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From: Niel J Humphreys on 5 Apr 2010 19:25 "John Hopkins" <glasshousejohn(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:1isun.44828$Yx6.40997(a)newsfe29.ams2... > It seems that Ebay is now only going to allow 99p or lower auctions to be > listed no more than 100 per month by non business users? I sell trading > cards at reasonable prices and have had sold quite a few, they are only > worth under 99p so from June I can only list 100 a month. The ones I sell > are the ones left over from packs I bought to complete my collection. > > Also I have loads of card stock that I will never use and thought that > offering cheap aperture cards would be a useful way of getting back some > money on the card that I won't use, but NO Ebay says if I sell 'handmade > items for profit' I have to register as a business? > > Any suggestions welcome In the eyes of the law you are a business. This change has been forced by all the Chinese sellers with multiple private accounts flooding EBay with thousands of 99p items for no listing fees. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: MC on 5 Apr 2010 19:54 John Hopkins wrote: > It seems that Ebay is now only going to allow 99p or lower auctions > to be listed no more than 100 per month by non business users? I > sell trading cards at reasonable prices and have had sold quite a > few, they are only worth under 99p so from June I can only list 100 a > month. The ones I sell are the ones left over from packs I bought to > complete my collection. You must have a lot of "spare" cards if 100 a month limit is too small. If you need to sell more than 100 a month of anything then you are more than a casual "spare room clearout" seller and, thus, should really be considered a business. > > Also I have loads of card stock that I will never use and thought > that offering cheap aperture cards would be a useful way of getting > back some money on the card that I won't use, but NO Ebay says if I > sell 'handmade items for profit' I have to register as a business? > By definition, making something to sell for profit is a business practice. So where is the problem? MC
From: Rob Morley on 5 Apr 2010 20:17 On 05 Apr 2010 23:54:40 GMT "MC" <any(a)any.any> wrote: > By definition, making something to sell for profit is a business > practice. > But selling something that you made, at a profit, could be just a hobby.
From: The Older Gentleman on 6 Apr 2010 02:09 Rob Morley <nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > On 05 Apr 2010 23:54:40 GMT > "MC" <any(a)any.any> wrote: > > > By definition, making something to sell for profit is a business > > practice. > > > But selling something that you made, at a profit, could be just a hobby. Indeed. But selling up to 1200 in a year almost certainly isn't. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Rob Morley on 6 Apr 2010 04:57
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 07:09:05 +0100 totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > Rob Morley <nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > On 05 Apr 2010 23:54:40 GMT > > "MC" <any(a)any.any> wrote: > > > > > By definition, making something to sell for profit is a business > > > practice. > > > > > But selling something that you made, at a profit, could be just a > > hobby. > > Indeed. But selling up to 1200 in a year almost certainly isn't. > > The relevant bit was not "from June I can only list 100 a month" but "Ebay says if I sell 'handmade items for profit' I have to register as a business". But I see now that he misquoted "You should register as an eBay business if you make items yourself and sell them, intending to make a profit". |