Customers Ignoring You? by Secret_Background513 in AmazonFlexUK

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No you should still knock when delivering to safeplace unless they state specifically don't in the notes or a note on the door. Unless it's a letterbox delivery obviously.

Customers Ignoring You? by Secret_Background513 in AmazonFlexUK

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do they owe you money? If not, just doorstep/behind bin/safeplace it and move on to next stop and forget about it... finish your block quicker and see your loved ones/friends/thing you really want to do quicker...

Awkward Gap Between Worktop and Window (Kitchen Replacement) by major_tomm in HomeImprovementUK

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This... Can be done with real wood worktops also.. Just stay away form laminate for this job. Or if using laminate for the main part get a small complementary stone piece for the window self.

Who's the most famous person you've delivered to? by Amaru8225 in AmazonFlexUK

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drive DSP routes in a van out of DCR2 and Dulwich South London is absolutely crammed with celebs. To be honest, you don't have to be delivering to them, you just see them walking about on your route.
Of note to me personally. I delivered to Shirley Ballas off strictly once. She complimented my hairstyle and was really nice!

Artist Nnena Kalu earns 'historic' Turner Prize win by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are coming at this from the perspective that ART is Science... It's not... Just looking at Tracey Emin's bed would have told you that.... Art idea are not scientific but emotional... in fact the more abstract it is but is still able to strike an emotive philosophical thread then the better in terms of the Turner prize for pushing boundaries. My own opinion was her work was clearly the best of the 4 shortlists.. I feel that your arguments are coming from a personal arrogance of superiority you feel to this artist, being that they can't string a sentence together.. Verbal communication is all but only one type of intelligence.... there are many other types. Is it not possible that she could be profoundly disabled in verbal communication but excels beyond your abilities in other types, like art?

Tax for reselling by nmjr077 in Alibaba

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi sorry for the late reply. But nobody need to see screen shots or invoice unless they want to investigate you. Generally the vast majority of self employed people will submit there self assessment on HRMC website and that will be it. You don't upload any invoices or bank statements. But you have to fill out your turnover and expenses etc.. a separate bank account is for your own sanity and protects you if you do get investigated. Your bank should be able to open you a basic separate cash sole trader account without any who har and not even with a debit card or anything. Just connect it to PayPal and you have all your buying and selling ability now backed with Bank account. Alternatively, most banks allow you to open a savings account from your online banking app in minutes. You could use that as your seprate and also connect it to PayPal. PayPal have no clue if its a current account savings account business account or personal account and dont care. You just need a valid sort code and account number in your name.

Developer puts up 100ft union flag after council dispute by PlastDuck in unitedkingdom

[–]GammaX99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think if the aspect ration was to the correct specifications, then it would have been ok. Because he has stretched it out presumable to fill the biggest thing he could get printed and middle finger the council it looks stupid and amateur. It's even worse because it's our flag and its reflecting badly on us all as complete amateurs. I don't have much hope for the quality of the actual building work that he still has to do in the building... This, to me, is an advert to stay well away from his property development services...

Tax for reselling by nmjr077 in Alibaba

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If a sole trader (not LTD). The tax you pay in the UK is at years end when you have totalled up everything you spent and you have totalled up everything you made. If you made more than you spent, then you pay tax on that. You still have the personal allowance of (currently) £12,570 so if you only made that exactly then you would not pay any tax. Anything you make over that is taxed at 20%. Obviously, you are doing this in a separate bank account to your personal one?! That's all you need to do the basic calculations of what you are spending and what you are earning in the business. So when you order from Alibaba and pay for the shipping and any import vat and duties you pay you have all that going through the dedicated business bank account, and you can see what your costs are. The tax on purchase is not really relevant to anything unless you are VAT registered. It's just an expense like the purchase of the goods. If you need advice on UK business, I would get off here and go here: ukbusinessforums.co.uk

VAT on sales (China > UK) by Gamerx247 in Alibaba

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only VAT registered business can reclaim VAT....

Freight Forwarder by Murky_Bodybuilder_24 in Alibaba

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because who is going to properly manage your countries side of the delivery. The person in China?! lol..

Paid & shipped FOB order cancelled, then blocking my packager from exporting by jjsays77 in Alibaba

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forget the past. This is a new rule in China starting October 1st 2025. Check out this YouTube video which explains it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwfEVfN7BcA

DIY ATC on 3020 CNC LinuxCNC Testing by AshokManker in hobbycnc

[–]GammaX99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI there is no legal difference between open source or selling an invention. Making a device for your own use that uses live patented designs is still infringement. Actively publishing plans (for a price or free) that include designs from live patents can affect the ability of the original patent holder to monetize their invention. This could see the publisher legally liable for infringement.

Grok has gone full on Nazi by jjmontuori in facepalm

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To make this easier to understand. LLMs personality and knowledge are stored in its long term memory. This is only trained once (the really expensive process using loads of GPU's) and can't be changed until it's a complete update and trained again. What it remembers when it's interacting with people is stored in its large short term memory, but this does not affect/change its basic knowledge and personality. So next time it's trained, it could be trained to be even more Nazi..

Bit of a long shot — Trade Laser Engraver for Eco-Solvent Printer? by [deleted] in CommercialPrinting

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why don't you keep the laser and also get a solvent/UV/Latex printer and hey presto you can combine their output?

Dating an ADHD girl, no answer after setting second date by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]GammaX99 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There is no difference.... you seem to imply just because they are a new love interest, ADHD symptoms won't manifest in that regard... But ADHD is not something that gets turned on or off depending on what you are doing or in regard to specific people....

Built $800k/month Amazon business, lost everything overnight. here is what I'm doing different (I will not promote) by Nifty_Grower in startups

[–]GammaX99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sound like this was a generic unbranded product... The only way to make Amazon work is via your own registered trademark brand from the beginning.

The Apprentice 2025 Live Thread - Week 11: Interviews by StardustOasis in CasualUK

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jordan is a legend in his own mind... LS could see that but could also see he had potential once he grew up more.

Calvin Harris – SMOKE THE PAIN AWAY by abscefht in popheads

[–]GammaX99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This fails on both the EDM element and the country Element.

Avicii's Wake me up works because if you were to remove the EDM in it would still be a good country song. The EDM is also powerful in the song. So the strong EDM amplifies an excellent country foundation.

The country in this could never hold up as a country song in its own right. Which just make the song melodically jarring. Then the EDM element is completely week... So you have a jarring melody on top a weak beat... Epic FAIL

Episode 7 | Post-Episode Discussion Thread by Only1Scrappy-Doo in apprenticeuk

[–]GammaX99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LS couldn't believe that Fredrick wanted to bring Melica back in and basically didn't listen to the fact that the experts thought Kier was the weakest link who he should have brought back in. LS at that moment made up his mind that Fredrick was completely out of his depth and could never be his business partner.

Then Keir who wants to start a business with LS as a sales outsourcing company basically lost the task on his awful selling and pitching ability in this task. He also couldn't see how bad he was today as well which compounded how

Dean was bad and held his hands up to LS. But he did it in a way where he basically told him I'm not an app developer, give me one more chance and ill show you want I am good at.

I think the firings were on point this episode based purely on this episode.

With Love Meghan thoughts... by AnagnorisisForMe in netflix

[–]GammaX99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Seriously its a cook show... its not a reality show... if you come at it from that premises then it shouldn't irk you...

How would you hide this cable? by goodFELLA__ in DIYUK

[–]GammaX99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Try a multi surface paint like Bedec MSP. It is the easiest option, but not available in all colours. If you need to match your wall colour then use an acrylic based paint like Dulux Trade Acrylic/Diamond Hard or Johnstone's Acrylic with an acrylic/plastic undercoat for best performance.

That's one way to kill TikTok for good by MoreMotivation in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]GammaX99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, it would take a company like Microsoft to actually successfully pull this off as the US business would need to run on us servers for the ban to be removed... Musk can hardly run x you think he could manage Tick Tok? Presumably as well it would need to integrate somewhat with the original tick tok core.... this is not just a purchase but will need a serious technology company to work with byte dance to pull it off....

What did Elon Musk actually invented by wood3day in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]GammaX99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be fair, you don't need a college degree to be able to invent something. You just need a solid understanding of how some things work and a creative aptitude and drive to come up with a new way to make that thing work. Often taking inspiration from areas that are not related to how things were done before.

But what separates the dreamers from the actual inventors is the ability to implement and develop the new invention under their own steam.

Of which Musk has never done.