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

s|b <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2026 08:45:52 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> s|b <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > 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.
> 
> No. 3 euro per article for every package with a total value of 150 euro
> or less that is imported from a country outside the EU, so not just
> China. (But obviously targeted at China.)

Well Australia Post claims otherwise:

"From 1 July 2026, all items sent to the EU, except for gifts valued 
 below EUR45, will be subject to customs duty and VAT:

 Parcels valued under EUR150: VAT will apply to the parcel, along 
 with a flat-rate customs duty fee of EUR3 per item."
  https://auspost.com.au/disruptions-and-updates/international-service-updates/global-customs-imports

I've already written code to calculate and charge it (with all the
different VAT rates for all the different countries in the EU),
although upon attempting to submit a test order with that it was
rejected by their system and after the usual few weeks delay I
finally got a reply the other day to my query to them about that
saying that in spite of what that webpage (still) says about
pre-payment using Zonos (at least one USA company that must be
doing _very_ well off Trump) they haven't implemented EU
customs/VAT pre-payment yet and are expecting to start rolling it
out just for parcels sent to Sweden, Denmark and Germany from the
14th of Aug. Other EU countries aren't worthy of comment,
apparantly. At least they did really implement it for the UK and
Canada.

So I can believe their webpage might be wrong about VAT too, but it
seems quite unlikely so I'd like to see a cite.

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