Tazio Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Looking for a specific jacket and it’s sold out everywhere in the uk but I can get it from Germany on Amazon. Am I correct that as it’s Amazon the VAT will be paid when I buy and as it’s under £135 I won’t be charged duty? I’ve googled it but it seems a minefield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, Tazio said: Looking for a specific jacket and it’s sold out everywhere in the uk but I can get it from Germany on Amazon. Am I correct that as it’s Amazon the VAT will be paid when I buy and as it’s under £135 I won’t be charged duty? I’ve googled it but it seems a minefield. Looks like that should be the case https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty I've just ordered a watch strap from Serbia after waiting on things calming down from Brexit. I'm still anticipating a shit show on it's arrival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 1 minute ago, IronJambo said: Looks like that should be the case https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty I've just ordered a watch strap from Serbia after waiting on things calming down from Brexit. I'm still anticipating a shit show on it's arrival. I’ll probably go for it then. It’s a decent price and the jacket is annoyingly difficult to get in the UK. Even the makers website doesn’t have them in stock in the good colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, IronJambo said: Looks like that should be the case https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty I've just ordered a watch strap from Serbia after waiting on things calming down from Brexit. I'm still anticipating a shit show on it's arrival. Serbia isn't in the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NANOJAMBO Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Tazio said: Looking for a specific jacket and it’s sold out everywhere in the uk but I can get it from Germany on Amazon. Am I correct that as it’s Amazon the VAT will be paid when I buy and as it’s under £135 I won’t be charged duty? I’ve googled it but it seems a minefield. No - you should not assume EU traders are registered for VAT. Plenty of buyers are getting crucified not just for VAT charges but also the additional handling costs. Ebay traders in EU are having to make it clear whether they're VAT registered because of the fall off in UK buyers due to the adverse publicity in the new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 48 minutes ago, NANOJAMBO said: No - you should not assume EU traders are registered for VAT. Plenty of buyers are getting crucified not just for VAT charges but also the additional handling costs. Ebay traders in EU are having to make it clear whether they're VAT registered because of the fall off in UK buyers due to the adverse publicity in the new year. But I’m not buying off eBay. I’ve researched it a bit more and Amazon apply the VAT on the purchase price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchy frog Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Sllightly off topic but I notice a lot of EU sellers on Discogs are refusing to sell to UK. I bought something off ebay from Canada over a month ago, it never arrived so I opened a dispute. The seller says he sent three big packages to UK and none of them arrived so is also considering excluding UK buyers. Britain will be the next Italy, nobody wants to sell to Italians cos of their dodgy postal service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I've bought something for £70 from Amazon Germany and had no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Folk have been buying beer from the EU for their draft machines with no issues and popular just now is buying the actual machines from Amazon France, again with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 5 hours ago, hughesie27 said: I've bought something for £70 from Amazon Germany and had no issues. Exactly what I wanted to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, dobmisterdobster said: Serbia isn't in the EU. I know. That doesn't mean that customs on our side wasn't a mess for upcoming from everywhere for a while. It probably still is. Edited March 16, 2021 by IronJambo Sent post before it was finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Jacket arrived today, no customs or VAT issues whatsoever and didn’t have any issues with slow delivery despite there being a Brexit issue flagged up on the UPS tracking details that delayed by about 2 hours somewhere in Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamstomorrow Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Since Brexit and the subsequent shenanigans by the French over our fish and shellfish, I have stopped buying the French wines, the French cheeses and the French letters! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I'm assuming the VAT thing only applies to items purchased from Amazon and not the Amazon Marketplace? I'm sure the missus found out one of her regular purchases from Germany will no longer send it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Norm said: I'm assuming the VAT thing only applies to items purchased from Amazon and not the Amazon Marketplace? I'm sure the missus found out one of her regular purchases from Germany will no longer send it. I think it’s just Amazon. The receipt with the item was for the pre VAT price with tax as £0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westbow Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I sell on Amazon and I have bought stock from the Netherlands to sell on the UK market. All that happened was the shipment took an extra couple of weeks to get to my business address. I later received a C79 VAT certificate from HMRC with my vat registration number on it with the 20% VAT paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beni Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Probably advisable to avoid bulk buying Lucozade on Amazon. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/mar/25/amazon-delivery-workers-bathrooms-memo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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