Taipan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 11:26 am
We'll all be sorry if we become solely dependent on online ordering
Why ?
If you dont like Amazon prices, where else will you take your custom? High street prices have always varied regionally too, although that is/can be applied in e-commerce.
Shopping isn't dead, most malls are crazy places at Xmas for instance, but a lot of people are savvy enough to check online pricing too. Like I say high st retailers cant compete with online retailers as they have much smaller overheads and tax breaks. Level the playing field and things might change.
I don't have an Amazon account. I can't imagine what i'd buy on there, but admittedly have got Mrs Weeksy to order 2-3 things in the last 5 years as they can get here quicker.
Xmas, well that's a whole different ball game of course.
Mr Moofo wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 11:43 am
Tax Amazon , Apple, Google, etc on all sales made within the UK as a % of sales income, and don't allow "losses", that include intrenal transfers to Luxembourg holding companies to be seen as losses.
I hope it's possible to do this & if so they've got the balls to go after them.
If you dont like Amazon prices, where else will you take your custom? High street prices have always varied regionally too, although that is/can be applied in e-commerce.
Shopping isn't dead, most malls are crazy places at Xmas for instance, but a lot of people are savvy enough to check online pricing too. Like I say high st retailers cant compete with online retailers as they have much smaller overheads and tax breaks. Level the playing field and things might change.
I don't have an Amazon account. I can't imagine what i'd buy on there, but admittedly have got Mrs Weeksy to order 2-3 things in the last 5 years as they can get here quicker.
Xmas, well that's a whole different ball game of course.
Another concern is counterfeit stuff being sold on amazon as moofo says.
A guy I know who used to sell garden furniture was telling me the other day that the amount of shit furniture being sold online is incredible and a lot of people are too lazy/cant be bothered to return it, so sales of said crap are going up!
Taipan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 12:25 pm
Another concern is counterfeit stuff being sold on amazon as moofo says.
I think counterfeit goods are the scourge of on-line retail & not just garden furniture!
No doubt we've all bought the occasional Chinesium knock-offs.Pay full price for something or look on-line for something almost identical at half price or less...
gremlin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 9:07 am
So, first Labour budget in a generation...
Point of order: 14 years is not a generation.
Hope: slash government spending, become a low tax economy
Dread/ Expect: increased government spending, increased taxes (but not for "working people").
Certain things need trying before buying, I need a new office chair and a pair of gloves, I'll not risk spending £100's before I know they're fit for me / my use.
Of course I'm guilty of trying stuff in a shop and then buying cheaper online.
Many places do free return shipping, just buy and send back.
For me that'd be more agro than just going to a shop
Certain things need trying before buying, I need a new office chair and a pair of gloves, I'll not risk spending £100's before I know they're fit for me / my use.
Of course I'm guilty of trying stuff in a shop and then buying cheaper online.
Many places do free return shipping, just buy and send back.
For me that'd be more agro than just going to a shop
I'm a bit of a dandy, so I like to go proper shopping for clothes. Feel the weft of the fabric, try on the items and parade up and down, be fawned upon like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.
gremlin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 1:27 pm
I'm a bit of a dandy, so I like to go proper shopping for clothes. Feel the weft of the fabric, try on the items and parade up and down, be fawned upon like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.
I bought a pair of trousers for Trickys wedding.. first item i've bought in a shop in several years. If i had thought about it earlier i'd have bought online instead. I'm quite a sociable boy... but i can't be doing with random humans.
Many places do free return shipping, just buy and send back.
For me that'd be more agro than just going to a shop
I'm a bit of a dandy, so I like to go proper shopping for clothes. Feel the weft of the fabric, try on the items and parade up and down, be fawned upon like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.
For me that'd be more agro than just going to a shop
I'm a bit of a dandy, so I like to go proper shopping for clothes. Feel the weft of the fabric, try on the items and parade up and down, be fawned upon like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.
Just caught the stamp duty hike for second home owners, so I expect that will be passed onto the renters in the case of buy-to-lets. With private rents sky high as it is, thats not good news.
Not seen any summaries yet, was it as bad as some feared, or not bad at all?
CGT up from 10 / 20% to 18 / 24% with immediate effect - this wouldn’t ordinarily cause much concern but the allowance has been slashed from £12k+ to £3,000 in recent years by the previous gov.
Income tax - staying the same but fiscal drag will mean we all pay a bit more tax in real terms until allowances increase in 2027
NI - no increase (other than fiscal drag) form Joe Public but employers are facing increase to 15% with a lower threshold from April 2025
Pensions - tax free cash remains at 25%, capped at circa £270k, but any ‘unused pension fund’ will form part of your estate for IHT - I can see the sense as George Osborne left the barn door wide open in his 2015 reforms but it’ll be interesting to see how this is implemented in 2027 as it could reduce legitimate death benefits for widows and orphans (I suspect tax free inter-spousal transfers will be permitted though)
IHT limits staying the same but reliefs being cut by 50% for agricultural land and business assets - These have previously been zero rated to ensure working farms and businesses can continue following the death of the owner rather than the families having to find 40% (now 20%) of the value of the asset. Although many smaller businesses and farms will fall within the £1m allowance. 50% reduction in relief for share ownership in the AIM market
Stamp Duty - increase for 2nd homes up to an additional 5% but seemingly no changes to Council Tax single person discounts
Fuel duty - staying where it is
Fags going up, beer coming down,
Minimum wages going up
There’s probably lots that I’ve missed as well
Fags - going up, Beer - going down,
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