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

s|b <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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'
> 
> In Belgium it's 3 euro per item. If you're buying 100 t-shirts, it's 3
> euro. If you're buying 100 t-shirts and 50 phone cases, it's 3+3 euro.
> If you buy 1 t-shirt and 1 phone case, it's 3+3 euro.

3 Euro per different type of item, plus a percentage of the total
indicated value for VAT, I believe.

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