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The ebay fees are part of the profit/loss, not a deduction - so you deduct them from the profit.

Item = Bought for $100
Sold for $200
Ebay Fees = $30
Shipping= $10
Profit reported and taxed =...

The book is of no significant value ($100 or so)...an Easton Press editon without much notoriety.

It is signed by Thomas Friedman. But it's not so unique that you couldn't find an image elsewhere...

Haha...yeah! I'm gonna do it!

No - I'm definitley NOT doing it...not replying, already deleted the request.

Mostly, I'm curious what the scam might be. It's very possible that for some strange...

So I have some books listed on ebay.

I got a weird request.

Someone from Manila wanted me to pose one of the books (an Easton Press book, "The World is Flat") alongside their logo and take a...

You can't use delivery confirmation from Canada, can you? Sux. Int'l shipping always worries me, although I've never had anything lost or even damaged.

I did send something TO Canada once...then...

Yeah, that's a pain...but he did pay, after awhile, right? I dunno....I've never had any problems on Ebay so I don't really worry about it. I think people worry too much about negative feedback...

This is correct...in theory, people like the action, so the reserve at least encourages a few bids even if you know you won't meet the reserve...at least they'll bid to see what's going on. When you...

Well, that's certainly not an exciting policy change...but, one only needs to pay taxes on the profit...so even if you make $20K in sales, you wouldn't pay taxes on $20K...in fact, you can report a...

Well, you have to wait a certain number of days before starting an Ebay dispute resolution claim anyway...so if he pays in that timeframe, wonderful, and if he doesn't than just claim non-paying...

Any reputable book dealer will refund your money with no questions asked - especially a $50 sale. I wouldn't refund shipping, probably, but I would never care about refunding the sale itself.

But,...

Right...just deal with it through your CC company.

Basically, if you're a seller, you have to allow for returns.

That's good, Tippy.

The sad truth is the reason for this is seller abuse...people were selling books for .99 cents, but then charging $3.99 for shipping (which ebay doesn't take a cut of)...or...

I dunno...I'm not a fan of those kinds of auction listings...I know what you're trying to accomplish, but it doesn't sound all that professional...I would say the same thing, but lose the anti-ebay...

They just want big bulk sellers who are more of a real business...they don't care about actual auction sales anymore, or small one or two item sellers.

Yeah, but you were annoyed by the small print...so that's the problem with selling that way...

It does suck, especially if like Tippy said you can't do anything other than the $4 option....

I think if you use the 'auction' listing, you can charge different shipping rates, right?

It's buy-it-now, where it only lets you charge $4.

I think, anyway...not really sure.

100 percent true...though I'm not sure ebay looked at it that way...I think they got tired of hearing people's complaints about overpriced shipping.

Still, I am on ebay's side...they make it very...

You can just not charge for shipping and save the stress and aggravation...add the cost to your starting bid...I've been doing it for years on any item of serious value. I love it. One price, no...

That would obviously annoy me a lot, as I'm sure it did you!

Not that this helps this time, but you should always do the dispute through your credit card company, and you claim the seller sent you...

Yes, the whole 'buyer pays insurance' is phony...it's the seller's job to get the item to the buyer, and if it gets lost it doesn't matter to the buyer.

If it gets damaged without insurance,...