John wrote:
"ad" wrote in message
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On Nov 14, 10:08 am, "The Medway Handyman" davidno-spam-
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The only exception to that is if its an expensive item & the
customer is VAT
registered (I'm not). In that case I ask for cash from them, get the
item &
give them the change & the VAT receipt.

And I wonder how many 'small traders' charge VAT when they aren't even
registered for it ?. After all
most single females over a certain age will believe anything - my
neighbour being a case in point,
so that's another 17.5% profit on top of the already overinflated
price. I used to be a freelance programmer and was
VAT registered. No agency would pay ANY vat to me until they had seen
and confirmed my VAT status. Customers
should make the same stance to Joe Bloggs in his white van.

Small traders especially need to mark up parts. All business's do.

RUBBISH. markups should be banned by law along with the whole concept
of trade and retail prices. Why for example should Travis Perkins
charge some customers more than others just because some are
'traders'.

The price you charge the customer should be the price you paid.
Included in your bill should be the amount of labour charge, itemising
any costs/time involved in obtaining it, then VAT if you are
registered. This is what transparency is all about. Buying cheap on
the internet and then whistling 'List Price' out of your rear-end to
the customer is immoral and should be illegal too.



My one and only foray into this rather boring thread - so boring I can't
even take the **** out of TMH because for a change, he is somewhere near
right o many things that he has written!

John, it's called the *FREE* market and customers have the option to accept
or reject the contract - or even look elsewhere.

As a matter of interest, have you ever haggled for a discount off any goods
or services that you wished to buy - or even "paid by cash" to avoid paying
VAT on something? If you have, then you are a hypocrite and if you say you
haven't, then you are telling 'porkies'.