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    Want to take Direct Debits from subscribers for regularly posted physical products

    Aye Steve - am doing that. It almost appears easier and cheaper than PayPal. Their charge is 1% as opposed to PayPal which is a sliding scale but starts at 3.4% + 20 pence. So after a wee bit of looking around, Go Cardless seems easily better unless I'm missing something...
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    Want to take Direct Debits from subscribers for regularly posted physical products

    Also been looking at GoCardless - which looks fairly pro/slick...
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    Want to take Direct Debits from subscribers for regularly posted physical products

    Cheers OWG - useful info.
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    Want to take Direct Debits from subscribers for regularly posted physical products

    Thanks Old Welsh Guy. So is the Paypal system wired like a Direct Debit, in other words the customer doesn't have to lift a finger each month? Paul
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    Want to take Direct Debits from subscribers for regularly posted physical products

    I have a Joomla website and am planning a new product which is a physical subscriber product with material being sent out by post to subscribers on a weekly basis. I want subscribers to sign up via the website and be billed by direct debit, monthly, in advance. So I need ways of accepting...
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    Cheap Printer - idiotic rule change

    I like your thinking Talay but I think vanman is right - we tried putting in the VAT number for our old company but it didn't work, so we presume they're using some kind of validation, as vanman has indicated in his link. But - what if we "borrowed" a friendly company's VAT number? Would our...
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    Cheap Printer - idiotic rule change

    Aye. A mixture of flyers/posters/leaflets: sizes A6, A4, DIN-long. Maybe we'll get some brochures at some point. The Germans finally explained themselves this evening. Apparently the hmrc told them they couldn't sell to people here in the UK with German VAT of 19% and that they would have to...
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    Cheap Printer - idiotic rule change

    Thanks for putting your hand up Neil and thanks to others for recommendations of Neil's service.
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    Cheap Printer - idiotic rule change

    I know whatyou're saying but we sell to people rather than companies and we'd need to hike our prices right to cover VAT registration. We don't really spend that much on VAT. And, tiny point of order, German VAT is 19%. Christ... life of Von Reilly over there, innit?
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    Cheap Printer - idiotic rule change

    Thanks vanman - we could of course, but... just to use the same printer? I mean - we should be hitting VAT next year but could do without the hassle of voluntary registration just now. We did that for a previous business which ended up never getting close to the threshold and the whole...
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    Cheap Printer - idiotic rule change

    We've been using a printer in Germany because they slaughter the price of anything we've found in the UK but they've changed their rules and we can't place an order because they need a "mandatory" VAT number on their dumb order form and we're not VAT-registered. We're trying to sort it out with...
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    How much is an email newsletter worth?

    OK, I realise this may be somewhat of a "how long is a piece of string" question but are there any rules of thumb for determining the advertising value of an as-yet un-monetized email list? We have a project that has yielded a bit of a list and we're wondering what other resources to throw at...
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    Snake Oil?

    Partner wants to spend £1200 on SEO services over two months to get us to "dominate" certain Google search terms. I think its a bunch of hokum, waste of money, snake oil. Who is right? Or at least - what conditions would make her right and me wrong or vice versa? Is there an easy way of...
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    Scam letter from "Bibby Financial Services"?

    oh - missed your reply totally sport - a bit more helpful. Yep, the number and the address are all right but can't tell if the bank account is kosher. The scam may be to use all the right contact details but assume that some will just pay... anyway - as I said, have emailed the real bibby so...
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    Scam letter from "Bibby Financial Services"?

    thanks for your awesome help Meanwhile, have gone through official bibby website, emailed them. Was just wondering if this was a standard scam that I could just ignore and bin.
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