ebay tax

[travlnz28]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Most of the online sellers are now charging sales tax. The "good ol days" of tax free buying are gone.
What really pisses me off about ebay is their control over shipping costs. I was wondering why I was seeing ridiculous pricing and a seller informed that ebay now sets the cost, they have no control over it anymore. Friggen communist organization.

Jason is correct in that the seller does have control over shipping costs if they so choose. For example, I charge $6 if I know I can send something first class.

Also, the seller has no control over sales tax. That is a state by state thing determined by where the buyer lives and not the seller.

Believe me, I am not a huge Ebay fan but I have to give credit to their shipping system. There are good discounts from the Post Office and UPS to help make the shipping a little cheaper and they make it very easy to deal with International shipping through the Global Shipping program.