Question Re: WARNING re Postage in Selling on eBay

WARNING re Postage

unicorna09 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 04:15:20 GMT

WARNING to ALL Sellers.

Do you realise the ebay is classing POSTAGE as "INCOME".

Postage IS NOT income as it obviously goes to whoever you post/send your item with.

THIS IS A CRIMINAL ACT by ebay and NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH.

If you sell low prised items eg, $1 - $5 YOU MAKE NOTHING out of the "sale".

Ebay is RIPPING YOU OFF.

Re: WARNING re Postage

padi*0409 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 04:47:48 GMT

GST................Goods and Services Tax.......................postage is a "Service".............

Re: WARNING re Postage

domino-710 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:06:46 GMT

Good grief - get yourself an accountant.

When you lodge a tax return - you offset sales by costs to make those sales.

What's left over is taxable.

Re: WARNING re Postage

sandypebbles — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:10:09 GMT

So you state you are aware of a criminal act

Obviously you have reported what you know to the police and the ATO

What did they tell you?

Are they going to look into it?

Re: WARNING re Postage

gutterpunkz05 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:18:58 GMT

Are you referring to ebay FVF applying to the total invoice, including postage. If so it has been the case for ages and all approved by ACCC.

Re: WARNING re Postage

davewil1964 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:49:26 GMT

Postage IS income.

Offset by the cost, which may or may not be the same.

As a, presumably business, seller, surely you understand how the taxation system works? If not, maybe not wait FOURTEEN years to complain

Re: WARNING re Postage

*casey* — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 02:29:47 GMT

"If you sell low prised items eg, $1 - $5 YOU MAKE NOTHING out of the "sale""

Auctions aren't as popular as they used to be.

You'd make a lot more money if you stopped listing auctions starting at $1 , $5 etc , with a much higher buy it now price. Some are only receiving one bid . You're giving them away.

Either start your auctions at much higher $$$ or list as a Buy It Now only.

Re: WARNING re Postage

unicorna09 — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 03:06:13 GMT

Claiming "postage" is "income" IS STILL A SCAM = FRAUD

Re: WARNING re Postage

lezned-toycollector — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 03:27:12 GMT

Money collected for postage is actually classed as income - despite your personal opinion.

You charge an amount for a service - that's classed as income.

The fact that you use your income to offset the cost of your expenses (paying for postage), doesn't change it from being income.