eBay and VAT

[Bitpipe]

I'm starting to buy quite a few more expensive bits and pieces from larger eBay vendors (such as UFH materials) and realised that the receipts never show VAT - I'm now contacting each supplier in advance (and chasing those already ordered from) to request a VAT receipt for eligible items. 

Anyone else had success with this approach?

[Jeremy Harris]

I added a note requesting a VAT receipt with every sizeable ebay purchase.  90% of the time I did get a VAT receipt from VAT registered suppliers, but the majority of ebay suppliers don't seem to be VAT registered, I found.

[Bitpipe]

Thanks, all three of the larger vendors I've just used came back with VAT invoices, key is remembering to ask!