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kwatt wrote:– Actively looking at halting all non-UK sales just due to the hassle and pricing embarrassment
Oh well looks like there is now no option given that DPD and others have suspended all EU deliveries until further notice and that includes the Channel Islands who are also apparently being cut off from the UK, at least by the carriers.
This is going to kill off any number of UK firms as this , on top of the pandemic is just toxic and too much.
Very sad indeed.
K.
As I understand it and, much of this stuff is still up in the air as HMG haven’t done well here will we say (utter shambles) unless the seller registers with HMRC in the UK then they must apply local taxes to pay their tax in country of origin. Then you may be required to pay the VAT on the import also as it’s from outside the UK.
Hence the likes of this:
EU firms stop UK deliveries over Brexit tax change
For your Etsy seller and I suspect Etsy themselves, it’s just not worth the hassle.
We also need to pay UK VAT, so far as we can tell, for shipments to the EU whereas for AUS/NZ/US/Canada etc those are zero VAT rated, taxed on import to country of destination. If it was VAT free, it’s more attractive but, as things stand with the (Sh***y) legislation that’s half arsed they have implemented that’s not the case or, not at all explained.
Same in reverse from any of those non-EU countries send to the UK, HMRC collects the tax or, the PO/Carrier does for them and they won’t release the goods till it’s paid as they are legally bound to under UK law. I’m sure many will have experienced the “You’ve got charges to pay” card from RM etc.
So should be the case with the China one that was mentioned, VAT or duty should be collected **IN THE UK** by HMRC or the UK agent/seller held responsible for the collection of tax. It’s got bugger all to do with China or the EU, that’s all solely down to HMG in the UK.
(though I would add that, they are trying to sell loads of utter crap as being a “Brexit win” when it’s not, I suspect this is one such)
What HMG seems not to want to do insofar as I can tell is pick a fight with Amazon/eBay et all to do what they should have been be doing. As wells taking them to task on the taxes they do (or not!!) pay but, see, that’s hard and hard to explain to people so, they don’t.
The reality is, what the Brexit legislation has done is *erect* trade barriers and make the UK less competitive, even within its own borders. And, that is not what was being peddled to people before it was done.
Hope that helps.
K.
I get it Steve but, had HMG wanted to do something about that previously, they could have. They didn’t.
K.
Yup.
Commandeering the soapbox back a moment, so far actions we have been forced to take include the following, though I’m probably missing a bunch, these are just the headliners:
– Putting up the price of all non-UK shipments by 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} to cover the cost of the additional administration now required
– Halting all sales to Northern Ireland (NI)
– Actively looking at halting all non-UK sales just due to the hassle and pricing embarrassment
What I’ve so far learned or experienced is:
– We’re not alone, many retailers that will still ship outside the UK have put prices up dramatically as we have been forced to do
– Or halted many/all sales outside the UK, which we might do
– Many carriers will no longer deliver to NI (last I checked, part of the UK) or if they do it’s charged and international rates due to admin etc making it commercially unviable to trade in that region of the UK
– EU customers are being charged VAT twice, local and UK, the same seems to happen in reverse making sales to/from the UK ludicrously expensive
– Many non-UK sellers will no longer ship to the UK, period, as it’s too hard/expensive
– Delays, delays, delays due to customs/border checks and paperwork stuff both in and outbound
So, to address the question, frictionless barrier-free international trade is **NOT LEGALLY** possible after 1/1/21 due to **THE UK’S** exit from the EU, legislative changes and the legal framework that has been adopted into UK Law. And I stress the two bolded bits as many seem to be in La La Land thinking that everything fine, we’re all basking in the sunshine of the promised (imaginary) sunlit uplands. Fact is these facts, are what people knew they were voting for, apparently, probably many now feel they were conned or sold a pup and I do sympathise with those that believed the lies etc that were peddled by charlatans.
Over time these things may get easier, yes. But the logistical problems will persist, you can’t remove the barriers without a change in law and treaties. I wish it were not the case but, it is.
And, as yet, I’ve yet to be told of one single advantage to the whole Brexit debacle that doesn’t turn out to be utter tripe/lies or just falls apart at the merest whiff of scrutiny with my old friend, facts.
All it’s done, in my view and disagree if you like, is cost this country financially, reputation and it’s standing in the world. We all just need to suck it up till common sense prevails and it gets sorted out.
Y’all can have that soapbox back again for a while, I’m done.
K.
That’d be a Cata I suspect, Chinese thing rebadged basically and the stat number would certainly point to that.
I will try to explain but to people without a working knowledge of refrigeration this may not make a heap of sense or might not but I’ll try.
Over freezing to below temp is classic, slam dunk, it’s a thermostat or sensor problem and most people will jump to that conclusion but, on rare occasions and unless you know what to look for which is more familiarity with the cabinet, gut instinct or experience thing than much else, it’s not. On electronic controlled and/or fan driven machines, more complex but this one isn’t that with that stat in it.
So, if it’s not the stat the other reason can be a refrigerant system problem.
What can happen is the evaporator chills but the compressor isn’t pumping well enough to allow the gas (freezy bit of the evap) reach the end of the thermostat phial where the surface temp is detected by the thermostat. So, the thermostat (it’s dumb, but whatever) doesn’t get cold enough and the message to shut off the compressor. So the compressor keeps on a-runnin’ and you get over freezing problems even though the stat is working perfectly well.
The evap gets cold and you can sometimes get a hulking great block of ice on one section, frozen milk, tomatoes like cannonballs yet it keeps on cooling because that one area it needs to get cold, isn’t. But, it’s not always as obvious as that.
Where you see ice formation across a section of the evaporator (behind the wall or not, makes no odds) but not over it completely as it ought to be, there’s a refrigerant system problem, not a control one.
Hope that helps.
K.
Possibly the motor though not as likely but, that’s obsolete as well so I reckon the only path you have is a new hood.
K.
Hate, hate, hate these ones, it can be one of three, the commonly seen ones are:
https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/c00256527-dishwasher-heating-element
https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/c00305341-dishwasher-heating-element
Notes on there to try to help, hence the links.
K.
Probably the switch module has blown but, it’s impossible to get one sadly, appears to be obsolete unless CDA still have any. 🙁
K.
I’m hanging out for the new year in the vain hope it’s gonna be better than this one but have a good one people and stay safe.
K.
Indeed, they don’t have a clue and so far as they’re concerned, it’s not their problem and all they want the problem sorted and someone to shout at and blame.
K.
