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Originally Posted by omk3
Sure, but this thread is specifically about EU, and there are no customs within EU, are there?
By the way I only (scarcely) know how customs work in Greece. Many friends have ordered products from the US, some of these products were stopped by customs and some weren't. For the ones that were stopped, the buyer had to go to the airport, pay the customs and get the package. The company (and I'm talking about companies, not ebay sellers for example) had nothing to do with the package after it reached the country, the customs were not their responsibility.
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I don't know for sure about EU. Generally, my understanding is that you're correct, but there could be specific exceptions-and, WRT Greek customs, what happens if the buyer doesn't pay the customs? Or, more relevant to what I was describing, if it's not a matter of customs duty, but of it being illegal to import the article? I guess the question is, who's responsible for ensuring that it's legal to import the article into the country? Another way of putting it is, who's responsible for ensuring that it's legal to sell the product to the buyer?
In the case of geographical restrictions on books, it appears that the publishers are being held responsible. Personally, I'm not sure that's right, but that does appear to be the way it is.