Re: Note : Pi 2 Zero W Now RIP-OFF Price on Amazon

On 05/08/2026 14:56, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 12:04:41 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> Blame King Donald's import taxes.
>> And its isolationist stance.
>>
>> Once I ordered like $120 worth of small parts from a US supplier. The
>> transport, import duty, VAT  and handling charges doubled that.
> 
> 'Shipping & Handling' has always been a killer on small orders. Amazon
> quietly factors them in for Prime orders but it's still better than
> DigiKey for example.
> 
> afaik Trump has not control over UK's import duty or VAT. Talk to Burnham
> or the PM of the moment.

Well in a way it has. China has an (unspoken?) arrangement that as long 
as VAT is paid - and Aliexpress does that - stuff get posted over really 
cheap on massive shipments that get split up and reposted in the 
destination country and there are no 'big beautiful tariffs' on it at all.

China wants to export. USA does not. USA does not want to import either. 
*shrug* you voted for it.



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