And so it begins....

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Just tried to make a purchase from Warenburgs Ebay shop, but Ebay wouldn't let me checkout.
I sent a message, and received the following reply from Warenburg


Hi there,
Currently there is no way to send parcels to the UK.
Therefore you cannot make a purchase.
The additional VAT for GB from 01.01.2021 will also be charged on the articles.

If possible, shipping costs will be € 25.99 from 01/01/2021.

It will be complicated with GB in the future !!!

Greetings from Nuremberg

her
WARENBURG
team

The postage showing in "the basket" was approx £11 when I tried to checkout.

I also received the following from Ebay:

We're sorry to let you know that warenburg-lutz cancelled your order.​
We want to make sure you receive your refund. Go to your Cancel details page to let us know.​
If you haven't paid for this order yet, please let us know on your Cancel details page.

​

I'm sure the UK market isn't going to be worth the effort for many "small" European retailers.
 
Yep, the same thing is being reported in a number of arenas and industries including Blu-rays and even Bill Shatner's memorabilia shop!!

I'm not sure the VAT thing was directly related to Br***t, but the timing is lousy. From what I gather, overseas companies must now collect and submit VAT on behalf of HMRC rather than it all being done via the customs reclaim.

I'm sure someone will have chapter and verse on this...
 
They should be selling (local) VAT free and evilBay is supposedly going to be collecting / passing on the UK VAT.

At least, that is how I understand it should work?

Probably, none of the software is sorted, as yet?
 
I tried to purchase wooden deck for the Trumpeter 1/200 Titanic last Wednesday and they confirmed that the could not supply this to me at present due brexit -What a complete balls up ? Advised that they may be in a position to supply . So much for tariff free trade. This is not train related but the same principles will apply
 
Of course, there is also the Courier companies not delivering at the moment..
Supposedly, so they can update their systems to comply with the new regulations and paperwork requirements..
 
edsmitge said:
I tried to purchase wooden deck for the Trumpeter 1/200 Titanic last Wednesday and they confirmed that the could not supply this to me at present due brexit -What a complete balls up ? Advised that they may be in a position to supply . So much for tariff free trade. This is not train related but the same principles will apply
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I have a nasty sinking feeling......
 
3 minutes of fame said:
chapter and verse
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See Changes to VAT treatment of overseas goods sold to customers from 1 January 2021

with separate descriptions for direct sellers (Modell-land for example) and OMPs (Online Market Places - Ebay etc.)

My reading of this is that, once the carriers have got their paperwork sorted, purchases from overseas (worldwide, not just EU) through Ebay will be possible (remains to be seen whether EU sellers will deduct local VAT, or whether we end up paying both) but direct sales are a different matter. Would the level of sales to the UK be high enough to persuade Modell-land (for example) that it's worth their while to register with HM Government for VAT, and then do the paperwork to pay the vat collected?

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I too have a sinking feeling!

All the best

David
 
What if they insist we use a third party to handle the payment and tax part?

Isn't this one of the things PayPal are alluding to in the new T's and C's they are sending out?
 
Seems like a good time for UK manufactures and maybe even co-ops of modellers to step up to the mark.
"We shall fight them on our benches... we shall never surrender..!"
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Just wait a couple of weeks for it to all settle down :smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke:

What the media, and particularly the BBC, are carefully not telling us is how other countries are affected by problems with Flu-19; they're too busy selling doom stories about the UK.

They sound like Private Fraser, and they even had him back on earlier in the evening :D:D:D:D
 
Rhinochugger said:
Just wait a couple of weeks for it to all settle down :smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke:

What the media, and particularly the BBC, are carefully not telling us is how other countries are affected by problems with Flu-19; they're too busy selling doom stories about the UK.

They sound like Private Fraser, and they even had him back on earlier in the evening :D:D:D:D
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I think I'm more interested in how the UK is affected by Flu-19 than, say, how France is, not because I'm indifferent to the problem in France but because I'm in the UK and there are idiots here like the couple across the road who even during lockdown were travelling to and from Leeds each week. Meanwhile, until companies here and abroad know what they have to do (and the customs too) buying abroad is probably better left alone.
 
I was looking on ebay earlier this morning and noticed a Pola Dog House on sale from a German seller. The UK wasn't excluded from purchasing, but Ireland (as in Republic of, and an EU country) was. So I could have it sent to my son's in the North (UK) but not here. Strange indeed.
 
playmofire said:
I think I'm more interested in how the UK is affected by Flu-19 than, say, how France is, not because I'm indifferent to the problem in France but because I'm in the UK ........
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Yes and no minister, but it's of interest, and possibly some relevance to know how others are fairing, not just to be continually told that we're making an absolute hash of it - which I don't think we necessarily are :think::think:
 
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