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[Haydn]

But what if you are not VAT registered? What if you are just @Joey66 trying to order some Dyson parts.

Chaos currently reigns in the vinyl record collecting scene. Everyone has been used to getting whacked with import duties when buying records from the US.

Now everyone is getting hit with similar taxes when buying from Europe, plus the carrier charges a significant admin fee for collecting the tax.

One buyer gave an example of having recently bought a record at a bargain £60 from Sweden only to be hit with a £20 tax charge before it could be delivered.

As someone else mentioned the charge appears to vary depending on which country in Europe it’s coming from.

Also this apparently applies buying from the UK for Europe.

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"Sadly this might by my last purchase from the UK - due to brexit it has cost me another 23£ in taxes/customs to receive it."
The item cost £12.00 plus P&P & it was sent to Denmark. Gee, that is incredible.

Not surprisingly record dealers are not enthused. Prosper mightily they will.

 

[Joey66]

I think the Govt are making the carriers handle the VAT. Not sure if this is a long term permanent solution.

So let’s say you order goods from an EU country and the carrier is let’s say DPD, then the carrier has to contact the purchaser and demand additional costs to pay the VAT before the goods can be released from customs.

The whole thing is bonkers

It was bonkers when we joined - butter mountains - Wine mountains- wheat mountains etc .......it settled down in time ........

 

[Alan Whittle]

It was bonkers when we joined - butter mountains - Wine mountains- wheat mountains etc .......it settled down in time ........

Wine lakes Joey. Unless there were Wine Gum mountains

 

[Jebus_lives]

Thread on the UK/EU diplomacy.

 

[orchard]

Like that’s gonna happen. Another Brexit related mess.

I believe they introduced it to, supposedly, ensure cheap Chinese goods from avoiding VAT, but it appears to have gone further and effectively hamstrings small businesses and individuals and favours large business.

For me, it ought to be no worse than importing from outside the EU was, and this is far worse.

 

[davmaher]

I think the Govt are making the carriers handle the VAT. Not sure if this is a long term permanent solution.

So let’s say you order goods from an EU country and the carrier is let’s say DPD, then the carrier has to contact the purchaser and demand additional costs to pay the VAT before the goods can be released from customs.

The whole thing is bonkers

The BBC were saying a similar thing this morning, although their examples were of the recipient of the delivery being asked to pay the VAT cost plus an admin charge in some instances. One woman had bought a coat for £200 and had an extra charge of £82 to pay on delivery. She just refused the delivery and is claiming her £200 back.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

The BBC were saying a similar thing this morning, although there examples were of the recipient of the delivery being asked to pay the VAT cost plus an admin charge in some instances. One woman had bought a coat for £200 and had an extra charge of £82 to pay on delivery. She just refused the delivery and is claiming her £200 back.

It’s crazy. Many carriers will refuse to handle goods imports into the U.K.

 

[davmaher]

It’s crazy. Many carriers will refuse to handle goods imports into the U.K.

It may go beyond that. Would you sell to the UK if a significant proportion of the goods you send there are returned and you have to pay refunds?

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

It may go beyond that. Would you sell to the UK if a significant proportion of the goods you send there are returned and you have to pay refunds?

Absolutely not. It’s a complete mess.

 

[Joey66]

Wine lakes Joey. Unless there were Wine Gum mountains

They were rip off mountains under the CAP - farmers ripping hedgerows out to produce food to rot......or wine to turn into vinegar.....

 

[The binman chronicles]

Every day another success story. Set up a distribution hub in the EU is the government's advice. But hang on a minute what about British jobs and all that crap?

Brexit: Retailers warn they could burn goods stuck in EU

UK retailers may abandon goods EU customers want to return because it is cheaper than bringing them home.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Every day another success story. Set up a distribution hub in the EU is the government's advice. But hang on a minute what about British jobs and all that crap?

Brexit: Retailers warn they could burn goods stuck in EU

UK retailers may abandon goods EU customers want to return because it is cheaper than bringing them home.

www.bbc.co.uk

It was "supposed" to make things easier wasn't it? What a bloody mess of our own making. The wife has had to stop buying anything from Europe as the return process is often more expensive than the item itself.

Good job Joe, Pete, Fred and the rest.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

A nice description of the changes here

Why has Brexit disrupted online shopping so disastrously?

The British government gave the impression the free trade deal it struck with the EU would enable goods to cross borders without painful charges. But for online shoppers and small retailers the reality has been very different. Ben Chu explains why

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Billy Dean]

Thread on the UK/EU diplomacy.

Still hasn't quite sunk in yet that Dominic Raab is Foreign Minister lol

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Still hasn't quite sunk in yet that Dominic Raab is Foreign Minister lol

That will please the Joe and Kamala, not...