Anyone used
http://www.allsparesdirect.co.uk/ ?

My old mum has a suspect PCB in her old Baxi. I'm tempted to send it
to these guys for a makeover for thirty quid rather than buy a new one
for ninety.

On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:48:53 -0700, Martin Pentreath wrote:

Anyone used
http://www.allsparesdirect.co.uk/ ?

My old mum has a suspect PCB in her old Baxi. I'm tempted to send it to
these guys for a makeover for thirty quid rather than buy a new one for
ninety.

I think everyone here would probably use geoff (who posts here):

http://www.cetltd.co.uk/

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,
Martin Pentreath writes
Anyone used
http://www.allsparesdirect.co.uk/ ?

My old mum has a suspect PCB in her old Baxi. I'm tempted to send it
to these guys for a makeover for thirty quid rather than buy a new one
for ninety.

They are my competition

Good luck if the pcb you receive doesn't work - you broke it

suffice it to say that I've picked up a lot of their ex customers

and ...

they are breaking the law by not charging VAT on their online presence
while turning over way above the VAT registration limit




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In message , Bob Eager
writes
On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:48:53 -0700, Martin Pentreath wrote:

Anyone used
http://www.allsparesdirect.co.uk/ ?

My old mum has a suspect PCB in her old Baxi. I'm tempted to send it to
these guys for a makeover for thirty quid rather than buy a new one for
ninety.

I think everyone here would probably use geoff (who posts here):

http://www.cetltd.co.uk/

Thanks - I thought it inappropriate to self advertise in response

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geoff wrote:

Bob Eager wrote:

I think everyone here would probably use geoff (who posts here):

http://www.cetltd.co.uk/

Thanks - I thought it inappropriate to self advertise in response

;-)

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scribeth thus
In message , Bob Eager
writes
On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:48:53 -0700, Martin Pentreath wrote:

Anyone used
http://www.allsparesdirect.co.uk/ ?

My old mum has a suspect PCB in her old Baxi. I'm tempted to send it to
these guys for a makeover for thirty quid rather than buy a new one for
ninety.

I think everyone here would probably use geoff (who posts here):

http://www.cetltd.co.uk/

Thanks - I thought it inappropriate to self advertise in response


Don't worry about it mate .. you cured our Suprima and if you can sort
one of they;!....
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"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
...
dennis@home wrote:

I don't think I have ever phoned trading standards.


Anonymous email was it then?

no.

In message , tony sayer
writes
In article , geoff
scribeth thus
In message , Bob Eager
writes
On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:48:53 -0700, Martin Pentreath wrote:

Anyone used
http://www.allsparesdirect.co.uk/ ?

My old mum has a suspect PCB in her old Baxi. I'm tempted to send it to
these guys for a makeover for thirty quid rather than buy a new one for
ninety.

I think everyone here would probably use geoff (who posts here):

http://www.cetltd.co.uk/

Thanks - I thought it inappropriate to self advertise in response


Don't worry about it mate .. you cured our Suprima and if you can sort
one of they;!....

Likewise, Boxing Day remote repair on my Profile!

regards

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Tim Lamb

On 5 Jun,
Frank Erskine wrote:

On 5 Jun 2011 17:18:46 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:



The website says the prices are exclusive of VAT.

What makes me laugh is the 'About' page on the website...

It seems that they're greengrocers too.

And excepting payment.


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On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:32:13 +0100, Frank Erskine wrote:

It seems that they're greengrocers too.

Don't you mean grocer's ? ;-)


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Uranus






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Many hands make light work. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:45:16 +0100, dennis@home wrote:



If they are paying VAT on all their sales they are doing nothing wrong.


You mean apart from:
quote
Information you must display

On all business letters, order forms and websites, you must display:

the place of registration
the registered number
the address of registered office
the fact that it is a limited company or LLP
the amount of paid up share capital, if you have chosen to display
your share capital
information if the company or LLP is being wound up
/quote
from:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?
itemId=1073788946&type=RESOURCES


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writes
Owain wrote:
On Jun 5, 7:56 pm, "Dave Liquorice" wrote:
Personally that site has to many "Warning: Rogue Trader" flags flying
for me to even consider buying from them. No company registration
number,

That might be because the "All Spares Direct Ltd" at the bottom left
of the website isn't recognised as a registered company at Companies
House.

The domain is registered to adlink ltd of the same address, Company
No. 01822713

What does "TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL" mean when you look at companies
house
records?

A 'small' company can claim exemption from submitting audited accounts,
ie no independent inspection & verification.

Definition of small currently less than £5.6M turnover and £2.8M assets.
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"mick" wrote in message
b.com...
On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:45:16 +0100, dennis@home wrote:



If they are paying VAT on all their sales they are doing nothing wrong.


You mean apart from:
quote
Information you must display

On all business letters, order forms and websites, you must display:

the place of registration
the registered number
the address of registered office
the fact that it is a limited company or LLP
the amount of paid up share capital, if you have chosen to display
your share capital
information if the company or LLP is being wound up
/quote
from:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?
itemId=1073788946&type=RESOURCES


That doesn't amount to VAT fraud as geof suggested.
It does look like the web builders are a bit iffy as they have left the
default "this is where you put the about us stuff" in the template.

I have no idea what info they put on the invoices, etc. as I haven't
registered and you can't checkout without doing so.

At least in the terms and conditions they state that if you are a consumer
they don't exclude stuff (which they can't anyway) unlike many companies.

I think this is best left to the authorities to investigate.

On Jun 6, 10:16*am, "dennis@home"
wrote:
"mick" wrote in message

b.com...









On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:45:16 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

If they are paying VAT on all their sales they are doing nothing wrong..

You mean apart from:
quote
Information you must display

On all business letters, order forms and websites, you must display:

* *the place of registration
* *the registered number
* *the address of registered office
* *the fact that it is a limited company or LLP
* *the amount of paid up share capital, if you have chosen to display
your share capital
* *information if the company or LLP is being wound up
/quote
from:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?
itemId=1073788946&type=RESOURCES

That doesn't amount to VAT fraud as geof suggested.
It does look like the web builders are a bit iffy as they have left the
default "this is where you put the about us stuff" in the template.

I have no idea what info they put on the invoices, etc. as I haven't
registered and you can't checkout without doing so.

At least in the terms and conditions they state that if you are a consumer
they don't exclude stuff (which they can't anyway) unlike many companies.

I think this is best left to the authorities to investigate.

Uhoh, it's turned into one of those threads! Thanks for the replies
anyway, I will get in touch with Geoff, keep it in the family and all.

In message , "dennis@home"
writes


"mick" wrote in message
eb.com...
On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:45:16 +0100, dennis@home wrote:



If they are paying VAT on all their sales they are doing nothing wrong.


You mean apart from:
quote
Information you must display

On all business letters, order forms and websites, you must display:

the place of registration
the registered number
the address of registered office
the fact that it is a limited company or LLP
the amount of paid up share capital, if you have chosen to display
your share capital
information if the company or LLP is being wound up
/quote
from:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?
itemId=1073788946&type=RESOURCES


That doesn't amount to VAT fraud as geof suggested.

That's not at all what I "suggested", was it, SFB?

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"geoff" wrote in message
...

That's not at all what I "suggested", was it, SFB?

I know you can't read but you wrote it.

On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:21:07 +0100, geoff wrote:

That doesn't amount to VAT fraud as geof suggested.

That's not at all what I "suggested", was it, SFB?

I know you can't read but you wrote it.

Go on then quote ...

Sorry Geoff:

Message-ID:
From: geoff
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:36:20 +0100
snip
they are breaking the law by not charging VAT on their online presence
while turning over way above the VAT registration limit

Looks like an allegation of VAT fraud to me.

This as well, though the tense alters things slightly:

Message-ID:
From: geoff
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 21:53:25 +0100
snip
Which is why they were breaking the law not charging VAT on a turnover
of around £million

The devil is in the detail there is nothing wrong with quoting VAT
exclusive prices anywhere provided it is clear that they are VAT
exclusive. CostCo shelf edge tickets are VAT exclusive and Makro.
With the products that ASD carries I think it would be a reasonable
assumption that most of their customers are other businesss' not end
users. Though, IIRC, their T&Cs mention that customers are considered
"consumers"...

It's messy and if they can't get the basic legal business
requirements correct what are they going to be like if things go
wrong?

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Dave.

In message o.uk, Dave
Liquorice writes
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:21:07 +0100, geoff wrote:

That doesn't amount to VAT fraud as geof suggested.

That's not at all what I "suggested", was it, SFB?

I know you can't read but you wrote it.

Go on then quote ...

Sorry Geoff:

Message-ID:
From: geoff
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:36:20 +0100
snip
they are breaking the law by not charging VAT on their online presence
while turning over way above the VAT registration limit

That wasn't quite what dennis was referring to

--
geoff

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message o.uk, Dave
Liquorice writes
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:21:07 +0100, geoff wrote:

That doesn't amount to VAT fraud as geof suggested.

That's not at all what I "suggested", was it, SFB?

I know you can't read but you wrote it.

Go on then quote ...

Sorry Geoff:

Message-ID:
From: geoff
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:36:20 +0100
snip
they are breaking the law by not charging VAT on their online presence
while turning over way above the VAT registration limit

That wasn't quite what dennis was referring to

How do you know, you can't read your own stuff.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "dennis@home"
saying something like:

There is little chance of them sending lawyers after me as denboi thinks -
they would not survive the can of worms that would be opened

We will see, the can is now open.

Grassed him up, eh?
On form, Denboi, on form.
Once a slimy toad, always a slimy toad.

Hi,

Just registered to reply to this thread (I know its old...).

I've just received my PCB back from AllSparesDirect, I'm almost £80 worse off, and they don't look to have done anything to it, as its still showing the same faults as before I sent it.

Wish I'd found this thread before sending it to them