I've been pwned

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

soolin wrote: »

I don't have a VAT number but I do pay tax

Guess you don't do 4000 sales a month then....

RHemmings wrote: »

Yes, there's a VAT number.

Must be a pain reclaiming the VAT from each Amazon purchase and paying higher VAT on the ebay purchase. But it's clearly a large scale business that they're running.

Surprising, I've seen plenty of these sellers well over the threshold and no VAT number in sight (not to mention no complete address on the listing either).

RHemmings

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head wrote: »

Surprising, I've seen plenty of these sellers well over the threshold and no VAT number in sight (not to mention no complete address on the listing either).

This one seems to be dotting 'i's and crossing 't's all over the place. There's a full contact address on the listing. Google streetview reveals a newish looking housing estate with detached houses and very nicely maintained gardens. Looks like a nice place to live.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

RHemmings wrote: »

This one seems to be dotting 'i's and crossing 't's all over the place. There's a full contact address on the listing. Google streetview reveals a newish looking housing estate with detached houses and very nicely maintained gardens. Looks like a nice place to live.

There's certainly a market for it and this is great for Amazon (a sale and big advert for them with their logs plastered over everything), not so good for eBay though.

Combined with counterfeits, it's driven a lot of buyers away from eBay over the years in my cat and now Amazon's pricing has gone right up as major competitors are fast falling by the wayside and Amazon's pricing software has no one to spider against but they have enough loyal customers who will pay, for example, 3 or 4 pounds more now on a product that used to be 14 pounds.

RHemmings

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head wrote: »

There's certainly a market for it and this is great for Amazon (a sale and big advert for them with their logs plastered over everything), not so good for eBay though.

Combined with counterfeits, it's driven a lot of buyers away from eBay over the years in my cat and now Amazon's pricing has gone right up as major competitors are fast falling by the wayside and Amazon's pricing software has no one to spider against but they have enough loyal customers who will pay, for example, 3 or 4 pounds more now on a product that used to be 14 pounds.

I think that even the price I paid was quite reasonable for the product, which was a new 5 DVD set of a television series. The Amazon price is very cheap, IMHO. I'm not sure I remember this kind of product being cheaper than they are now.

soolin

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head wrote: »

Guess you don't do 4000 sales a month then er).

No, I'm teeny weeny

RHemmings

soolin wrote: »

No, I'm teeny weeny

You are a yellow polka dot bikini, and I claim my £5.

soolin

RHemmings wrote: »

You are a yellow polka dot bikini, and I claim my £5.

Oh well thought through.:T

Obviously I will pretend to be too young to know what song you are referring to.

graspthenettle

techspec wrote: »

I send loads of items in Amazon boxes cos i use recycled packaging.

Hope i don't get someone thinking the items come from Amazon.

I do too but I always use a marker pen and cross through the name.

techspec

graspthenettle wrote: »

I do too but I always use a marker pen and cross through the name.

Thanks - I'll bare that in mind.

I always assumed the buyer would know the boxes were just recycled. But this is Ebay - you cannot take anything for granted.

What_a_Mess_3

I recycle amazon boxes for my sales but I turn them inside out 1st so the logo is inside.