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Originally Posted by rcentros
It's not touch and it's not front-lit (even though a lot of sellers seem to claim it is). Do you have to pay duties if it's shipped from the U.K.? If not, many sellers on AliExpress claim to ship from the U.K. now (but not to Ireland, just checked). If you know someone in England they might be able to forward it to you?
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UK Sellers are supposed to be registered and charge VAT if their turnover is more than a certain amount.
It's more complicated as to if UK or Irish VAT is charged.
There might be Irish VAT and/or import duty on the UK Price after December 2020, but then the UK company is absolutely cheating if they charge ANY VAT for export. As is the case if the UK sells outside the EU today.
Anyway, it's too expensive even without an extra 21% (I think top VAT has gone down from 23% to 21% since 1st September 2020).
I do know people in both the Mainland UK (outside of Kent!) and in the UK on the Island of Ireland. There are also multiple UK accommodation address Parcel Services in UK and USA for Irish people. The Irish Post Office, An Post, runs one in the UK and one in USA. The duty and shipping can add up from the USA. The eBay Global Shipping Program in the UK is actually simply a Pitney Bowes warehouse. It's the most expensive way and nearly x3 slower to get stuff from UK to Ireland. Often I persuade sellers to ship direct saving up to 1/2 the shipping cost and 2/3rds shipping time.
Just yesterday someone in N.I. said they weren't sure where the Border would be. Apparently there may be more than one, with one at Kent.
Anything imported from outside the EU is subject to VAT and an €8 handling charge if WORTH more (on their opinion) than €20, including shipping. Customs do demand PayPal invoices but reserve the right to put their own valuation. They say they don't actually collect VAT if the total is less than €26.
Larger value items and specific kinds of things attract Duty. Yes, VAT is on Sale price (or their estimated value) + shipping + duty.
Customs everywhere are pretty much like that. It was worse in the 1970s UK because there were also Exchange controls. I had a payment in Sterling blocked till I explained what it was for. It wasn't much money. I lived in the UK at that time.