discussion Items from abroad rant

[Guest]

This is a result of an EU directive on VAT collection for imports to the EU. I believe to close a loop hole that was being exploited to evade VAT.

IIRC, it’s because VAT was not normally charged below a certain amount (€22 or so in the Netherlands, off the top of my head, probably a similar amount in the UK) but places like AliExpress sell literally* container-shiploads of stuff for way below that from outside the EU.

* And I do really mean literally.

 

[Guest]

Of course John, but my comment was about the apparent increase in the cost of imports into Denmark.
Pete

Sorry Pete, mustn't have read that part !

 

[eddiesolo]

I had a similar experience from a German company, wanted some spare part sprues for my 1/16 Challenger.

Added to cart and went to buy and then had a email from them informing me that I had buy £120 worth of gear to get free shipping to UK, well the order came to £20 so expected to pay £15 ish for postage...they wouldn't do it so refunded me and I got the blah about taxation.