McVenco wrote:
You will always have to pay VAT when buying from non-private sellers, simply because they themselves have to pay taxes on their sales to their own government. ...
Except if you buy from a USA non-private seller, that loophole (we call it sales tax) has not been closed yet. However, unless it is tiny and light, shipping across the pond will make VAT look like a real bargain! Going the other way, VAT on top of shipping makes for expensive toys here.
