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Apologies if this isn't the correct forum to post as I'm not sure the best area of the forum to post this. Please move to the correct forum if this isn't appropriate here.
I recently bought an item off ebay (double sided tape). I always filter my search to sellers with the item location as 'uk'
So I bought this tape for £3.75 (or at least that is the price listed)
As it's a low value item and the seller has lots of good feedback, I didn't think too much and waited for the item to arrive.
Every now and then I log onto my paypal account to check my balance and to my surprise I see a transaction for £4.50. I couldn't figure out what this £4.50 was for as I don't remember purchasing anything for £4.50.
So I looked into it and to my surprise it was for the tape:
The details show Ive been charged tax I wasn't aware of.
This is the first time I've been charged this unexpected 'tax'
It's not a high value item so I wont bother doing anything but if its based on a percentage then high value items could cost significantly more than the advertised price, so I thought I'd warn others and ask how would I avoid this in the future?
There was nothing on the advert about this hidden 'tax'.
Many thanks
I recently bought an item off ebay (double sided tape). I always filter my search to sellers with the item location as 'uk'
So I bought this tape for £3.75 (or at least that is the price listed)
As it's a low value item and the seller has lots of good feedback, I didn't think too much and waited for the item to arrive.
Every now and then I log onto my paypal account to check my balance and to my surprise I see a transaction for £4.50. I couldn't figure out what this £4.50 was for as I don't remember purchasing anything for £4.50.
So I looked into it and to my surprise it was for the tape:
The details show Ive been charged tax I wasn't aware of.
This is the first time I've been charged this unexpected 'tax'
It's not a high value item so I wont bother doing anything but if its based on a percentage then high value items could cost significantly more than the advertised price, so I thought I'd warn others and ask how would I avoid this in the future?
There was nothing on the advert about this hidden 'tax'.
Many thanks