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eBay Seller isn't sending me a total -- time to call?
I won six lots on eBay from a single seller. The seller is in
California, and will be charging sales tax. Plus, I think the shipping on six lots is somewhat less than 6 x one lot. In short, I have no idea how much to send the seller. So I requested a total from the seller. No response. I requested a total again. And again. No response. So, it's been five days now (three business days), and I'm thinking it's time to request contact info and just ring them up. But I'd've much rather'd the seller just be on top of their game... -- Bob |
I thought they only charged sales tax if you were in the same state. Does
California require something different? Good luck. "Mark" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:32:35 -0700, "Bob Flaminio" wrote: I won six lots on eBay from a single seller. The seller is in California, and will be charging sales tax. Plus, I think the shipping on six lots is somewhat less than 6 x one lot. In short, I have no idea how much to send the seller. So I requested a total from the seller. No response. I requested a total again. And again. No response. So, it's been five days now (three business days), and I'm thinking it's time to request contact info and just ring them up. But I'd've much rather'd the seller just be on top of their game... Call them. That's why ebay makes that information available. There could be one of a million reasons he's not getting back to you. Things happen. Hell, he could be dead for all you know. If he's got good feedback, I'm sure something important came up that took him away from his computer. Give it more time. |
John Ahnen wrote:
I thought they only charged sales tax if you were in the same state. Does California require something different? Good luck. Uh... I *am* in the same state. Indeed, they're not even that far away. I might just drive over :-). -- Bob |
Mark wrote:
So, it's been five days now (three business days), and I'm thinking it's time to request contact info and just ring them up. But I'd've much rather'd the seller just be on top of their game... Call them. That's why ebay makes that information available. As has happened to me before, the mere act of requesting contact information was sufficient to wake them up and send me my total, which I promptly paid. -- Bob |
Kind of off topic. But I heard my home state of Michigan has banded
together with 16 other states to simplify the paperwork for collecting sales tax on items purchased via internet for out of state sales. Supposed to take effect in October. So get your buying done now to avoid the tax. Joe "Bob Flaminio" wrote in message ... John Ahnen wrote: I thought they only charged sales tax if you were in the same state. Does California require something different? Good luck. Uh... I *am* in the same state. Indeed, they're not even that far away. I might just drive over :-). -- Bob |
The tax man *still* ranks lower than grave robber on the social scale.
"Joe" wrote in message link.net... Kind of off topic. But I heard my home state of Michigan has banded together with 16 other states to simplify the paperwork for collecting sales tax on items purchased via internet for out of state sales. Supposed to take effect in October. So get your buying done now to avoid the tax. Joe "Bob Flaminio" wrote in message ... John Ahnen wrote: I thought they only charged sales tax if you were in the same state. Does California require something different? Good luck. Uh... I *am* in the same state. Indeed, they're not even that far away. I might just drive over :-). -- Bob |
JIM wrote: The tax man *still* ranks lower than grave robber on the
social scale. Aren't they one and the same? |
"Bernhard Rich" wrote in message ... JIM wrote: The tax man *still* ranks lower than grave robber on the social scale. Aren't they one and the same? Naw, the grave robber usually leaves the fillings in the teeth but the tax man will take everything. |
"Bob Flaminio" wrote in message
... I won six lots on eBay from a single seller. The seller is in California, and will be charging sales tax. Plus, I think the shipping on six lots is somewhat less than 6 x one lot. In short, I have no idea how much to send the seller. So I requested a total from the seller. No response. I requested a total again. And again. No response. So, it's been five days now (three business days), and I'm thinking it's time to request contact info and just ring them up. But I'd've much rather'd the seller just be on top of their game... -- Bob Bob, I had a seller DIE on me. It took a few weeks, but his son actually fullfilled all the orders his father had on eBay. Could be something less than that too. Perhaps he has an agressive spam blocker and is not seeing your e-mails. May I ask what is precluding you from hitting the Pay Now button for each auction and paying individually? Is there no Pay Now button? boB |
htimS boB wrote:
May I ask what is precluding you from hitting the Pay Now button for each auction and paying individually? Is there no Pay Now button? There is, but with six auctions I figured that there'd be some economy of scale for multiple auctions. Plus, the seller is in California (as am I) and charges sales tax, but didn't put the percentage in. In California, sales tax is different for every county, city, or whoever else gets a surcharge tacked on. So, I could've did a "Pay Now", but would have had to guess at what the shipping and tax would be. And, I'd probably guess wrong, and then have the seller chastising me for sending the wrong amount (how many times have we heard that story). Ultimately, the seller did eventually send me a total, which I promptly paid, and I received the coins shortly thereafter, so all's well that end's well. -- Bob |
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