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Do Discounts Impact Valuation of Imports from EU?
Hi, I shop regularly at an Italian online retailer which gives a lot of discount vouchers. From what I read in the MSE guide to online shopping post Brexit: the Consignment Value is the price paid for the goods (including local VAT, but excluding delivery charges). A worked example: I buy an item costing €150 in June 2021…
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Amazon Prime Delivery
Hi all, I am quite new to Amazon and I have a question. If I am part of Amazon Prime and I place an order, is the item supposed to turn up the next day or whenever they have a slot available? I thought if you were part of Prime, all orders got delivered the day after. Sometimes it turns up the day after but the item I have…
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ID for people who look under a certain age for 1 pack of painkillers
I feel completely appalled that my 16yr old was refused to buy a packet of pain relief for severe stomach cramps because she looked under 16. It is not Illegal to buy pain killers at any age but shops seem to have policies which even when the 16yr old gets parent to send photo of passport to prove her age, she is still…
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M&S School Uniform 20% off
Does anyone know when the M&S school uniform deal will be activated? They do it every year but I see this year they ran one in Feb so I hope that wasn't the in place of the usual summer deal!!
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M&S Beauty box
What happens if you return the qualifying items but want to keep the £20 beauty box? Do you have to return the box?
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ashantirugs.co.uk - Anyone ever used them?
Looking for new area rug.
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Amazon parcel just arrived when I haven't ordered anything
Just had the Amazon bloke drop off a Prime parcel correctly addressed to me despite the fact that I haven't ordered anything recently and haven't had any emails from them about a delivery. I have no idea what's in the box. Suggestions please as to where I go from here?
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Returning an Amazon Item
I have no idea if this is the correct forum for this but I didn't know where else to ask. I ordered something from Amazon, however, it was faulty so I got a replacement. I have to send the original item back within 30 days of the 3rd of May. I have to return it using a Hermes thing at a nearby Co-Op, however, I may only be…
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Non eu cancellations rights
I placed an order for an item that I then found a lot cheaper elsewhere. It’s coming from China - i think! So I cancelled 90 minutes after placing it only to be emailed the following day their cancellation policy stating I had 60 minutes in which to cancel and I can’t return the goods unless faulty. I’m just wondering if I…
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Amazon, same item cheaper ordered from .de
Why's this? same item cheaper if ordered on Amazon .de rather than .co.uk, shipped from EU in both cases. Test item: £8 cheaperUK https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07V4FQKKC Amazon Global Store Order Summary Items: £14.19 Postage & Packing: £3.74 Total before VAT: £17.93 Estimated VAT: £3.59 Order Total: £21.52…
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PayPal Referral Offer
PayPal has an offer where if you send a friend 1p and they set up an account and send one of their friends at least £5, then both you and your friend will each receive £10. Has anyone successfully achieved this? (PayPal tell me I didn't meet the T&C, although I know I did),but they refuse to tell me which specifically).…
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MSE News: Plastic bag charge to double to 10p in all shops in England
The fee retailers charge for single-use plastic carrier bags is to double from 5p to 10p in England from 21 May, while those making purchases in smaller shops will also now have to pay the charge... Read the full story: 'Plastic bag charge to double to 10p in all shops in England' If you haven’t already, join the forum to…
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Reclaim VAT on order from EU
Hoping someone can help me out with the following questions....I'm tempted to place an order for a watch from an EU based company. - value of ~£750. The company offers free delivery and free returns via DHL and the watch price is shows as ex VAT. So - if I place the order I assume that I will be charged 20% VAT when it…
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Is there an AliExpress Helpdesk
In February I placed two orders (my first ever) with two companies on AliExpress. The tracking information for one item is unavailable and for the other item, it says ready for delivery, but that has been the message for about 3 weeks. Yesterday I messaged the sellers First item They say they can refund me. Great I…
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Jewellery - worth much/anything?
We're tidying up as we're moving house and I came across a late aunt's neclace which my Mum gave me to take to London to get valued. This was just before the pandemic, I've not been to London since (used to work there) and have been made redundant since then so yeah, no time soon. It's from Mappin and Webb, which I…
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Loyalty card apps
I've searched but cant seem to find anything so can anyone point me in the right direction of an app that stores all your loyalty cards on your phone? I am frequently caught out by not having a particular card with me when out and about and kick my self when I could have earnt some points on a purchase. Theres one called…
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Boots advantage card
Hi, hope this makes sense. I can remember in the past being able to pay for some items with points and some with money. As long as the points balance covered the items in full. I know that I can not part pay for an item with points. For example, I have 2 items. One is £12 and the other is £25. I have £28 of points. So I…
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Now Debenhams is full of trashy clothes...
...where I shop!? Obviously I knew Debenhams was in administration but I was still buying bits and bobs from there, had an order in my basket ready to purchase this morning and the website has been revamped to trash.com. By that I mean 'Boohoo' and 'NastyGal' being the main brands. I want the nice jewellery (Mood/Jon…
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Shop CCTV
Hi I hope everyone is well. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'm hoping someone could give some advice. I complained about an issue to a shop, which could be confirmed through their CCTV. When I asked for CCTV to be checked, after a couple of days I was told the following by the manager: "The hard disk…
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Matalan - Confused!
I placed an order with matalan last weekend and received my confirmation email that payment had gone through (it had) and that I need to wait for shipping email. Looked at my online banking today and I had more money in there than what I thought.... I went through my transactions and there is no matalan payment, despite…