do you no that if you refund post cost to buyer ebay charge you full price and do not refund you is

[nellytye]

do you know that if you refund a buyer post cost ebay charge you the full cost of post i got one who payed £55 in post cost so i refunded buyer £50.50 in post cost only for ebay to charge me £5.50 on top of my post cost of £4.10   isn,t this theft ebay do you tell any of us sellers you charge full post cost  and you don,t refund the seller when  the seller as refunded the buyer this is theft ebay you can claim your refund of ebay but you have to call them to claim this but ebay don,t tell the seller this what do other sellers think of this do you rip the buyer off with post cost ??? i don,t think we do but ebay charge me post cost for doing nothing seller pay to list item pay to sell item pay ebay for doing nothing in my post cost  then charge us vat  its call theft ebay i don,t rip any of my buyer off but i get rip off from ebay

[1902elder]

Amazing how often sellers who are trading illegally draw attention to themselves by posting on these forums. However, it makes it easy for Ebay to identify them, or for other members to report them.

[tsmgmd]

Well said.
This seller doesn't like his activities exposed.
I have even received a message sent via eBay messages.

I have passed this to eBay giving the full reasons behind it.

[tsmgmd]

Where do we start. 

Your postage terms as a UK seller are illegal. 

You are legally responsible for the item until its delivered. 

You as the seller make a claim as the sender. 

You are also not registered as a business so you are trading on eBay illegally. 

That means Citizens Advice can pass your details onto Trading Standards who can prosecute you, and the Inland Revenue can also hit you with a hefty fine if you are not declaring your income from your eBay sales. 

It only takes one complaint to start the ball rolling. 

And by posting here you have encouraged thousands to look at your listings.