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Now the system is put in place to encourage trading within the European Union. Fair enough - I buy a cheap Ipad from Hongkong - the government misses out on sales tax. I don't disagree with the system as such, although I do disagree with the ridicolously low threshold (it's like $25) but the main point is that this should not even be applied to second hand goods.They've already had their sales tax when the item was first purchased. They wouldn't get anything out of me if I purchased a second hand toy within the UK - so why should they charge me just because the toy comes from Canada?
The system is grossly unfair and what makes it worse is there is absolutely no understanding for our situation.Every time a thread like this is started, the Righteous come out in force and and make us feel like criminals.I'm aware that it is officially a federal offence to lie on a customs form, but if Mimic was purchased from Goodwill for a dollar - then what is the declarable value of Mimic?
Honestly, for me the issue is the number of times packages go missing. We recently *saw* a big mess of what can happen with an international package, even with well known people on here. If the full value of those had not been on the customs form, how long do you think that would have dragged on? I am a natural worry wart, but the only way I'd put a lower value then what I get for an item is if the buyer has written to me saying they are agreed that if the item goes missing, that lower value will be all they can expect back from me.
The joke is that their misguided attempt to force us to buy from within the EU (and so long as so many companies are US-centric it will continue to be impossible to live in this country without importing) doesn't even work.Case in point: I import a figure from Japan costing me £20 inc postage. Import tax is 20% + £8 handling (and yep folks, unless you're importing over £100 you are looking at 50-90% of your item's worth once customs are done) ~ £35. The same item from a UK store? £45 plus postage. So...yeah I'm going to import it.It's just ridiculous to be punished for importing things that are often worth peanuts in tax
Speaking of getting back the price of the item from the post office if it goes missing, does that apply to first class international mail as well as Priority International?My impression is you can't get money back if First Class international mail goes missing because it can't be insured--is that correct?