, but doing so every time you get close to 30 orders or £1,740 in sales, all to avoid giving ebay your National Insurance number seems a bit long winded. 

I'd argue the merits of a longer standing account and the feedback it accrues outweigh the negative.

As has been said, if all you are doing is selling off your personal goods, which is what Private Accounts are for, then you won't owe anything to HMRC anyway.