Originally Posted by
DavidK
Thanks for explaining this so clearly. As I haven't had the goods yet, I don't have the paperwork; but on the copy of the order, VAT is given as 0%. There's no mention of import duties.
Although I don't know how they calculate import duties, 55€ on an order valued at £129 seems a bit excessive!
They should give you a breakdown of all costs, but in general governments are robbing cunts, couriers are robbing cunts, and sometimes literally pluck numbers from thin air and force you to pay it ( eg, FedEx and UPS are deadly for that )