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Already there are moans from buyers, "they have charged me VAT!"

ebay have now rolled into the mix now implementing the 1st January 21 VAT rules for UK buyers and EU. As  I mentioned at the start of writing this thread, they will nail it at source at the time of purchase:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/listings/default/vat-obligations-eu?id=4650

 Where this leaves the likes of Aliexpress, Banggood and individual traders from China and the rest of the world not registered, I guess HMRC rules in Notice 143 will click into place?

LCSC has been in my Far East component suppliers list for sometime now.. I was short of a few obscure components so I thought I would give them a whirl.

Website was easy to use, ordering was very quick, straight forward and simple. A small handling charge was added if the order was below a certain value . So I just ordered more components to the list to overcome the charge, the ease of paying by Paypal gave the order some security.

Based in Shenzhen, China, the consignment took no longer than anything else you would order from the far East, and was provided with live tracking as you can see from the package dates and path below:

• delivered - no signature----Inward MC

  14

  2021/01/04 14:29:48
• inward mc - handheld acceptance----Inward MC

  13

  2021/01/03 10:31:49
• outward rdc - handheld acceptance----Outward RDC

  12

  2020/12/31 12:07:54
• delivery to local courier

  11

  2020/12/28 06:00:00
• Departed from Facility

  10

  2020/12/28 06:00:00
• Arrived at Sort Facility

  9

  2020/12/27 14:00:00
• Custom clearance completed

  8

  2020/12/27 08:52:00
• Arrived at AIRPORT of Destination，clearance in process

  7

  2020/12/26 13:08:00
• Departed from AIRPORT of Origin

  6

  2020/12/26 09:09:00
• Arrive at international airport to abroad----QD

  5

  2020/12/24 23:23:07
• Departed Facility In processing center----Qingdao

  4

  2020/12/23 16:05:51
• Departed Facility in YT-BT-SZ ----YT-BT-SZ

  3

  2020/12/22 01:29:08
• Arrived at Sort Facility YT-BT-SZ ----YT-BT-SZ

  2

  2020/12/21 22:46:40
• Shipment information received

  1

  202

I will certainly be using them again in the future!

"Yes it got in with no added VAT or PO charges Hi! :-)"
 

 Even companies exporting to the UK are now caught up in the confusing VAT debacle ..

The BBC are now picking up on the story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55530721

Why wasn't a transition period put in place for all this, allowing a smooth change over?

Your confused, I am confused. Standby for the next exciting episode...

So we have all enjoyed the odd bargain direct from China, Tax free! But come the 1st January 2021 here in the UK things are about to change.

 A few people are thinking that small purchases won't be affected. Sorry, they will. The £15 VAT-free limit is being abolished. Even if you only want £1 rubber glass hammer along with a  matching left-handed spanner, the firm will have to register and pay the tax up front.

The only saving grace is that private sales between individuals, and gifts, will still be tax-free up to £39.

With goods sold via on-line marketplaces like ebay, Amazon etc, the onus will be on the marketplace, not the individual trader, to register for VAT.. Whatever, it's the consumer that will suffer.

 

*******Happy Xmas and a Better 2021 to you all.******

The backroom boys 1976-1978, were the lads who did the lighting, sound, and projection of films for the school plays, and performances. Working at the back of the school hall, in and outside of school time.

 Recently all four of us got together and went back to visit what was left of Aelfgar school, Rugeley, where we were educated in our senior years betweek 1974 and 1979.

Who is this scruffy lot? 

Dave, Phil, John and me.  

This was taken outside of the front entrance of the old original school building which is now a YMCA hostel and Doctors surgery.

All of us have a radio connnection. Myself and Dave became radio amateurs, Phil's Dad was a Radio Ham, John and I used to build crystal sets and regen radios in the school holidays.

The school hall and library has already gone and was rubble.

The new part of Aelfgar survived two major fires, gutting the hall and library on both occasions, in the period of when we were all educated there. But had been closed for several years before they decided it was of no further use and the land was to made available for housing.