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    Sole Trader and Tax Exemption When Purchasing from China

    thank you japancool, if I Thanks. If I understand correctly then, following the logic - my eBayers are not VAT registered, they are consumers and not VAT registered businesses so when you advise "pay it" you mean I should pay the import tax charged by Alibaba as this will come off my profits...
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    Sole Trader and Tax Exemption When Purchasing from China

    Hi, I have recently discovered a product that sells very well on eBay and I want to expand this into a small business. The issue I am currently facing is that to be exempt from paying tax, I need a UK VAT number. I use Alibaba.com platform and they say without this VAT number they lawfully have...
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    How can I find bungalows in the UK (the easy way)

    The product I sell is easy to install yourself with a drill and ladders so most younger folks will opt to do that - retired couples, however, don't like climbing ladders so if I offer to install it for them adds value to my product. Bungalows (private) are prime prop for me to work, it's just a...
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    How can I find bungalows in the UK (the easy way)

    Thanks Mr.D I should've mentioned I use zoopla and right move, find some bungalows for sale and start searching that street and surrounding areas but this is quite time consuming, wondered if there was a property map or data base with accurate information pre-loaded. I've sent an email to OS...
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    How can I find bungalows in the UK (the easy way)

    Hi - I'm a pedlar selling door-to-door and my product is popular with retired couples. My target properties are bungalows for that reason, but I find it quite time consuming finding them, is there a property data of some kind which could pinpoint bungalows? So, for example, is there a facility...
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    You invite "insulting remarks" when you say things like, "well I wouldn't buy off the door" and, "I suspect that knocking on doors will mean the only customers you will get are the more vulnerable who are inclined to buy" - it's what you imply by statements like this that opens you to "insulting...
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    Thanks MBE1 for those sane words. I've been selling door to door for various companies and recently took the plunge and sold my own products door to door. It's going a lot better than I thought and now I'm thinking a little bigger and I want to install burglar alarms. I suspected I would need...
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    It exists, of course it does John. It was suggested that ONLY vulnerable people buy from the door which is simply not true and simple-mindedness.
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    so somebody suggesting only vulnerable people buy off the door is acceptable? So I'm not entitled to challenge this? You sound more ridiculous than they do.
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    John, if you read my question you'll see I was asking whether or not it would be legal to install security systems without being qualified. I already knock on doors selling another product. Sorry if all this appears confusing.
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    It's like a member coming on here saying he wants to set up a corner shop selling pet supplies and someone telling them they don't like buying from corner shops - not relevant because people clearly DO buy from corner shops. In the same way people DO buy from the door, even if you don't...
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    I'm already running my business door to door, I wish to steer it into another direction, that is all. So I asked a legality question I didn't (and let me make this absolutely clear) ask for your opinion on what you think of people knocking on doors. It doesn't bother me, I just find it...
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    saying you won't buy from door to door salesman isn't something constructive - it's one person's view and one of the people I meet every day - I accept people say no (more often than not they do, but so what?) but those who say yes is what my earnings depend on. And there are always people who...
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    each to their own John. Like I say, there's those that do buy from the door and there's them that don't - you fall into the latter, however, I don't see how your point of view or moral position is helpful to my question. Do you?
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    Can I offer to install cheap security systems without qualifications?

    Thank you Sam that answered my question. As for John and Paul thank you so much for offering your opinion, it was gladly received. Those "not so nice men" john, really? I've been in the door to door game for many years and you have people who do buy from the door and those that don't - those...
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