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What UK Import Tax Etc Will I Pay From Japan??

I've seen a watch I want to buy which is loacted in Japan. I'm happy with the seller etc, however, the import duty, tax etc has me confused.I've had different answers when looking around, so thought I'd ask if anyone here has been through it recently...

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Resolved! Seller scam

I bought a bike for £900 today around midday, having communicated with the seller in eBay messages about an ad that ended with no sale. Seller looked legit with 300+ ratings and 5 in the last year. they agreed this price and relisted with lower buy i...

Defacto businesses operating as private sellers

Hello, I've bought a new product from a private seller who is clearly operating a defacto business; all their products are stock photos and a lot of their listings have multiple quantity available. I got the product at a good price and know that priv...

Buyer Leaving negative feedback with good reason.

I recently bought a big 20cm Judge Vista sauce .in used condition and the description stated there was no damage only a few small superficial marks from use, it was priced at about 3-Quarters of the cost of a brand new one exactly the same. The pan I...

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Best offers

Hello,Just wondering if anyone can help?I have tried to to put in best offers to buy something and it takes me to a confirm details, then when I click send it goes back to the make offer page without the offer going through.I have been putting in bes...

Poor customer service...to say the least.

Some of the sellers on ebay give decent sellers a really bad name & their stupidity really knows no boundaries. Bought a dvd box set on 4th of January,still hadn't been delivered on the 13th so I messaged the seller to see if it had any tracking..he ...

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Seller cancelled order after it was shipped?

I recently bought an item from eBay. The item being sold was what looked like a 'Bric-a-Brac' house clearance (30+ listings) full of old things. The item I purchased had literally just been listed. It was a bargain buy for £25 and was probably worth ...

Resolved! Once again an auction is removed before it ends

It's become a bit of a joke now, if any seller dosen't like the way an auction is going they can just end it without any obligation to sell. What is the point of calling anything an auction when ebay clearly allows any selling auction to be pulled. M...

GSP item, SNAD, refunded by seller after 1st email, but not a penny of the GSP costs :(

I bought a DVD of a UK TV show which for reasons best left to the BBC was only ever released on DVD in the USA. This meant paying GSP which doubled the cost of the item from £15 to £30. The item arrived today but is completely the wrong DVD. I emaile...

Evri Collect from Parcel Shop

If a buyer chooses to divert their parcel being sent by Evri to a parcel shop is the buyer still protected if the item were to go missing after being delivered to the shop?

Resolved! Broken on arrival

I purchased a teapot which arrived broken into tiny pieces. It was a large shop rather than an individual selling the item and now they want it back! Is it not dangerous (and pointless anyway) to return the item in the post such as it is, can ebay no...

Sellers with no stock

In the "report an item" listing, there doesn't seem to be a specific category for sellers who don't hold stock. This is happening all the time and it's getting so bad that I'm probably not going to waste my time ordering on Ebay any more. I recently ...

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Are these Chinese Galaxy clone phones actually any good?

I just wondered if anyone knows if these Samsung clone phones are any good, example below: 256/8 GB S23 Ultra Original 5G Unlocked Smartphone by XIDI Total price £83. It seems a bizarre price for an 8 gigabyte RAM phone. Obviously a true Galaxy is ar...

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