I'm a very regular ebay shopper and i am disgusted. I've just been reading in the newspapers that the government is planning to introduce a tax on all online shopping purchases. Apparently the tax will increase the price of each purchase by about 60 per cent.
Big bricks 'n' mortar retailers have been complaining about 'losing out' on our dollars because of the popularity of online shopping. So they whinged and whinged to the government, and, because the liberals are pro big business, they have come up with this idiotic idea for another new, unwanted tax.
What they are forgetting is that alot of online shopping is about buying things that are not actually available in Australia - so it is nothing to do with shops 'missing out'.
People love online shopping because they can buy what they want, whenever they want - and get it home delivered too.
Online buyers and sellers - you shouldn't put up with this rubbish from the government. We can't let them screw even more money out of us for no reason. I love my favourite online sellers, and i do not want to see their small businesses suffer and maybe even close down, just because of the greedy bullying of big businesses and the government!
Maybe even ebay can even, hopefully, do something about this?
