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[quote="Anonymous"]I should have added this was a UK account bidding on a UK item, with UK delivery address. [quote=\"Anonymous\"]Interesting. I lost out in the same way recently, so read the forum and found this post. I thought I would try a test bid through the US servers for a UK item, detailed in the second link posted by Cupid. It worked, Buyer Protection Fee removed, but... UK VAT was added. As it was a very low value item, I'm not bothered, although in my case, I was able to reduce the postage again by choosing Click and Collect! Hilarious...[/quote][/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:12 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">VAT was called our for the postage, but the total value was as advertised in the listing.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />If that's their 'Simple Delivery' program, I guess that's Ebay (not the seller) charging you for the postage and as a large VAT registered UK company they do have to include VAT in their prices, for services. The total shipping price you will be charged has to be provided consistently throughout the process though, as per UK legislation.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 3:54 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Well well... I did try this again, with an auction ending just now. <br /> <br />Result: as originally expected, no Buyer Protection Fee but postage remained the same. <br /> <br />Interestingly, VAT was called our for the postage, but the total value was as advertised in the listing. <br /> <br />No idea what happened yesterday. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <br />Might try it out again to see if the behaviour is the same. <br /></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 3:50 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">with UK delivery address.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody">... <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Via the UK site - as soon as the auction was won, the Buyer Protection premium vanished, and the postage cost went up. I could see that VAT had been added to the whole total. <br /> <br />The US site price was the same, where VAT was explicitly called out. <br /> <br />Might try it out again to see if the behaviour is the same. <br /></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Certainly interesting. <br /> <br />The postage price to the same UK address for a UK auction should be the same on the US site as the UK one, there's no justification for a higher one. The seller will not be expecting to get a higher postage amount for sending an item to exactly the same place from exactly the same place, because it was purchased via a different portal, so where would that extra 'postage' amount be going ? <br /> <br />Also, for a private seller in the UK, they will not be VAT registered, so sending to a UK address no VAT is due. I wonder where Ebay think they are sending VAT that has not been collected legally ?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 12:20 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Via the UK site - as soon as the auction was won, the Buyer Protection premium vanished, and the postage cost went up. I could see that VAT had been added to the whole total. <br /> <br />The US site price was the same, where VAT was explicitly called out. <br /> <br />Might try it out again to see if the behaviour is the same. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"><span style="font-weight: bold">Cupid wrote:</span> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"><span style="font-weight: bold">Anonymous wrote</span> <br />UK VAT was added.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Did you also pay for it via the US site ? <br /> <br />I only ever pay via the UK one.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 7:50 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">UK VAT was added.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Did you also pay for it via the US site ? <br /> <br />I only ever pay via the UK one.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:10 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I should have added this was a UK account bidding on a UK item, with UK delivery address. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Interesting. I lost out in the same way recently, so read the forum and found this post. <br /> <br />I thought I would try a test bid through the US servers for a UK item, detailed in the second link posted by Cupid. <br /> <br />It worked, Buyer Protection Fee removed, but... UK VAT was added. <br /> <br />As it was a very low value item, I'm not bothered, although in my case, I was able to reduce the postage again by choosing Click and Collect! <br /> <br />Hilarious...</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:08 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Interesting. I lost out in the same way recently, so read the forum and found this post. <br /> <br />I thought I would try a test bid through the US servers for a UK item, detailed in the second link posted by Cupid. <br /> <br />It worked, Buyer Protection Fee removed, but... UK VAT was added. <br /> <br />As it was a very low value item, I'm not bothered, although in my case, I was able to reduce the postage again by choosing Click and Collect! <br /> <br />Hilarious...</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2026 5:42 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Existing discussions include <a href="https://www.gixen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11536" target="_blank" class="postlink">this</a>, <a href="https://www.gixen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11468" target="_blank" class="postlink">this</a> and <a href="https://www.gixen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11493" target="_blank" class="postlink">this</a>.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>MrAngry</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2026 5:09 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Has the \"seller protection fee\" scuppered Gixen</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I had a recent max bid set for ?GBP 108.00 and the auction was won by another bidder with a bid of ?GBP 105.17</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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