Blocking individuals on Amazon and extorting
I am a resident of northern Europe.
I do not live in Britain. I opened the profile of the seller as a private person.
I have listed 20 products on Amazon. After 3 months, Amazon blocked me.
This is 11/11/2019. The reason is that I need a VAT number which I must get in Britain.
During these three months, my sales were exactly Zero.
Until registration, I read a lot about VAT.
I realized that I am a small seller and I will not earn much.
EXTORTION FROM AMAZON.
Amazon extorts money. From individuals, that’s for sure.
After some time, I began to receive advertisements for the payment of 400 Euros per year.
For Amazon to assume my responsibilities for VAT.
Then + pay monthly 40 Euro.
After a while they blocked me without warning!
They did not ask me to receive or provide my VAT number myself. Just blocked!
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- They want us to pay 400 Euro per year for their service.
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- Plus a monthly subscription of 40 Euro.
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- As well as percentages of sales.
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- And also for storage in their warehouse.
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- Charges on returned goods, etc.
Today, from October 1, only Germany requires a tax number from sellers on Amazon.
I received warning letters for 5 months.
The German forum was debating on this issue, on television and on the Internet.
I applied to the German Tax Department for a VAT number.
But I did not hear that such a process took place in England.
Also in France in 2020 will introduce a law on VAT.
Moreover, VAT can be any of the countries of the European Union!
NB! Speculators have lost their conscience!
Today, I tried to return my own product, which I myself produce.
But it says that a return is possible only locally in Britain!
I don’t understand how people agree to this and why do they feed Amazon?
Why was my profile blocked?
Amazon also stops dialogue with you if your profile is suspended.
They closed my questions unanswered. I previously read a lot about this on the Internet.
The seller, the manufacturer is garbage, and the customer is God.
I will continue to find out what is happening.
Seller_xDtaDZ1Iek9Fq
We appreciate that English might not your native language and VAT law is very complicated. However if you are using the same tone to SS or anyone that you want to help you, I am very surprised that you will get very far.
A very simple view to VAT/FBA:
- if you are resident of the country of the FBA country and under the threshold of the VAT registration; then you may not require to register.
- if you are NOT a resident and wish to make use of the FBA of the country, then you must register for VAT BEFORE you send your goods in.
This is not a simple Amazon policy but law.
As to why you cannot cross-border remove your goods, the removal order will only go to a local address of the FBA center. So you can find a local forwarder to collate your orders and sent back to where ever you want.
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Seller_esvgLzKXw2YAl
You are contradicting yourself somewhat.
If you tried to return something, even if it was to yourself, you must have sold it in the first place!
Otherwise you would not be able to open a return.
I am guessing, that you are using FBA, which in turn means that you MUST apply for VAT registration, to sell on the UK site. This is not Amazon rules, but rules of the British government.
You cannot store products in the country and sell without registration.
If you were just selling from wherever you are, then you wouldn’t need to. You be able to sell up to the distance selling threshold.
So I would suggest that you take a good look at the VAT rules and understand what your doing before trying to sell.
Seller_vlQ7BFi8Cf1EK
In my profile, the country Germany is forcibly indicated. I can’t choose Britain!
Who is to blame. Again the seller?
Destruction of another’s property is a violation of any law and rights.
Sellers from England traded in Germany without VAT registration in Germany until October 1.
France until 2020 does not require this either. Probably VAT only requires Kings and Princes.
Seller_vlQ7BFi8Cf1EK
Tell me the release date of this law?
I read 7 months ago and I did not see anything at that time.
Usually warned 1 year before. My friends from my country sold 5 months while they were suspended account in Britain. Then they paid 400 Euros and everything was fine!
I will wait for other answers from other people.
Thanks.
Seller_KKcTTZzy6Jd6Q
Something worth mentioning in this thread:
When creating an Amazon account you agree to a lot of T&Cs, many of these will make no sense whatsoever to people that have yet to start using Amazon/FBA/etc. As a result it’s always worth re-reading them every now and again to get a fresh look at parts that weren’t relevant the last time you read them.
Some of these terms will appear to be borderline illegal (such as the 90 day rule Onemore has just pointed out), but I’ve not actually seen any that cross the line.
Seller_vIpv9uvBH6CFY
You have to VAT register in any country where you hold your stock, there is no distance selling threshold if you are holding stock there. It would not apply if you were sending it yourself from home, but unfortunately as soon as you use a UK warehouse you have to UK VAT register.
Just register yourself (you don’t need to use the Amazon service), and if you have not sold anything you won’t owe any VAT anyway. Then you can remove the items with a forwarding service, and in the future send them from your home country so you won’t be liable for VAT until you cross the distance selling threshold. This applies in every country where you hold stock, not just the UK.
Amazon can not do anything for you until you give them your VAT number, because as soon as you held stock in the UK you were required to register, even with no sales.
Seller_vlQ7BFi8Cf1EK
After receiving my items, I will trade remotely. Without using FBA. I will not use Amazon in Britain at all. After Brexit, it is generally unknown what will happen. Therefore, I am glad to some extent that it happened.
At least I didn’t want to send more goods because of the Brexit situation. I myself produce my product from scratch Made in Europe. I am not a reseller or dealer. These people are completely different!
Therefore, the destruction of other people’s property for these people seems normal. They live off the labor of other people! Old song.
Thanks to all.
