Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Note : Pi 2 Zero W Now RIP-OFF Price on Amazon Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 14:34:34 +0200 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <114v5c9$2spu9$10@dont-email.me> <114vsss$36oqc$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net S3/mdQmcBjcWu0tWwhsYkAx988+uz/eQRZt+truMjWL8FGbkmn Cancel-Lock: sha1:CpjCWqS5wmkdQhgzMv1u9oR2w8k= sha256:rGZVQ62kh0Ef6sOuCBUBqlPOCMWzW/ALVsn+9VK/pPs= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <114vsss$36oqc$4@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89639 On 2026-08-05 19:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 05/08/2026 14:56, rbowman wrote: >> On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 12:04:41 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> Blame King Donald's import taxes. >>> And its isolationist stance. >>> >>> Once I ordered like $120 worth of small parts from a US supplier. The >>> transport, import duty, VAT  and handling charges doubled that. >> >> 'Shipping & Handling' has always been a killer on small orders. Amazon >> quietly factors them in for Prime orders but it's still better than >> DigiKey for example. >> >> afaik Trump has not control over UK's import duty or VAT. Talk to Burnham >> or the PM of the moment. > > 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. > > China wants to export. USA does not. USA does not want to import either. > *shrug* you voted for it. > > > -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;