USAFRet said:
kerfuffel said:
Cheers for the response.
I forgot to mention that i live in Australia if that changes anything. If i have to register as anything I'm not going to bother.
All I want to do is someone give me money for a computer that i spec up, I buy the parts and build it and then send it to
them. Is it legal to just go right ahead and do that?
That depends entirely on your local business environment and government.
People sending you money, you sending them goods.
Are you liable for warranty (whether specified or not?) Some places, yes.
What happens when a part breaks? Who is on the hook for the replacement? Down time? Loss of data?
Could you be sued for non-performance? Maybe. Even if you win, you've paid a lot.
Are you liable for collecting and reporting sales tax/VAT? Why or why not?
Unless you're only doing it among friends for beer money....talk to a lawyer and the local business community.
Finally, convince me why I should pay you to put together the LEGO pieces I could put together myself.
Or why I should buy from you vs. Dell.
What benefit do you provide?
Good points you bring up. I'm planning on doing the same, although not selling on ebay, selling custom builds on my website and through phone service. Mainly just because I'm 18 and have spare time on my hands, so I figure since the prices will be so low, I may get the opportunity to work on some systems.
I'm also worried about the legal side of what I'll be doing. I heard under a certain amount of money ($6000 or so), it's classified as a hobby (I won't come near making that much, I figure this deals with all of the tax questions I had). As for the whole, they broke it and blame you anyways, from what I've read so far, as long as somewhere you state you're not liable, you don't provide warranties, blah blah blah, small claims courts will favor you (if it goes that far) and you shouldn't be worried about anything if you're honest the whole way through the pc selling process, from the customer ordering, to them receiving.
Another silly question I had, what about payment? I figured it was best to have them "buy" the pc after going over with them what they need, and then once the money is put into paypal (including the price for labor, installing water cooling, overclocking, etc...), I then buy those parts, paying through the paypal they put the money into, build it, send it to them.
Also, how in sams name do I send a system with a water cooling loop installed through UPS!? Isn't there a very high chance it will leak?!