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Post by DarknessFish on Feb 8, 2023 14:25:41 GMT
I thought it was all about the textured sleeve. Still, I wasn't planning to sell, and I probably didn't pay more than a fiver for it.
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Post by rayge on Jul 16, 2023 20:56:01 GMT
Earlier this week started putting all my inventory back up for sale after about three years away. Did that by Wednesday. Made a few sales, put more stuff online (the legacy of Thang's late husband seems inexhaustible) to gratifying response sind myself working five hours or more a day, putting records on, packaging the ones I'd sold, dealing with bureaucracy and endlessly sorting through or lugging about boxes crammed with vinyl or CDs and trying to make sense of, and money from, it all. And tonight, I turn on my laptop, go straight to the orders page, find nothing new since this morning, and think,
"Fuck, what am I doing wrong?"
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jul 17, 2023 7:17:44 GMT
Are you still selling to Germany Ray?
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Post by rayge on Jul 17, 2023 8:16:15 GMT
Are you still selling to Germany Ray? In theory, yes, just set it up to sell to mainland Europe yesterday, but no-one has ordered anything yet. Why do you ask?
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jul 17, 2023 8:31:25 GMT
Are you still selling to Germany Ray? In theory, yes, just set it up to sell to mainland Europe yesterday, but no-one has ordered anything yet. Why do you ask?
They have a new packaging act (to do with environmental stuff) that you have to sign up to and which gets you a permit. It costs quite a lot. If you don't do it you get fined. www.ecosistant.eu/en/german-packaging-act-2022/I'm no longer selling there. Not worth my while. |
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Post by rayge on Jul 17, 2023 8:43:39 GMT
In theory, yes, just set it up to sell to mainland Europe yesterday, but no-one has ordered anything yet. Why do you ask?
They have a new packaging act (to do with environmental stuff) that you have to sign up to and which gets you a permit. It costs quite a lot. If you don't do it you get fined. www.ecosistant.eu/en/german-packaging-act-2022/I'm no longer selling there. Not worth my while. Thanks for that. The article seems to suggest that it's an EU directive and might apply in other countries, such as France and Spain. However, I am not a business, I'm a hobbyist/private individual doing non-commercial transactions, and always mark customs forms as a gift, so it may not apply to me. If I get a warning, I'll stop trading - not that I did much with Germany, anyway. |
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jul 17, 2023 9:18:29 GMT
It definitely applies to you because you're selling, but you may get away with marking them as gift. I don't know how stringently it's being applied.
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Post by rayge on Jul 17, 2023 9:32:27 GMT
It definitely applies to you because you're selling, but you may get away with marking them as gift. It's not a commercial venture, though. I'm not buying or manufacturing to sell, I'm selling off my personal property that I bought to use. It's the same reason I don't pay/charge any income tax, VAT, etc. |
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Jul 17, 2023 10:14:58 GMT
It definitely applies to you because you're selling, but you may get away with marking them as gift. It's not a commercial venture, though. I'm not buying or manufacturing to sell, I'm selling off my personal property that I bought to use. It's the same reason I don't pay/charge any income tax, VAT, etc. Legally it is I believe, but I'm not a lawyer! |
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Post by "BING E BONG" on Oct 15, 2023 9:55:14 GMT
Apparently you've got to click on something to say you agree with their new terms. I don't remember getting an email about this, but....anyway, accidentally found out yesterday. That might explain why I haven't had any orders for months.
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Post by rayge on Oct 15, 2023 10:16:18 GMT
Apparently you've got to click on something to say you agree with their new terms. I don't remember getting an email about this, but....anyway, accidentally found out yesterday. That might explain why I haven't had any orders for months. That tax business selling to the USA or EU is a pain, though, especially for a hobbyist seller; which I still am, officially, even though I've more than 1,000 items listed (and up to 10,000 to come, should I live that long). Now I'm only selling to the UK, Canada, Japan and Switzerland, where this nonsense does not apply. And discogs/payPal are now taking 9% of the P&P costs as well as the price of the record, so you should up your selling terms by 10% across the board.
More than £600 of orders since I went back on the 3rd of the month, after my trip to France, including £200 for a 12" single, 'ABANDON SHIP' by April Showers. As I spend 20-30 hours a week sorting, listing, cleaning, dealing with orders, prepping, packing and posting, it is, as my pal Mike pointed out yesterday, barely the minimum wage.
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Post by "BING E BONG" on Dec 13, 2023 19:09:38 GMT
What's with this 'partner fee'? I had to pay nearly fifteen quid on a £44 sale!
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Post by rayge on Dec 14, 2023 0:02:12 GMT
What's with this 'partner fee'? I had to pay nearly fifteen quid on a £44 sale! Was it abroad? If so, that would include discog's cut, paypal's cut (together, 9% of total, ie including postage) and the whole of any sales taxes or import duties discogs have levied. Otherwise, it does seem a bit steep. Send me a PM with a screenshot of the invoice if you want a more exact answer.
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Post by rayge on Feb 23, 2024 10:44:48 GMT
My 2,000th order yesterday.
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Post by Sneelock on Feb 23, 2024 18:28:17 GMT
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