R.I.P eBay (UK) ------>> 19th Feb 2025

[yorkscollectables]

The introduction of the eBay Buyer Protection fee of 75p plus 4% of the value of goods,  effective from 19th February 2025 has effectively killed off eBay (UK).

Buyers have walked away and Private Sellers are now forced to drastically reduce their prices to try to compete with 'Business Sellers', who are not subject to the eBay Buyer Protection fees.

It's a great shame, and unless eBay's management team in San Jose, California see the error of their ways, and quickly, there will be nothing left to salvage from the wreckage !!

[vintique*violet]

Not entirely correct - Please research for yourself some more -

The £1000 TRADING allowance is for traders - it is in the name... not everyone is a trader. 

The selling of personal possessions are not usually subject to tax,  unless you need to report an " asset" ( this could be a collectable whereby value has increased and is  £6000 or more for one item or a set sold to the same buyer,  thus making " profit") Capital Gains Tax could apply in this instance ( check eligible items as some are exempt) Also remembering three are tax exemptions i.e personal tax allowance, CGT allowance etc. 

 

[lovethebeach33]

Do you have any relevant professional qualifications enabling you to give out tax advice vintique*violet   ??

Chartered Accountant perhaps ??

or do you just specialise in "copy and paste" ??

[yorkscollectables]

😀that's quite funny, I like that comment 😀

[sdjwales]

So facts lose their validity if they are copied and pasted?

[sdjwales]

Absolutely incorrect.

[vintique*violet]

lovethebeach33 wrote... Do you have any relevant professional qualifications enabling you to give out tax advice vintique*violet   ??

Chartered Accountant perhaps ??

or do you just specialise in "copy and paste" ??

All the relevant information shared can be sourced from HMRC even the image entitled "FACT" is from HM Revenue & Customs. This is a community forum to assist  and was not aware  that copy and pasting pertinent information from relevant "authorities" was frowned upon? In my opinion it is the best way, particularly on forums, whereby information can be shown and/or links so  people may research more for themselves, not all is copy & paste but everyone has access to do that, and many do so  unsure why you would even think that is a " speciality."  

I have not offered any personal "tax" advice , or what post you are referring to as your comment is not showing " a response to" ...  please point me to the  supposed " tax advice" you refer? 

I hold numerous professional qualifications, and experience including but not limited to global trade banking and previously running a " bricks & mortar" business unfortunately not a chartered accountant ... would that be enough personal information for your enquiry , are you hiring?  would a copy of my C.V suffice? 

@lovethebeach33 

[vinylscot]

There are some posters who can't produce an immediate response, yet, ten minutes later, they return as "experts".

You get to recognise the names.

[yorkscollectables]

anyway, enough of the £1000  HMRC traders allowance and the Business Sellers v Private Sellers debate

I started this discussion thread to express serious concerns about the absurd eBay Buyer Protection Fee which has impacted sales and the number of people visiting eBay (UK) since it was introduced.

An item listed on eBay for £12 attracts a £1.20 surcharge - this is the eBay Buyer Protection Fee and angry BUYERS do not want to pay it !!!

The vast majority think eBay have shot themselves in the foot, some people claim its eBay being greedy and a small minority of eBay employees and board mods think that the eBay Buyer Protection Fee is the best thing since sliced bread. 😀😀😀

I'm of the opinion that eBay have shot themselves in the foot, and no doubt when eBay releases its next Quarterly earnings, declining user numbers will be the hot topic of conversation.

[sdjwales]

You realise we all get an email when you mark your own comments as the "solution" to your own threads??

Like giving yourself a high five.

[papso22]

It's considered 'bad form' to mark your own posts as the solution.  Perhaps that is why it is being reversed.

You can unsubscribe and stop getting the email notifications. 

[vintique*violet]

Oh please stop it...it is obvious by your response to @lovethebeach33  you are referring  to me being as the thread of the comments was directed to me... There are some people who are extremely nosy, curt, rude, brash, gas-light, think they are funny when actually not ,  and are bordering offensive also those who cannot take facts as facts even from the most " authoritative" of sources...and act like they are in kindergarten... Mostly I ignore...

Not this time!  @vinylscot  However long it takes for my response, whether 10 minutes, an hour or a day or a week, does not matter nor is it any concern of yours or any one else and your assumption is because by doing so they think they are " experts?" Far from it... my response and the time it takes to type those responses may just be because there is a valid reason? 

Have you ever considered that some people may have  " challenges"  that affects their time to respond? I do not mean that they may have stepped away, or that they have exited the forum, commentators are not on here 24/7 to reply to your every whim, there is no Estimated Delivery Date!

 Possibilities  of a slower response are endless...  " disabilities"  " health challenges"  " neurodivergent"  and more...heavens forbid that you have ever suffered a  "brain injury" like I have !!!! and please not one word of " sarcasm"  about brain injuries... they are serious, they can make life a living hell and yet there are many of us who are still trying to communicate, still trying to do the best they can, so keep your ill-informed  " expert" opinion about  another's time it takes to " respond to comments"  to yourself! 

I'm done! Do not address me anymore... If you have a personal   " opinion" about me ( or anyone else for that matter) then at least have the decency to address me privately away from the public.." pointed comments" such as yours  are unnecessary, people have enough to contend with already... is that far too " adult" for you?  But no, there are members here who like to " shame" others... thinking it funny or makes them look " better"... this time you have tried the wrong one. I should NOT have to explain my reason as to why I am unable to " respond" in a certain time that you expect in a public forum...and  I have NO shame about the time it takes me nor should I be made to feel that way; have you not noticed that on nearly every post I make it is edited due to spelling or something else? I am aware that no one knows of mine or anyone else's  " challenges"  and they should remain private, but that does not give anyone  permission for a free for all throw back hurtful comments to any member whatsoever!... Have you ever taken one second to think what that " member" is dealing with in life before you embark on your vitriol?  It takes nothing to be kind!     I am who I am and I stand by every word written - factual, my opinion or copy & paste which are from HMRC or others such as eBay.    I hope that you never experience what I have had to, or what my family has had to endure because of it...  and that you and others just may, even just a little bit show more consideration, some compassion and understanding  towards  " members" here,  you do not know of their circumstances, whether they be " challenged" or not and your comments are seriously boarding on "bullying" - there is no excuse to be so!

Time to respond took me approximately  90 minutes... I hope that isn't too long for you!

Edit to add @ and spelling.

[lovethebeach33]

The vast majority think eBay have shot themselves in the foot, some people claim its eBay being greedy and a small minority of eBay employees and board mods think that the eBay Buyer Protection Fee is the best thing since sliced bread.

The vast majority think eBay have shot themselves in the foot, some people claim its eBay being greedy and a small minority of eBay employees and board mods think that the eBay Buyer Protection Fee is the best thing since sliced bread.

that is a very fair appraisal yorkscollectables

[jckl1957]

The moderators don't respond to threads and there are not any responses (on this thread and, actually, on the majority of such threads - can't be bothered to go through them all) from Ebay employees.

Even if I look really hard, I can't see anybody saying it is 'the best thing since sliced bread', although I am happy to be corrected.

Ebay have made changes.

Sellers need to adapt.

[vinylscot]

As you rightly say, nobody here knows of your "challenges", so there is no way any of us can be expected to allow for them.

Although you have made many valuable contributions, you have been castigated many times previously (not only by me), for providing cut and paste information which has been shown to be misleading at best, often downright wrong.

Taken from reputable sources, this information is almost certainly correct, in its correct context. And that's where your posts fall down so often. You often post information devoid of its proper context, so often that I no longer have any confidence in the accuracy of your posts. Bear in mind that one of the functions of this board is to steer people away from inaccurate or misleading advice.

[sdjwales]

I wouldn't pay any attention to it.

Even if the claim were true, implying there's something negative about someone researching and educating themselves before they post something is illogical.

I'd rather someone come back 10 minutes later with facts vs instantly posting demonstrably incorrect tax information.

[sdjwales]

That's because it's never happened.

The old "straw man" argument.

Seems some people around here prefer to be negative and panicking and attack anyone who disagrees with them.

There have been suggestions that the BPF might not be the death knell of ebay that some claim, and people observe that there are always "sales dead" threads on these forums, but I've yet to see a single person claim that the changes are a good thing or well implemented.

I've seen as many people seal their ebay fate by stubbornly removing all listings and inherently ensuring they sell nothing as I have seen people experiencing slow sales.

[vintique*violet]

People should show kindness and compassion towards everyone, it costs nothing! You are still not seeing what you are/have been doing?  If you have had an issue a private message explaining with factual evidence would have perhaps stopped you from continually addressing me in such a manner which is not warranted. 

So for the last time, as I have asked at least twice previously ... Point me to where the copy and paste from HMRC or other such as LITRG or eBay as that is the only sources, and where I have " fallen down" in context and  is inaccurate... I am not the only one here that has shared the same information. 

After which I can review, address any concerns and then you just may stop from having the need to comment with such distain! 

@vinylscot 

[vinylscot]

Just look back at all your previous posts, on all the threads you have posted, and notice how often you are called out for posting misleading information.

If you don't know something, it's OK to stay out of the conversation. - nobody will miss you (or me).

Many of the issues currently being discussed are quite complex, and nuanced. You are not likely to find a definitive answer with your ten minute Google searches. More often than not, there is more to it than you convey in your shallow responses.

[andha-21]

@vintique*violet 

Just ignore them. A total waste of your time.

[vintique*violet]

Many of the issues currently being discussed are quite complex, and nuanced. You are not likely to find a definitive answer with your ten minute Google searches. More often than not, there is more to it than you convey in your shallow responses.

Again you are making assumptions and comments which are unnecessary.  There is no google searches...  " shallow responses"?????????...Really? @vinylscot 

  I have a HMRC gateway account with lots of information and read HMRC website,  Litrg is a website which has " worked"  with HMRC, whereby information has been sourced/ copied and pasted... I previously asked you to look at that site , which showed the very same information I had posted, and have always mentioned that people need to research for themselves.... Nothing is from a google search... HMRC have also put information on X which was shared by someone else here which was the exact same information. 

So instead of using " blanket" terms.  I am sure you are able to put together a comment whereby highlighting what it is the inaccuracy. I have asked previously and you have not responded and as you don't appear to be sincere,  perhaps you can highlight in your own comment, review them, correct them and point everyone in the right direction.  

Please do not address me again!