Retailer Play.com is to shut down the direct retail business that has allowed those in the UK to buy cheap CDs and DVDs online for the past few years.
The move comes as the Jersey-based retailed admitted on Twitter that direct sales are "no longer viable", replying to a number of requests for information as the news broke out.
The change in business direction means that Play.com is pulling out of Jersey completely, with a number of redundancies for staff on the island, and the surviving business moving to offices in Cambridge.
As far as customers are concerned, the move means that you won't be able to buy cheap items from Jersey to take advantage of the Low Value Consignment Relief, which meant that items under ?15 were VAT free. The LVCR loophole was closed in April 2012.
It's not the end for the Play.com business however, which also runs a successful marketplace, allowing other retailers to sell through the website.
For example, if you search for a CD - Girls Aloud "Ten" - you currently get to option to buy from Play.com direct for ?8.99. This option will cease and no longer be available.
But multiple retailers are returned when you search, all offering the same item at varying prices. Whilst the Play.com direct purchase option will go, the others will remain, so there will still be buying options to explore.
Source: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/49188/play-com-online-retail-direct-sales-close
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