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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm Posts: 4955 Location: on the naughty step
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Oh how I'm not bothered about the glazing industry in Singapore. Got to write a whole page on it though.
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Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:42 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I suspect that they and the government are getting more desperate for cash so sting the customer who buys from abroad. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:54 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Just checked the dates, it's a lot likelier that the charges are for an Amazon order from the US, which is even more fcuked up cos you definitely pay that at POS 
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Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:42 pm |
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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm Posts: 4955 Location: on the naughty step
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:24 am |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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If it's just for charging (using an older charger) get thisOr if you want to charge from your computer get this
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:45 am |
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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm Posts: 4955 Location: on the naughty step
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It's to plug my Iphone 5 in the Bose Sounddock. Thanks!
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:22 pm |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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You don't want any of those cables then. You need the dongle with the DAC built it http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD823 ... r?fnode=45or a bluetooth adapter like what I've got
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:27 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I got one of those for £15 from ASDA.
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:38 pm |
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Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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So, the first customs 'bill' was for the He-Man DVD set I ordered from Amazon USA, so it should have had all the VAT paid for, but I still got hit for it. Now the new bill is for the first batch of Ts... What they all have in common is that nothing has been labelled correctly by the suppliers! If this happens with the new batch I'll fcuking fracture. This is how Skeletor felt - surrounded by idiots!
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:55 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I do not think that Amazon.com adds VAT. If you bought through the amazon.co.uk site you might have a better claim.
_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:56 pm |
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Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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It has any time I've ordered from it*, it even gives the total cost in pounds alongside it giving options for how you want it all displayed. * They pass it on to HMRC according to HMRC's site.
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:05 pm |
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Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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That's the reply from Amazon - I didn't send a fax, and the query was about a He-Man box set  , but at least they refunded me. What might have swung it was me suggesting I might have to return the item 
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:51 pm |
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Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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The rubber feet have came off both my laptop and my battery charger today. I wouldn't care, but in the last few months just about everything I own is crumbling (none of it's old) 
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:40 pm |
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Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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And what they've actually did is refund me in dollars as opposed to pounds, so I'm currently down a fiver... It really hasn't been my day long story short 
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Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:12 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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I've probably ranted already, but why the hell are people still making websites that are unusable on mobile? I don't mean clunky or messy, I mean totally unusable...
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Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:22 am |
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