"Jim Stewart ..." wrote in message
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On 11/01/2021 20:42, Pancho wrote:
On 11/01/2021 20:20, Jim Stewart ... wrote:
On 11/01/2021 19:36, Pancho wrote:
On 11/01/2021 18:01, Jimmy Stewart wrote:
Just ordered something from Chyyyna at $35 post free and ebay added $7
VAT ...never done that before....guess it's time to stop buying
stuff.......why is brexit affecting stuff from Chyyyyna ? ...

I've never paid VAT buying from China. I tend to by direct Aliexpress,
etc. But generally small stuff £50.


me neither but you will now .....

How do you know? I understand you were charged by EBay but how are you
extrapolating this to everything?

It seems reasonable that as IT tracking systems improve VAT would be
added, but if they are doing this to every Aliexpress sale to the UK, it
would be in Aliexpress' interests to handle it at point of sale, like
Ebay did for you.


The *******s ebay or the seller don't even tell you that they are going to
charge you 20% vat before you commit to buy....

do you think the chinese sellers are going to pass the vat on to the
government ...

Its ebay that does that, the chinese sellers never see it.