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Customs Duties/Fees on Christmas gifts

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  • bris
    bris Posts: 10,548 Forumite
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    edited 6 January 2022 at 7:19PM
    Regardless of the rules in individual countries everyone should by now know we are no longer part of the EU so when sending to an EU country it's an export.

    Nor are retailers obliged to warn you of a countries customs charges because there are hundreds of countries and why should they.

    Like the importer, the exporter needs to do their own due dilligence on a countries customs laws.

    Welcom to Brexit, rule Britannia and all that crap.
  • Sandtree
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    bris said:
    Regardless of the rules in individual countries everyone should by now know we are no longer part of the EU so when sending to an EU country it's an export.
    Linked legislation is explicitly for goods sent into the EU as gifts from outside the EU and so have now become applicable between UK to Germany
  • mobileron
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    Tip for the future,use Amazon Germany for the gifts prices include all local taxes.
    I believe your UK account login  works in all countries?
  • Ergates
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    bris said:
    Regardless of the rules in individual countries everyone should by now know we are no longer part of the EU so when sending to an EU country it's an export.

    Nor are retailers obliged to warn you of a countries customs charges because there are hundreds of countries and why should they.

    Like the importer, the exporter needs to do their own due dilligence on a countries customs laws.

    Welcom to Brexit, rule Britannia and all that crap.
    But at least we can print crowns on our pint glasses again, even though there was nothing stopping us from doing it before.
  • Aylesbury_Duck
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    Ergates said:
    bris said:
    Regardless of the rules in individual countries everyone should by now know we are no longer part of the EU so when sending to an EU country it's an export.

    Nor are retailers obliged to warn you of a countries customs charges because there are hundreds of countries and why should they.

    Like the importer, the exporter needs to do their own due dilligence on a countries customs laws.

    Welcom to Brexit, rule Britannia and all that crap.
    But at least we can print crowns on our pint glasses again, even though there was nothing stopping us from doing it before.
    And soon we might have the national anthem played every night on the telly.  There is no end to the wondrous benefits of Brexit.

    It's unfair to blame it all on Brexit, all this nationalist nonsense was always there, Brexit has simply emboldened the fruitcakes who subscribe to it.
  • Sandtree
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    mobileron said:
    Tip for the future,use Amazon Germany for the gifts prices include all local taxes.
    I believe your UK account login  works in all countries?
    It does but Prime benefits (eg free expedited delivery) is only in your home website (ie amazon.co.uk)
  • user1977
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    Ergates said:
    bris said:
    Regardless of the rules in individual countries everyone should by now know we are no longer part of the EU so when sending to an EU country it's an export.

    Nor are retailers obliged to warn you of a countries customs charges because there are hundreds of countries and why should they.

    Like the importer, the exporter needs to do their own due dilligence on a countries customs laws.

    Welcom to Brexit, rule Britannia and all that crap.
    But at least we can print crowns on our pint glasses again, even though there was nothing stopping us from doing it before.
    And soon we might have the national anthem played every night on the telly.
    Even though it was for the first 20 years or so of us being in the EU...
  • Ergates said:
    bris said:
    Regardless of the rules in individual countries everyone should by now know we are no longer part of the EU so when sending to an EU country it's an export.

    Nor are retailers obliged to warn you of a countries customs charges because there are hundreds of countries and why should they.

    Like the importer, the exporter needs to do their own due dilligence on a countries customs laws.

    Welcom to Brexit, rule Britannia and all that crap.
    But at least we can print crowns on our pint glasses again, even though there was nothing stopping us from doing it before.
    And soon we might have the national anthem played every night on the telly.  There is no end to the wondrous benefits of Brexit.

    It's unfair to blame it all on Brexit, all this nationalist nonsense was always there, Brexit has simply emboldened the fruitcakes who subscribe to it.
    I think that's a very unfair comment to make just because someone had a different view to yours.

  • jon81uk
    jon81uk Posts: 3,894 Forumite
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    Ergates said:
    bris said:
    Regardless of the rules in individual countries everyone should by now know we are no longer part of the EU so when sending to an EU country it's an export.

    Nor are retailers obliged to warn you of a countries customs charges because there are hundreds of countries and why should they.

    Like the importer, the exporter needs to do their own due dilligence on a countries customs laws.

    Welcom to Brexit, rule Britannia and all that crap.
    But at least we can print crowns on our pint glasses again, even though there was nothing stopping us from doing it before.
    And soon we might have the national anthem played every night on the telly.  There is no end to the wondrous benefits of Brexit.

    It's unfair to blame it all on Brexit, all this nationalist nonsense was always there, Brexit has simply emboldened the fruitcakes who subscribe to it.
    I think that's a very unfair comment to make just because someone had a different view to yours.

    Most of those "different views" have turned out to be lies though.
    Many of the "things we can do when out of the EU it turns out we could have done when in the EU anyway.
  • jon81uk said:
    Ergates said:
    bris said:
    Regardless of the rules in individual countries everyone should by now know we are no longer part of the EU so when sending to an EU country it's an export.

    Nor are retailers obliged to warn you of a countries customs charges because there are hundreds of countries and why should they.

    Like the importer, the exporter needs to do their own due dilligence on a countries customs laws.

    Welcom to Brexit, rule Britannia and all that crap.
    But at least we can print crowns on our pint glasses again, even though there was nothing stopping us from doing it before.
    And soon we might have the national anthem played every night on the telly.  There is no end to the wondrous benefits of Brexit.

    It's unfair to blame it all on Brexit, all this nationalist nonsense was always there, Brexit has simply emboldened the fruitcakes who subscribe to it.
    I think that's a very unfair comment to make just because someone had a different view to yours.

    Most of those "different views" have turned out to be lies though.
    Many of the "things we can do when out of the EU it turns out we could have done when in the EU anyway.
    This isn't the place for a discussion on Brexit, nor should it be a place to insult those that voted either way in it.
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