topic Re: What happened to my $60? in Selling

What happened to my $60?

deadking75 — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 14:53:01 GMT

Hi sold some shoes last year, 2 identical pairs other than colour, after the fees and wotnot i should of recieved $275 per pair.

I did receive that much that much for the 2nd pair, but $60 just vanished from the sale from 1st sale with no explanation..

There were "deadstock" yes new but 6 yrs old from when i bought them, i think i have my store set to sole trader, no mention of tax or anything like that and i didn't have a printer ready and cancelled the first postal slip.

So i got charged for the postal slip, and i haven't seen a refund, so $75 in the hole to sell these shoes, I also had to buy a printer to print out the postal slips +$45 to the situation.

After all this and all the fees i ultimately made a whole $15 per pair, for $640 worth of shoes that no one else on earth had new.

I'm selling things to pay rent and food, how did i get my $60 back??

I wanted to run a store and this just killed all motivation to use ebay for selling at all.

Re: What happened to my $60?

deadking75 — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 15:12:50 GMT

sorry for the grammatical errors

Re: What happened to my $60?

sugar249 — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 21:36:30 GMT

Last year, and you are only just looking for it now, hardly in desperate need. Did you actually cancel the postage label, or did you just not print it.

And seriously you are complaining about the cost of having to buy a printer, thats hardly an Ebay issue.

Do yourself a favour and don't sell on Ebay, if you don't know the basics of doing business.

PS. most likely to late to claim any refund if you have let it drag on so long.

Re: What happened to my $60?

deadking75 — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 04:05:29 GMT

Hardly in desperate need? **bleep** would you know about my situation? I'm chronic ADHD and Bi-polar, sorting out these listings and everything right was a mammoth effort only to get kicked in the balls by ebay by pulling out $60 from the pathetic amount of profit.

I sell things on FB marketplace when i have to, when i'm sick of eating rice for a week straight so my dogs get decent food.

I haven't paid my power bill in months so that is racking up, I can't pay my rent properly because they want to evict me and priced the rent up to the point where i can't pay rent and buy food, So that s also racking up, never mind the fact there is NOWHERE to even rent anymore.

You're a nobody around here a "forum botherer" that sells junk that nobody wants.

Re: What happened to my $60?

deadking75 — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 06:37:37 GMT

any Ebay employees watching forums want to start some dialogue about my money? before i contact the Department of Fair Trading, I'm not jumping through your hoops to get my money, you can deal with them.

Re: What happened to my $60?

davewil1964 — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 07:30:58 GMT

Nobody from eBay reads or responds to board posts.

You could always limit yourself to one dog, that would cut your expenses.

You are unlikely to get much help from the board, given you wish to attack people rather than read and understand how eBay selling works, including time limits.

Re: What happened to my $60?

domino-710 — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 07:45:46 GMT

Or cut down on the amount paid for shoes. 😀

Re: What happened to my $60?

designers*n*more — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 12:20:57 GMT

My guess is the $60 odd dollars missing would be eBay fees which is around 13% stores. If you check the Payments tab under Overview page for each of those sales, any deducted amounts (generally fees) would be visible on that page,

Re: What happened to my $60?

deadking75 — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 15:16:37 GMT

thanks for the help

Re: What happened to my $60?

springyzone — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 23:23:56 GMT

You might need to sit down and write a list of the sales price, the fees and what exactly was paid into your account.

Then what you think is missing.

You can contact ebay chat and maybe work through it as you say you ultimately received only $15 profit per pair.

If the shoes sold for $640 & you were supposed to receive (after fees) $275 per pair from ebay, then that is a lot more than $15 per pair. Even if you only received payment for one pair, that's still a lot more than $15 per pair. So I'm not getting the maths but maybe I have missed something.

The purchase of a printer can't be brought into the equation. It will probably prove useful to you in the future anyway.

About some of the other things going on in your life. I don't know if this still applies but I know in the past, if you were in hardship, you could actually get one utility bill waived. It won't happen every year, I think it is a one off, but worth checking if it can be applied at the moment.

I am not sure where you live but I know that in Melbourne (and I assume most other state cities) there are several places set up for those in need to receive food, clothes etc.

If you live in SE Melbourne, message me and I'll privately send you the address of a couple of places as I have a friend who volunteers. They have a lot of people who turn up weekly to select some of the food available.

It could help you get over a difficult patch.

Re: What happened to my $60?

gutterpunkz05 — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 01:49:21 GMT

I have no idea why ebay would now be taking funds, from transactions over 5 months old.

You say you have a store as a sole trader, obviously not the account you are posting with here.

Could it be store sub fees, or fees related to more recent sales on your store account.

Re: What happened to my $60?

*sons_n_daughters* — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 04:47:21 GMT

Further to what Springy said, there is help out there. I know in my local area, Vinnies have vouchers to assist with utility bills. They won't pay the whole lot, but they can certainly help with some of the costs. I know, because quite a few years ago, I needed help. Despite working my entire adult life, I found myself out of work for 18 months. My husband's part time wage meant I'd get around $20-50 a fortnight from Centrelink. I signed up for work for the dole, the day I signed up for the dole (they thought I was nuts, because they had to force people to do it!). It gave me an extra $20 a fortnight. It still wasn't enough.

It was extremely hard to walk into Vinnies and ask for help. Don't bother with the Salvo's, they promptly escorted me out the door saying they couldn't help They are A holes. The people behind the door at Vinnies knew I was genuine, as opposed to the long term bludgers who try to take what they can get, and turn up every week for a handout. They got the obligatory $20 voucher. I got $200 worth of vouchers for gas and electricity, and a food hamper. I was embarrassed. I was in tears. It was humiliating. I had no choice.

I now have an automatic BPay set up to pay gas, electricity and land rates that is paid every fortnight. I am now in credit with all, so I don't get bill shock when the bills come in! Even a small amount each fortnight can make a huge difference when they bills come in.

As for your ebay issue, there are fees to be paid on every sale. Around 13%. That is taken before ebay deposits the money into your account. What the item sells for isn't what you are going to get. Ebay are a business and need to make money. Therefore, they charge fees for selling on their site. Most sellers will incorporate the fees into the selling price, so they still make a decent profit.