Are any other eBayers dreading the prospect of leaving the single market?

[Asmoto]

I trade a lot within the EU, and I'm really dreading the idea of leaving the single market. When I compare the experience of trading within the EU to the (rare) occasions I have ventured outside, my heart sinks - the lengthy customs delay; as a buyer, having to pay import VAT plus handling charges. Some of my pro-Brexit friends have called me shallow for having these concerns - but I think leaving the single market will have a devastating impact on all online marketplaces. I'm not looking for a Brexit bunfight, but I wondered what other eBayers thought?

Not really no, but I don't sell a lot outwith the UK.

The thing that has totally hammered me is the poor pound since the referendum, as I buy most of my stock from China in USD.

It used to be 1.5 $=D now it's about 1.2 😓🐱😊, I'm really struggling.

I'm not expecting anything to change. The global shipping program works fine for my little bit of exporting, and none of my imports are sufficiently expensive to attract VAT. I might order up some extras from China, to be on the safe side.

I'm on the continent and buy regularly from a particular UK seller (and also love a bit of Emma Bridgewater). I won't be able to afford to after Brexit, just as I can't afford to buy from the US - other than super-cheap items - because the import taxes are prohibitive.

I hardly think that being concerned about your livelihood is 'shallow', your friends are being very unfair. Do they never think of their finances?

On the flip side you now won't have to declare an individual VAT return for every country you sell to within the EU...