just bought on eBay and I saw suddenly a “UK VAT added to price” for the first time is this correct

[laugb2001]

Hi,

I just bought an item on eBay and I saw added to the final price before payment a "UK VAT added to price" to a value of 20%. I have never seen that before in more than 18 years on eBay. The seller is in UK and I am also in UK. Is this correct and have I really to pay it?

thanks.

Lau

[jadie13910]

Please read this post from the start, it explains everything !

[jadie13910]

Yes  items that we have already paid vat on - I don`t know if that is the government or eBay dipping their bread ! All I know is that people are no longer trusting eBay - Vote with your money, shop elsewhere !

[jadie13910]

Hi, I am not talking about business sellers but private buyers like myself - I just want to make that clear !

Cheers

[jadie13910]

Hi, I don`t have a problem with that - BUT I do have a problem being told "vat is included" then click "buy it now" and THEN being told vat is added to price ! Please see this subject from the start - which explains my problem in detail !

[jadie13910]

PLEASE see this subject from the begining of the post - In my case anyway !

[unclestein]

OMG!

I've been following this post since Jan 2021 and Ebay have STILL done sod-all to rectify the way they display VAT! How hard can it be?

They are capable of adding 'improvements' (ultimately making the Ebay buying experience more annoying) so why can't they use the same people to fix the problems?

Words have failed me.

[sam782345]

There is virtually nothing we can do in our lives that the government (I.e.
the globalist elite, who are in the shadows pulling the strings) doesn’t
want a part of.
Why don’t they tax us on how much oxygen we consume? Or maybe that is
coming next. They rely on our compliance.

[delna75]

They are it's called netflix zero👍

[unclestein]

Wev'e surmised that our caring sharing government is to blame for all the VAT...

So the VERY LEAST that ebay could do is to make sure the VAT is notified and displayed properly.

Just about every other retailer on the planet processes the VAT and informs the customer prior to and at the point of sale but Ebay seem to have a big problem with this, even though the VAT information is available to them, and they seemingly have unlimited resources to work on 'site improvements'.

[sam782345]

Absolutely agree - just another example of the ‘Deep State’ taking us for
every penny they can get out of us.

[blueyogi16]

I have just bid on some second hand trainers and then received  notification that they are subject to VAT. I messaged the seller who was totally oblivious that this was happening. I thought that 2nd hand goods were tax exempt.I can't find anyway of contacting eBay to question the charge. 

[uluzyarx]

adverts must describe the actual cost accurately, including any ongoing or associated costs (like subscription fees) and taxes (such as VAT ). Example A customer pays £50 a product, without being told the price does not include VAT. This was not explained in the advert, so the advert is misleading.

the law: Describing your product - Marketing and advertising

From a Government site.

[uluzyarx]

I was caught by the same swindle.

The seller refused to refund the VAT.

ebay refunded all my money after I sent the item back.

I did not pay for the return.

A Big Shout for ebay please 🙂

[unclestein]

"adverts must describe the actual cost accurately, including any ongoing or associated costs (like subscription fees) and taxes (such as VAT ). Example A customer pays £50 a product, without being told the price does not include VAT. This was not explained in the advert, so the advert is misleading."

I've been trying to tell them this for a VERY long time and on numerous occasions, it's basic business accounting, even ebay themselves admitted to me it was being displayed incorrectly and they would correct it  (that was 3 years ago).

Face palm.

[uluzyarx]

Do as I did.

Ask for you money back because the item was not as described.

ebay, good as gold, made the guy refund all my money.

So his horrid little swindle ended up costing him 2 lots of postage.

Like somebody cleverer than me said,

"The object all sublime,

is to let the punishment fit the crime."

[uluzyarx]

Send the swindle item back under the "Not as described" caption.

Get you money back, and cost the crook 2 lots of postage.
He'll soon learn.

I did, and good old ebay stood by me.

[jadie13910]

SUPERB  !!!!  everyone using eBay should read this and do the same ---- Very well done uluzyarx ---- you have made my day, Thank you so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[uluzyarx]

My pleasure Jadie, as you say, if lots of people described their buys as
"Not as advertised", the swindlers would soon learn

[uluzyarx]

My swindler wouldn't give me the VAT back either,

which meant I hang on to the tool for a week or two.

The swindler hung on to part of the refund 🙂

I asked ebay for help.

Good as gold, ebay immediately refund the rest of my money.

Well done ebay I say/

[uluzyarx]

Do you reckon that this email is another swindle folks?

When I got to the ad, the price was £67.43.

Message from timbuyhotgevs:

Dear Customer,are you still interested in our item? If yes, here is a kind offer we give you that you can get this item at a better price.