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

On 2026-08-05 19:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 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.

There is a new tariff on import of small Chinese items here.

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


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