The total amount of tax is charged as a single € number, on delivery at the front door.
Don't pay the fees, don't get the goods.
Priests write letters, the ones with a blank rap sheet.
My g/f's father was a customs career guy, highest pay grade when he (handsomely) early retired.
When someone died, his usual comment was another AH less.
Sure, but there is a customs statement. How else would you know they charged +31%? I'm pretty sure they charged the right amount, it's just you who don't know how to read the statement. Post a copy here, I'll explain it to you. If it really should be wrong, I show you how to write an appeal.
I do not order from outside EU when I can avoid it.
I run a personal business, so I buy most stuff without VAT charges when ordering from EU-based vendors.
That, combined with the weak Euro, makes imports extremely unattractive nowadays.
Products from China (through eBay, Aliexpress etc.) are another matter of course.
When I do have to import, I avoid the courier services mafia (Fedex, UPS etc.) like the plague. Best case scenario: you pay double the item's value, even if you just import a rusty screw or something. And in some cases (depending on their mood, I suppose), you may pay more than the shipment's value.
The simple postal service is less of a gamble. When you do pay import charges, these are in line with what you'd expect (~ 30% of value).
I run a personal business, so I buy most stuff without VAT charges when ordering from EU-based vendors.
That, combined with the weak Euro, makes imports extremely unattractive nowadays.
Products from China (through eBay, Aliexpress etc.) are another matter of course.
When I do have to import, I avoid the courier services mafia (Fedex, UPS etc.) like the plague. Best case scenario: you pay double the item's value, even if you just import a rusty screw or something. And in some cases (depending on their mood, I suppose), you may pay more than the shipment's value.
The simple postal service is less of a gamble. When you do pay import charges, these are in line with what you'd expect (~ 30% of value).
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