Den Fri, 11 May 2018 16:01:08 +0200 skrev Rhialto <rhialto@falu.nl>: > On Fri 11 May 2018 at 08:40:40 -0500, Jim Brain wrote: > > I will concede shipping is a beast, and then there's lots of > > customers who complain to me about VAT/GST/etc. > > The VAT isn't even the worst; what I find so frustrating about > importing to the Netherlands is the extra fee on top that the post > office charges you for the priviledge of taking the VAT from you. It > adds another $20 (roughly) even when the VAT itself is almost > trivial... > > That's not something you can do something about it but it has > prevented me from buying stuff on various occasions. > > (Hm... since this means the fee "hinders trade", I wonder if it could > be considered illegal under some free trade agreement or other...) Oh, sorry to hear that you also got this. We got this kind of crap early this year here in Sweden. IIRC the fee is about $10 or maybe $15 and it also has delayed a lot of packages, even packages sent within the EU. For how long has this been going on in the Netherlands? -- (\_/) Copy the bunny to your mails to help (O.o) him achieve world domination. (> <) Come join the dark side. /_|_\ We have cookies.Received on 2018-05-11 18:00:43
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