[Publib] ebay expertise?

[Meghan Miller Brawley]

That's what we thought, but the rules (as we were told this year, and I
guess the state tax folks *might* have told us wrong) in Tennessee were that
we could only have 2 sales per year, and they couldn't be "ongoing" -- they
had to have definite start/end dates. Even as a non-profit county gov't
library. So it's worth double-checking. Each state's laws will probably vary
on this.
-Meghan Brawley
Graduate student
School of Information Science
University of Tennessee-Knoxville

On 2/6/07, Felicia Cheney <fcheney at clamsnet.org> wrote:
>
>  If you're doing the book sales as a non-profit (friends or govt) you
> should be sales tax exempt.
>
>
> Felicia Cheney, Director
> Edgartown Free Public Library
> 508-627-1373
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Meghan Miller Brawley
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 06, 2007 5:15 PM
> *Cc:* publib at webjunction.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Publib] ebay expertise?
>
> You also might want to double-check the sales tax rules for your state.
> When I was in Tennessee, we had to make sure our sales had definite
> start/end dates and only happened twice a year -- no selling books
> year-round without paying sales taxes. You might be able to get around it by
> setting up the ebay sales for the same days as your RL book sales, but it's
> still something to check first.
>
> Meghan Brawley
> Graduate Student
> School of Information Science
> University of Tennessee-Knoxville
>
> On 2/6/07, Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library <library at vci.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > We sell on Ebay. Basically, just do what you would normally do when
> > selling
> > personal items (take good picture, give good description, etc...). We
> > set up
> > a PayPal account for payments, & have a PayPal credit/debit card for
> > going
> > to the post office for 'odd shipments' (we do get some international).
> > Be
> > sure & set up good policies for shipping times/returns, & make sure you
> > set
> > enough time to do it, both the listings & the packing & shipping.
> >
> > Terry Caudle
> > Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library
> > library at vci.net
> > www.publiclibrary.org
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> > publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
> > On Behalf Of Deana Cunningham
> > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 5:29 PM
> > To: publib at webjunction.org
> > Subject: [Publib] ebay expertise?
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We are thinking of selling some of our older donations on ebay. We
> > have books and comic books that wouldn't last a day in our collection
> > and it seems a shame to sell them at FOL booksale prices. I have sold
> > personally on ebay before, but was wondering if any of you have
> > experience with your library selling items on ebay? Any do's and
> > don'ts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Deana
> >
> > Deana L. Cunningham, Director
> > Harrison Community Library
> > 105 E. Main St., PO Box 380
> > Harrison, MI 48625
> > (989)539-6711
> > d.cunningham at vlc.lib.mi.us
> > www.harrisonlibrary.net
> >
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