Message-ID: <6a750ea0@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Note : Pi 2 Zero W Now RIP-OFF Price on Amazon Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <114v5c9$2spu9$10@dont-email.me> <114vsss$36oqc$4@dont-email.me> <11521fl$3rqu7$1@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20251224 ("Glenury") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 7 Aug 2026 08:45:52 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 25 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89671 s|b wrote: > On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 14:16:37 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 06/08/2026 13:34, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> > On 2026-08-05 19:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >> Well in a way it has. China has an (unspoken?) arrangement that as >> >> long as VAT is paid - and Aliexpress does that - stuff get posted over >> >> really cheap on massive shipments that get split up and reposted in >> >> the destination country and there are no 'big beautiful tariffs' on it >> >> at all. >> > >> > There is a new tariff on import of small Chinese items here. > >> So glad to be out of the EU and into the free trade area of 'the rest of >> the world' > > 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. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#