Shutting down ebay account...forced to

[just bob]

I don't sell high dollar knives. I'm much more along the EDC line, but I think prices are higher and there are more bidders. I'm curious what Trevor - Triple F would think on the same subject? He posts links to his items here on AAPK.

[knifegnome]

I'm confused as to what is taxable.I checked some of my past sales and some had tax added to them and some did not.I bought a knife on ebay a couple of days ago and no tax was charged to me,only my bid price and shipping.

[Paladin]

I'm confused as to what is taxable.I checked some of my past sales and some had tax added to them and some did not.I bought a knife on ebay a couple of days ago and no tax was charged to me,only my bid price and shipping.

I think it depends on the state where the buyer resides.

Ray

[bladecollectorr]

I'm confused as to what is taxable.I checked some of my past sales and some had tax added to them and some did not.I bought a knife on ebay a couple of days ago and no tax was charged to me,only my bid price and shipping.

I am in the same boat as kj. I've been using a forwarder in Pennsylvania to get knives that sellers won't ship to Ontario, Canada. Now I get soaked for the Penn State tax even though I don't live in Pennsylvania and no one in Penn State bought the item.

I contacted Penn State gov and there is no way around it.

Here is the link to ebay's list of States where tax will be automatically added. If I could find a good forwarder in a State that does not force tax collection I would change but I haven't found a suitable service at this point.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees- ... 1#section4

[TripleF]

Sorry bro....
Had a guy cancel his order due to sales tax.

[bladecollectorr]

Sorry bro....
Had a guy cancel his order due to sales tax.

Thanks. As a Schrade collector 99% of my safe-queen knives are found and sold online in the USA. The State tax in my case is 6% which isn't a huge number by itself but if you add on ebay 10% seller fees, PayPal 4% seller fees and 1 or 2% USD to CAD conversion fees and hefty 2-way international shipping charges there is nearly no way I can ocasionally buy and then sell at a profit like I did 10 years ago.

Just the new cost of accessing the huge USA Schrade market. Life goes on.