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Ramsey
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Trina Michaels fan
10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 12:42PM
I ordered 2 movies from CD Universe, I paid $40.34 (shipping excluded) and customs charged me 10 euro. That's something like $12! I think this is way way too much. It's a good thing I only order from them when I can't find the movies anywhere else!
Jacco All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

"liable to deprave and corrupt"
2673 Posts
5/04
Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 4:19PM
That's about correct, you pay 19% VAT on the amount including shipping plus a few percent import duty.
I had a discussion with somebody from customs recently about a bill we got for VAT for free samples, but because the sender used an expensive shipping amount we still had to pay VAT over the shipping.

Jacco

Ramsey
Senior Member

Trina Michaels fan
10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 4:11PM
I don't understand why you have to pay for the shipping also? I mean you didn't purchase shipping, they should only charge the goods and even then they charge way too much.
Jacco All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

"liable to deprave and corrupt"
2673 Posts
5/04
Posted - Dec 22 2006 : 11:23PM
You have to pay VAT (BTW) on all goods and services you buy, whether it's in a shop or through the internet. It's a consumer sales tax, nothing you can do about it, except move to a country where they don't have it. You pay it on everything you purchase, but you usually won.t notice it in the supermarket, but it's there.

Jacco

Joey Starr
Senior Member

Still wanking after all these years.
8082 Posts
10/00
Posted - Dec 23 2006 : 1:11AM
In all countries I've been to, the principle for customs seems to be you have to pay tax on shipping costs also. Luckily some countries have a much higher treshold (like Australia! ). In the countries were the treshold is rather low, I find most packages arrive without being noticed and taxed, so overall it isn't that bad...
 
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BuyEuroPorn

Prague, Czech Republic
46 Posts
4/04
Posted - Dec 23 2006 : 10:10AM
I think that here is big mistake of CD Universe. If they sell at the same price inside and outside USA, they must ship DVD outside of USA with described cost of content 0$. If they describe cost of content at the maximum, they must sell without US VAT for foreign customers...

Now, at the current situation foreign customers pay VAT twice...

Joey Starr
Senior Member

Still wanking after all these years.
8082 Posts
10/00
Posted - Dec 23 2006 : 4:39PM
Normally they would only sell with state tax if the order goes to the same state, if they ship to another state within the US, there is no sales tax.
Jacco All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

"liable to deprave and corrupt"
2673 Posts
5/04
Posted - Dec 27 2006 : 8:45PM
The USA does not have a VAT, only state sales tax, which only applies to customers from the same state.

Jacco




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