Are you sure it's not one or the other? In a message dated 10/28/2011 3:17:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sa...@comic-art.com writes:
Tom it's a combination of $20,000 or more in sales AND 200 or more transactions if you have a trillion $ in sales, but only 5 transactions, they don't report anything upside down! At 03:11 PM 10/28/2011, dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com wrote: > They did it to me.. they told me if I had over 20k in sales it was >mandatory they report to IRS so I complied.. and then i asked does >that include shipping and ebay fees as thats a cost of the sale not >the net,, they said yes.. >so... if under 20K i guess it does not matter, bUt over 20K they >report it... > >wierd how the pick 20 k as the benchmark... >well its always something > > > > > >---- Original Message ---- > >From: rixpost...@aol.com > >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > >Subject: Re: [MOPO] A warning for eBay sellers > >Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:03:59 -0400 > > > >>Hi, John, > >> > >> In the US Ebay/PayPal has been demanding that a Tax ID number or > >Social > >>Security number was to be submitted to them by the first of the > >year, but > >>now they've expedited matters so the number has to be given now or > >they'll > >>block your Pay Pal account---I've heard this from a number of > >dealers. Are > >>they using the same tactics with dealers outside the US, such as > >yourself? > >> Rick > >> > >> > >>In a message dated 10/28/2011 1:36:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > >>johnr...@moviemem.com writes: > >> > >> > >>I had an interesting experience over the last few days. When I > >tried to > >>list some items on ebay with Turbo Lister I got a warning message > >saying I > >>couldn't list anything until I accepted the terms of the cross > >border user > >>agreement. There was a link to a page that didn't work. I phoned > >customer > >>support and asked them what the problem was. They said that a block > >had been > >>placed on my account and I could not list anything internationally. > >The rep > >>said she didnt know why this had happened as I was a Power Seller > >and Top > >>Rated Seller with a perfect record. Blocks are usually only placed > >on > >>customers who have done something seriously wrong. She said she > >couldn't find any > >>violations but would raise an appeal. This could take 72 hours to > >resolve. > >> > >>In the meantime I was left wondering if I had unknowingly committed > >some > >>sort of "violation" which would have me blocked from listing > >>internationally. I decided to surf the discussion boards and > >finally found someone who had > >>a similar experience. Apparently, eBay has decided to force sellers > >to > >>accept new terms and conditions for selling "cross border" ie > >internationally. > >>If you don't accept the new agreement you cannot sell > >internationally. I > >>finally managed to find the correct link and I agreed to the terms > >which are > >>quite extreme but the choice is accept the terms or dont sell with > >us. > >>Having accepted the agreement I can now sell internationally. In > >the meantime > >>I still havent heard back from Customer Support who had promised to > >raise > >>an appeal and investigate the matter. > >> > >>The thing about all of this is the incredibly poor level of > >communication. > >>It is not at all unusual that the reps have no idea of changes in > >policy > >>so phoning customer support can sometimes just make things worse. > >Instead of > >>blocking sellers from listing, surely to goodness, an email > >explaining > >>that the terms and conditions had changed would have been in order. > >They could > >>then have provided a link in the email so that sellers could peruse > >the > >>agreement and then accept it. > >> > >>Anyway, maybe this will help someone else who gets a similar > >warning/block > >>on their selling account. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA > >>Website: _www.moviemem.com_ (http://www.moviemem.com/) > >>PO Box 92 > >>Elanora > >>Qld 4221 > >>Australia > >>Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > >>___________________________________________________________________ > >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the > >>MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > >>lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: > >SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this > >>message is solely responsible for its content. > >> > >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > >> > >___________________________________________________________________ > >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > >> > >> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > >> > >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content > >. > >> > >> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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