If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.

So mild in Exeter this morning, that a single fleece was easily warm
enough. The high street retailers won't be able to use last year's
excuse of snow and bad weather to explain their pretty inexoarble
declime. What will this year's excuse be? Too mild for winter clothes?
*))

Presently very dry and 11.5C. Very pleasant December weather and so
much better than last year, at this time!

Dawlish wrote:
If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.

So mild in Exeter this morning, that a single fleece was easily warm
enough. The high street retailers won't be able to use last year's
excuse of snow and bad weather to explain their pretty inexoarble
declime. What will this year's excuse be? Too mild for winter clothes?
*))

Presently very dry and 11.5C. Very pleasant December weather and so
much better than last year, at this time!

------------------------
No matter the weather I can't think of anything I would less like to do
than go to a High Street shopping, especially this week. I often wonder
if the Government fully takes in to account the amount of shopping on
line, including Ebay and Amazon when they do their health of the economy
blurb. They always seem to think that "High Street sales are down" mean
everyone is on the bread line.
Dave

On Dec 22, 12:09*pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Dawlish wrote:
If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.

So mild in Exeter this morning, that a single fleece was easily warm
enough. The high street retailers won't be able to use last year's
excuse of snow and bad weather to explain their pretty inexoarble
declime. What will this year's excuse be? Too mild for winter clothes?
*))

Presently very dry and 11.5C. Very pleasant December weather and so
much better than last year, at this time!

------------------------
No matter the weather I can't think of anything I would less like to do
than go to a High Street shopping, especially this week. I often wonder
if the Government fully takes in to account the amount of shopping on
line, including Ebay and Amazon when they do their health of the economy
blurb. They always seem to think that "High Street sales are down" mean
everyone is on the bread line.
Dave

I don't dislike shopping; especially when the wether is fine and
parking is easy - as it was at 8.30 in Exeter. Anyone lazy enough to
be setting off now deserves all they get!

I'd like them to tax goods sold on ebay. That would create a more
level playing field with high street shops. People run businesses on
ebay and pay no tax whatsoever on the profits. Now that annoys me. My
accountant helps a great deal, but I still pay the tax I'm due on the
income I earn. They don't and I don't see why they shouldn't. It's
time ebay made accounts available to the taxman.

Dawlish wrote:
On Dec 22, 12:09 pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Dawlish wrote:
If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.
So mild in Exeter this morning, that a single fleece was easily warm
enough. The high street retailers won't be able to use last year's
excuse of snow and bad weather to explain their pretty inexoarble
declime. What will this year's excuse be? Too mild for winter clothes?
*))
Presently very dry and 11.5C. Very pleasant December weather and so
much better than last year, at this time!
------------------------
No matter the weather I can't think of anything I would less like to do
than go to a High Street shopping, especially this week. I often wonder
if the Government fully takes in to account the amount of shopping on
line, including Ebay and Amazon when they do their health of the economy
blurb. They always seem to think that "High Street sales are down" mean
everyone is on the bread line.
Dave

I don't dislike shopping; especially when the wether is fine and
parking is easy - as it was at 8.30 in Exeter. Anyone lazy enough to
be setting off now deserves all they get!

I'd like them to tax goods sold on ebay. That would create a more
level playing field with high street shops. People run businesses on
ebay and pay no tax whatsoever on the profits. Now that annoys me. My
accountant helps a great deal, but I still pay the tax I'm due on the
income I earn. They don't and I don't see why they shouldn't. It's
time ebay made accounts available to the taxman.
-------------------------------
Provided your accountant doesn't do what a lot of them do and claim for
a wife as secretary when they are not, heating etc that isn't really
used and various other "fiddles" etc ;-)
Dave

"Dave Cornwell" wrote in message
...
Dawlish wrote:
If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.

So mild in Exeter this morning, that a single fleece was easily warm
enough. The high street retailers won't be able to use last year's
excuse of snow and bad weather to explain their pretty inexoarble
declime. What will this year's excuse be? Too mild for winter clothes?
*))

Presently very dry and 11.5C. Very pleasant December weather and so
much better than last year, at this time!

------------------------
No matter the weather I can't think of anything I would less like to do
than go to a High Street shopping, especially this week. I often wonder if
the Government fully takes in to account the amount of shopping on line,
including Ebay and Amazon when they do their health of the economy blurb.
They always seem to think that "High Street sales are down" mean everyone
is on the bread line.
Dave


I've just come back from visiting my local town (Bovey Tracey) 900 feet down
the hill. That's it for me, no high street for me this year. Last weekend we
spent walking, shopping, you can keep it, horrible chain stores that are far
too hot and sweaty hordes of people - yuck.

The weather's boring this year, but at least I won't be distracted from my
alcohol by the snow this time :-)

Plenty of sledges still for sale in the outdoor shops LOL

Will
--

Well Im escaping to the Norfolk Coast, weather not looking too bad and no
crowds either, iv really enjoyed reading all the post on here, so from me
Its a Very Happy Christmas and A Healthy,Peacefull and Prosperous New Year
to you All.
"Dawlish" wrote in message
...
If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.

So mild in Exeter this morning, that a single fleece was easily warm
enough. The high street retailers won't be able to use last year's
excuse of snow and bad weather to explain their pretty inexoarble
declime. What will this year's excuse be? Too mild for winter clothes?
*))

Presently very dry and 11.5C. Very pleasant December weather and so
much better than last year, at this time!

On 22/12/2011 11:31, Dawlish wrote:
If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.

Only been into the Big City once in the last 12 months, and that for the
work's Xmas bash last week.

Posty delivers my Xmas via internet.

A lovely day here, a max of 12.6°C, some sunshine, and no wind. Felt,
well, errrr, Spring-like out there.
____________________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On Dec 22, 12:13*pm, Dawlish wrote:
On Dec 22, 12:09*pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:





Dawlish wrote:
If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.

So mild in Exeter this morning, that a single fleece was easily warm
enough. The high street retailers won't be able to use last year's
excuse of snow and bad weather to explain their pretty inexoarble
declime. What will this year's excuse be? Too mild for winter clothes?
*))

Presently very dry and 11.5C. Very pleasant December weather and so
much better than last year, at this time!

------------------------
No matter the weather I can't think of anything I would less like to do
than go to a High Street shopping, especially this week. I often wonder
if the Government fully takes in to account the amount of shopping on
line, including Ebay and Amazon when they do their health of the economy
blurb. They always seem to think that "High Street sales are down" mean
everyone is on the bread line.
Dave

I don't dislike shopping; especially when the wether is fine and
parking is easy - as it was at 8.30 in Exeter. Anyone lazy enough to
be setting off now deserves all they get!

I'd like them to tax goods sold on ebay. That would create a more
level playing field with high street shops. People run businesses on
ebay and pay no tax whatsoever on the profits. Now that annoys me. My
accountant helps a great deal, but I still pay the tax I'm due on the
income I earn. They don't and I don't see why they shouldn't. It's
time ebay made accounts available to the taxman.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'm assuming that if you sell goods on Ebay, as I do, that I have
previously purchased, I will already have paid tax in the form of VAT
at 17.5% or 20%. Not only that, but I would have been taxed up to 40%
on what I used to pay for it . If you run a business on Ebay that's
different. Most Ebay sellers are probably people like me who would
rather see some return on the junk they have accumulated plus giving a
fair load of it away to local charity shops.

MartinR

I

On Dec 22, 12:36*pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Dawlish wrote:
On Dec 22, 12:09 pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Dawlish wrote:
If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.
So mild in Exeter this morning, that a single fleece was easily warm
enough. The high street retailers won't be able to use last year's
excuse of snow and bad weather to explain their pretty inexoarble
declime. What will this year's excuse be? Too mild for winter clothes?
*))
Presently very dry and 11.5C. Very pleasant December weather and so
much better than last year, at this time!
------------------------
No matter the weather I can't think of anything I would less like to do
than go to a High Street shopping, especially this week. I often wonder
if the Government fully takes in to account the amount of shopping on
line, including Ebay and Amazon when they do their health of the economy
blurb. They always seem to think that "High Street sales are down" mean
everyone is on the bread line.
Dave

I don't dislike shopping; especially when the wether is fine and
parking is easy - as it was at 8.30 in Exeter. Anyone lazy enough to
be setting off now deserves all they get!

I'd like them to tax goods sold on ebay. That would create a more
level playing field with high street shops. People run businesses on
ebay and pay no tax whatsoever on the profits. Now that annoys me. My
accountant helps a great deal, but I still pay the tax I'm due on the
income I earn. They don't and I don't see why they shouldn't. It's
time ebay made accounts available to the taxman.

-------------------------------
Provided your accountant doesn't do what a lot of them do and claim for
a wife as secretary when they are not, heating etc that isn't really
used and various other "fiddles" etc ;-)
Dave- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

*))

On Dec 22, 4:26*pm, MartinR wrote:
On Dec 22, 12:13*pm, Dawlish wrote:





On Dec 22, 12:09*pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:

Dawlish wrote:
If there could be more perfect conditions for dragging people away
from Internet shopping and into the high street shops pre-Christmas,
I'd like to experience them.

So mild in Exeter this morning, that a single fleece was easily warm
enough. The high street retailers won't be able to use last year's
excuse of snow and bad weather to explain their pretty inexoarble
declime. What will this year's excuse be? Too mild for winter clothes?
*))

Presently very dry and 11.5C. Very pleasant December weather and so
much better than last year, at this time!

------------------------
No matter the weather I can't think of anything I would less like to do
than go to a High Street shopping, especially this week. I often wonder
if the Government fully takes in to account the amount of shopping on
line, including Ebay and Amazon when they do their health of the economy
blurb. They always seem to think that "High Street sales are down" mean
everyone is on the bread line.
Dave

I don't dislike shopping; especially when the wether is fine and
parking is easy - as it was at 8.30 in Exeter. Anyone lazy enough to
be setting off now deserves all they get!

I'd like them to tax goods sold on ebay. That would create a more
level playing field with high street shops. People run businesses on
ebay and pay no tax whatsoever on the profits. Now that annoys me. My
accountant helps a great deal, but I still pay the tax I'm due on the
income I earn. They don't and I don't see why they shouldn't. It's
time ebay made accounts available to the taxman.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'm assuming that if you sell goods on Ebay, as I do, that I have
previously purchased, I will already have paid tax in the form of VAT
at 17.5% or 20%. *Not only that, but I would have been taxed up to 40%
on what I used to pay for it . If you run a business on Ebay that's
different. *Most Ebay sellers are probably people like me who would
rather see some return on the junk they have accumulated plus giving a
fair load of it away to local charity shops.

MartinR

I- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Businesses, Martin. People run businesses as a livelihood on ebay and
pay no tax, as ebay refuses to make their accounts available to the
Inland Revenue. I sell too, but it's junk, like you say!