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

[deltics]

i did not bin on this van as it sold for £3000 poor buyer was diddled for
£600 in vat, AI SAY THATS OK

[flyingpotte1]

I just noticed, also for the first time in years of selling on eBay that my buyer has been charged VAT when I ma in Badingstoke and he is in Bristol.  This was the sale of a personal item not a business transaction.  Is the Donald Trump fraud culture coming to the UK too then.  Buyers now pay VAT, pre-set postage and insurance meaning it costs them more so they want to pay less.  I thought the no selling fees would come back to bite us!

[papso22]

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@flyingpotte1 wrote:

I just noticed, also for the first time in years of selling on eBay that my buyer has been charged VAT when I ma in Badingstoke and he is in Bristol.  This was the sale of a personal item not a business transaction.  Is the Donald Trump fraud culture coming to the UK too then.  Buyers now pay VAT, pre-set postage and insurance meaning it costs them more so they want to pay less.  I thought the no selling fees would come back to bite us!

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What has your buyer been charged VAT on?  They would have been correctly charged it on the buyer protection fee,  and possibly on postage, depending on the exact circumstances. 

[kellgolto]

We get scammed and ripped of from every direction

[flyingpotte1]

Looked again and it was indeed just on the postage.

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[get_luck_7777-0]

hi thats because some traders are selling from different country eg china but i been caught like that many times thinking the seller is uk based but registed in a differnt country thats why the vat add