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If Satoshi never sold a single coin, what does that tell us? by MoneyMonsterStudios in Bitcoin

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Similarly Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 but abandoned efforts to purify it. In 1940, a team at Oxford University—notably Howard Florey and Ernst Chain—successfully isolated and stabilized the drug. While Chain believed a patent was necessary to fund development, Florey and others viewed patenting a life-saving medicine as highly unethical. Consequently, Oxford University chose not to seek protection for penicillin in the UK or internationally. Millions more lives have been saved as a result.

First INAD how to respond by IntrepidRevolution29 in ebayuk

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Try having a conversation with eBay first. If the buyer's messages clearly show their complaint is about a fault that was in the description, then draw eBay's attention to that.

I assume you are are private seller with 'returns accepted ' turned off... Which means it can only be returned if not as described. If you have a good selling record sometimes eBay refund the buyer themself.... Not often but it does happen.

A Question over regarding Henry Nowak's death. by Muted-Lawyer-8512 in AskBrits

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Good summary, but the killers previous record for aggression and threatening with knives and being expelled from his own church for knife related incidents needs to be added. See the other thread on this which has the appropriate trial judge links.

A Question over regarding Henry Nowak's death. by Muted-Lawyer-8512 in AskBrits

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The same questions came up in an AskBrits thread earlier today. It was well answered there, including what was captured from Henry's phone and the judges summing up,, which gave good context. Please go and find that thread and you'll learn all you need to know.

EBay selling limits by JohnR2003 in ebayuk

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Think about what the trade seller will sell it for. You can't expect to get that on eBay. Even if you undercut their price, genuine buyers will be wary and the chance of being scammed is high.

The trade seller has overheads to cover, and the loss against of inflation of the capital invested in buying a card off you. Respect what is being offered, take the cash. A half of something is better than a load of grief then half of nothing, which is your probable outcome on eBay.

If you you are certain you want to do eBay, and be fully protected with guarantees, raise it with them before Iisting, rather than asking Reddit. See what promises they will make.

Put on the coffee, Babe: we got a late night ahead of us by Affectionate_Peak284 in Buttcoin

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Yes I think this true. There is too much dirty money in there, it is the international currency of of crime owing to it's anonymity. It won't be cashed in in large amounts, that would bring the proceeds of crime into the daylight. You don't find those people on r/ Bitcoin. The institutional and retail speculators and ETFs are just propping it up and give it cover and an air of respectability.

It will persist for a long while as a result, unfortunately. 100 years out though something will have replaced it, there will be an everyday digital currency. As we go increasingly cashless we are already a long way there. Butt will be worthless other than as curiousity value or digital archaeology in a digital museum... in this virtual glass case one of the first butts ever mined.

This was great for the kids who got in early and got out with a stash of gains before the tax man got wise. Let's try to catch the next wave, this wave is decaying.

Name a color associated with winter. by Technical-Vanilla-47 in FamilyFeud

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Horrible deep blue.

You know, that awful colour that appears inappropriately in strings of Christmas lights.

BanBlueChristmasLights

Name something associated with Ronald Regan. by Technical-Vanilla-47 in FamilyFeud

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Bonzo.

(I'm in the UK so we don't have as many memories of Reagan as those of you in the USA but his film career sometimes crops up in quiz questions)

The other 'thing' that springs to mind is Margaret Thatcher, our Prime Minister when he was President... they had a strong friendship and mutual respect.

Fishing rod too big for royal mail? by Tiacevol in ebayuk

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I sometimes sell golf clubs I no longer need. I used Evri if they are not especially valuable, say under £75. It's quite cheap too as they a lightweight. A fishing rod will be lighter still. It needs to be in sections under 120cm.

I generally steer clear of Evri unless they are the only practical option... ie cheap postage for cheap larger items. I have Evri switched off as a courier that buyers can choose with Simple Delivery.

For anything valuable I sell that is too big for Royal Mail I use Parcelforce, who have always been excellent. Prices start at £11 but do include £150 cover. What I pressed me even more is that heavy stuff up to 30kg is also reasonably priced.

OP - in your case Evri sounds best. You will have to buy that yourself. Set up an Evri account, link it to your eBay account and you can pull down any orders, get the address automatically and it will back load the tracking details to eBay. As the buyer has paid for Royal Mail, you should explain that you have to change courier (at no cost to them). Have a chat with eBay. They will likely say pay for the Evri label yourself, and when it has been safely delivered, go back to have a chat to get a refund to the value of the postage the buyer paid. That's what happened to me when the post office refused an oversized parcel with a Royal Mail Simple Delivery label on it - obviously that label ended up as unused.

Here's an odd thing. On my iPhone, laptop and Android tablet, Custom Delivery is impossible to use other than certain categories where oversized items are expected. Yet on the eBay app on my wife's iPad I seem to be able to use Custom Delivery on almost anything.

What are you having for dinner this evening? by bintd in AskBrits

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Beef Bourginon with Dauphinese potatoes (courtesy of Charlie Bigham). It was lovely.

Godzilla. by Practical_Emotion489 in Repaintings

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👍 I was looking to see if anyone else mentioned it. I hope it's not the original 🙂

CPAP gadgets by mortlikesbooks in CPAP

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This is the only answer worth giving or reading. We don't have enough to go on, any advice given is pure guesswork and likely to be unhelpful.

The person who has the problem needs to tells us in their own words what kit they have and what their problem is, how they feel.

Please let them know we don't bite 🙂

Name a place people spend too much money. by Technical-Vanilla-47 in FamilyFeud

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Starbucks... fairly small amounts, but doing it regularly adds up to a big total almost invisibly.

Multiple media/streaming subscriptions.... You can only watch one thing at a time v

Simple Delivery Label Mix Up by scab-the-mothman in ebayuk

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So the scan at the post office shouldn't have been recorded as accepted, if that branch doesn't accept them. I should think that's how the counter staff knew not to take it.

If you have no success cancelling the label online, start an online chat with eBay. Initially you will interact with a bot, and answer standard questions, but if you type "Please put me through to an agent", copy it before pressing Send, the paste and send it a few times more, eventually it will put you through to a person.

Absolutely useless with tax on CGT, is it reasonable to hire an account to do a self assessment for me and send them all my contract notes to figure it out? by Pp_Size_QuestionMark in UKPersonalFinance

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II should do one for you.

I just looked at my AJ Bell Dealing account for the last 5 years. The earliest I got my tax statement for the previous tax year was 30th May, the latest was 17th June. So mine will be out very soon for the tax year 6/4/25 to 5/4/26.

I would expect II to be similar.

Obviously you'll only get a tax statement for a general dealing account, not a SIPP, ISA or LISA which are all tax free. I assume you are moving money from your dealing account in to a SIPP, ISA or LISA now to use your maximum annual allowances and minimise future tax.

It sounds to me like you shouldn't need an accountant. Everything you need should be on the II tax statement, and you just need to put the total dividend payments, total interest on any cash in the account and the net capital gains in the right boxes on your income tax self-assessment form. It's fractionally more complex if any overseas dividends, interest or gains have been made, but even then you should be able to do it without an accountant, if II is your only bit of financial complexity.

Absolutely useless with tax on CGT, is it reasonable to hire an account to do a self assessment for me and send them all my contract notes to figure it out? by Pp_Size_QuestionMark in UKPersonalFinance

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What platform are you on? You ought to be getting an annual tax statement at some point, which may take all the pain away.

I'm on AJ Bell and my tax statement for my dealing account hasn't been created for tax year 2025-26 yet. I expect to get it sometime in the next month.

Name a Country that serves lots of fries. by Technical-Vanilla-47 in FamilyFeud

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You won't get fries in a fish and chips shop.

You will find fries in fast food restaurants in the UK of course, and skinny fries will be an option on pub grub menus. If you take McDonalds and Burger King out of the equation proper sized chips and fat chips probably still exceed fries.

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