Is there an Avios Recycling arbitrage available on iPad minis?

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• Mrtibbs1999 says:

  24 Jul24 July 07:11

  The Galaxy S4 gets 31,000 Avios. It can be bought for £380 on eBay. That’s 1.22p per avios. As for the VAT, i’d maybe risk it with one, but any more is asking for a bollocking.

• 21h21j says:

  24 Jul24 July 10:03

  Unless you are desperate for avois this is a bad deal. There’s plenty of other opportunities to earn avois at a better rate.

  • Colin A-B says:

    24 Jul24 July 10:24

    Can you share the other examples please, as I’d like to earn Avios at a lower rate than that?

    • Luckyjim says:

      24 Jul24 July 17:27

      Well, I could tell you about my brilliant scheme but you would have to get all the other people who read this blog to look away.

  • Rob says:

    24 Jul24 July 14:32

    Agreed, it is not astounding – but it is a lot of Avios in one hit, so if you could find someone selling off an ipad mini for under 200 pounds someone who needed the points would find it useful.

• Nick says:

  24 Jul24 July 10:26

  Raffles, I’m no expert but I’d be careful of recommending that people claim back the VAT on something that is clearly not intended to be used in a business.

  • Sinizter says:

    24 Jul24 July 12:44

    If the device can be used in a business, I don’t see any concern in buying it through a business. If the device is assessed and found unsuitable to be used in that particular business, it needs to be disposed of responsibly – whether by resale or other methods. Recycling it via this scheme counts.

    If someone were to buy multiples of these devices through a business with the sole intent to recycle them, they could get in trouble, but I don’t really see Raffles recommending that in this post.

  • Rob says:

    24 Jul24 July 14:31

    I agree, that was not necessarily a sensible comment. Although, of course, anyone with a business big enough to be charging VAT is presumably sensible enough already.

    • Sir Stamford says:

      25 Jul25 July 06:48

      Sorry Raffles, you don’t have to be a big business to be charging VAT these days.

      The threshold for VAT registration is only £79k over a 12 month period, which isn’t exactly a very high turnover requirement. Moreover, HMRC allows for voluntary registration under certain circumstances.

      Sir Stamford

      • Rob says:

        25 Jul25 July 11:31

        I know the number 🙂 What I meant is that your average hairdresser, plumber (non London 🙂 ) would not be hit. When I was running a business as a teenager it was a lot lower, the threshold was increased well above inflation to give small traders leeway.

• Mottelgamzol says:

  24 Jul24 July 10:55

  How can I BUY an iPad with avios?

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