How I am maximising the American Express Business Platinum £150 Dell cashback offer

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• John Dodd says:

  14 Jul14 July 07:39

  Don’t forget you claim/offset the vat so you are already in pocket to the tune of £25

  • Andrew says:

    14 Jul14 July 07:45

    Except you would then need to charge the eBay customer VAT/declare the VAT on the sale.

  • Ken says:

    14 Jul14 July 07:59

    Genius.

    Just buy stuff though the company and sell it on eBay as an individual.

    What could possibly go wrong.

• Optimus Prime says:

  14 Jul14 July 07:50

  LOL I have just bought the WD19TB since I have a computer with Thunderbolt 3 ports.

  BTW have you included the PayPal fees in your calculation or there is a way to sell on eBay without taking payment via PayPal?

• The Streets says:

  14 Jul14 July 08:02

  I got myself a second monitor for around the £150 mark which is perfect for wfh. Not sure I have the willpower or if it’s worth the risk for minimal profit to buy and resell

  However I do like the Nando’s gift cards Curry’s are selling for £20

  • rk says:

    14 Jul14 July 08:07

    The GC at Currys, is that online or instore?

    • The Streets says:

      14 Jul14 July 08:11

      Online. Some get posted others click and collect

      • rk says:

        14 Jul14 July 08:17

        Thanks 😊

        I did not get the offer, I await to see if it comes up.

      • Rob says:

        14 Jul14 July 09:22

        DON’T DO IT.

        I tried this. It’s a farce. If you ‘click and collect’ a gift card, you DO get the £20 credit – it works. Proved it. However, the store CANNOT provide you with a gift card which is activated. It is IMPOSSIBLE to activate a gift card without doing a purchase transaction on a till.

        If you look on the Currys website, you’ll see that £25 Netflix gift cards are now ‘not available’. This is down to me, because I bought one as a ‘click and collect’ test and when Currys realised the problem they were pulled from sale. Unfortunately the idiots didn’t pull any other gift cards from sale.

        • Chris Heyes says:

          14 Jul14 July 10:01

          Rob@ They might not be “idiots” they pulled yours because you complained so they should
          But other gift cards still selling but not working could be months before the precipitant finds out
          unless they read your post just now easy temp money
          if you think about it

        • Rob says:

          14 Jul14 July 10:53

          I promise you, it’s not easy money at all. Margins on gift cards are very low and it took a HUGE amount of staff time to sort out the refund.

• Dave says:

  14 Jul14 July 09:03

  Amusing story, thanks Rob.

  The lazier approach would be to short sell the item on eBay first, then have Dell drop-ship it to the directly to the buyer. 🙂

  • Rob says:

    14 Jul14 July 09:18

    Fair point!

  • John says:

    14 Jul14 July 09:42

    Dropshipping from Dell does carry some risk. I’ve ordered several laptops from Dell over the past few months and some have taken 2-6 weeks to arrive and the majority have been cancelled (usually 4-6 weeks after ordering) then though it said in stock or delivery within 2 days etc. That said, with accessories I’d say the risk is somewhat less.

  • Pat the Postie says:

    14 Jul14 July 18:47

    Never heard it called short sell before, drop shipping from companies is not worth the hassle unless you have an agreement setup

• Daniel Evans says:

  14 Jul14 July 09:24

  I don’t see this offer. I have just ordered 5 x 1m USB-C cables @ £20 each from Google to trigger 5 x £20 credits and will be selling on eBay as described above.

  • Andrew says:

    14 Jul14 July 10:38

    £20 for a USB-C cable!! Good luck reselling those given that a perfectly serviceable cable from ebay or Amazon shouldn’t cost more than £1.

    • Daniel Evans says:

      14 Jul14 July 10:55

      Serviceable USB-C for £1? Please tell me where. I’ve had soooo many USB C cables fail on me over the past year it’s ridiculous. There seems to be something inherently unreliable about them, especially the cheap ones.

      • cinereus says:

        14 Jul14 July 11:09

        Just buy from decent quality listings/sources. I batter my USB-C cables and they’ve lasted almost 4 years without breaking a sweat. Nobody will buy a USB-C cable for £5 let alone £20.

        • Frank says:

          16 Jul16 July 08:39

          Confusing as it might be USB-C cables do not all have the same functionality, so depending on what your bed to use it for £20 might be what it costs. If it’s just for charging your phone then £20 would be expensive though

      • Andrew says:

        14 Jul14 July 11:19

        They’re not perfect but you certainly won’t go through 20 of them in the lifetime of the google cable. I tend to get braided cables for £4/5 each. They look better than plain plastic and are more flexible.

• Pompeyyorkblues says:

  14 Jul14 July 09:34

  Random question time please. Apologies if it’s the wrong thread as I’m not good with technology, but can someone please help?
  My return flight to Prague has been cancelled and after 15 attempts to get through I Finally got refunded in full. Great news! However my outgoing one x 4 on July 25 has not been cancelled yet. They are refusing to refund as I booked it separately to the return one (a lesson learnt there). I believe we can’t visit Prague atm anyhow so where do I stand?
  Am I correct t in saying I can cancel up to 24 hours before n get a voucher plus Avios back. So I may as well wait and see if they cancel?
  Thank you in anticipation

  • Genghis says:

    14 Jul14 July 12:27

    Wait to see if BA cancel in the meanwhile for a full report. You have the option to cancel until t-24.

    • Pompeyyorkblues says:

      14 Jul14 July 13:31

      Thought so thank you..

• David S says:

  14 Jul14 July 09:35

  And it’s a tax deductible expense ?

  • Rob says:

    14 Jul14 July 09:59

    Not if you sell it!

    Technically, as the credit is directly linked to the purchase, if you put the purchase through your accounts you should put the £150 credit through too.

    • Alex W says:

      14 Jul14 July 11:22

      If you only sold it for £100 though presumably you could tax deduct the £50 loss?

      • Genghis says:

        14 Jul14 July 12:32

        Buy item for £150: Dr asset £150, Cr cash £150
        Receive statement credit for £150: Dr cash £150, Cr P&L £150
        Sell item for £100: Dr cash £100, Dr P&L £50, Cr asset £150.
        I make that a Dr cash £100, Cr P&L £100 end position, meaning tax due on the £100.

        • TGLoyalty says:

          14 Jul14 July 23:27

          🙂

• Simon Cross says:

  14 Jul14 July 10:00

  I am sure it will sell especially with all this “advertising” to the HFP customer base (joke).

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