Buying from europe

[stusco]

Just tried to buy a brembo master cylinder from italy it was a bargain at €94 but they won’t sell it to me unless i spend €165 ! Claiming its not worth the hassle.And for the life of me I can’t find anything else i need🤬

[headcoats]

Ùnless someone else on here wants one

[stusco]

Good point but too late i found one for €140 and bought that

[stusco]

I emailed the seller about the €165 rule apparently brexit makes it difficult if the value is under £150

[yamman1066]

thats b/s from the seller

[midlifecrisisrd]

I'd have thought it's bollocks as well

I've bought plenty of stuff over the last couple of years from Europe without hearing of this

Seller is a chancer

Steve

[stusco]

This is what he said
For sure it is not good. We can’t comply to the UK gov rules opening a VAT number in UK and pay taxes in UK because a stupid rule tells that for orders under £ 150 we are responsible for VAT, on other hand we can’t infringe rules… and forget this rule

[midlifecrisisrd]

Had a little Google and only thing I can see is that goods under and over £135 have different vat payment rules

Must be something to do with that

Steve

[shaunthe2nd]

It's not the sellers fault, it's the tits that voted for brexit to blame.

[crigar]

C'est la même chose dans les deux sens. Je viens d'acheter en Grande Bretagne 62,44€ (55 gbp). La banque m'a compté en plus 28,95€ de frais !

It's the same in both directions. I just bought in Great Britain 62,44€ (55 gbp). The bank charged me 28.95€ in fees !

[ajh]

there is no VAT or customs import duty under 135 quid, over this and you have to pay a sales tax(VAT) and Customs import duties. As I understand it, I think there are other rules about whether you pay local sales tax or UK VAT or both!

Best to ask someone who voted for Brexit as Im sure they can explain why its better this way

[crigar]

There are also bank commissions (beurk)