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

On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 14:16:37 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 06/08/2026 13:34, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> On 2026-08-05 19:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>>> 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.
>> 
> So glad to be out of the EU and into the free trade area of 'the rest of
> the world'
> 
> Food from Africa, South America, components from China. White goods and
> electronics from SE Asia...

Meanwhile the EC has fined AliExpress for peddling counterfeit, unsafe, or 
illegal products. AliExpress replied with 'Unfair to us upstanding Chinese 
merchants!'.