Switch kite EU import tax ?

[badgb21]

Oh I do love it when a thread gets a Brexit hijack!
Could someone chime in with why we need a 'peoples vote' and my day will be complete.

Since you asked. The initial referendum was an absolute joke - poorly worded to the point that nobody really knew what they were voting for, large numbers of UK citizens living abroad were not allowed to vote and the leave side broke spending rules and colluded with a foreign power. Since then, the Tories have done a pisspoor job of negotiating with the EU and Labour have done an even worse job of being an opposition party. Add in the fact that in the mean time, large number of leave voters have died due to old age and more remain voters are now old enough to vote and a people's vote is the only chance we have to stop the UK being railroaded into a massively unpopular position that will cripple the economy for decades.

Oh you've made my day!
I agree with some of what you say, but I'm not sure about other bits?
Poor negotiation and a very incompetent opposition will be recorded in history, however I do question the ability to vote.
I'm a Brit back in the motherland now but prior and during the referendum, I lived in USA. It was quite feasible for me to vote as I hadn't been away for more than 15 yrs.
As for the age shift, can you explain why over 26.5 mill people voted for parties committed to respecting the referendum in 2017 election? Were they just 'old folks'? You know, the ones that have actually paid some real tax!
(I have my reservations that Labours plan would actually respect the referendum outcome).
As for crippling the economy, you have a poor view of what the UK is capable of. Do you think prior to 1973 we were 'Bumbling' around in the dark.

[dswebb]

ah yes, all those foreign nhs workers healing our sick, eastern europeans working in our warehouses and fields!.......

Wait....... who is back in THEIR country healing THEIR sick, and working in THEIR warehouses and fields?

Wouldn't it be terrible if we took all the smart, hard working, and educated foreigners so that we can have a cheaper (for the tax payer) doctors visit? Who would we be leaving in those foreign countries? Just the uneducated and lazy people? Maybe that is the real cause of the problems in the third world - our greed for cheaper labor justified by idea that we are giving a few lucky individuals a better "westernized" lifestyle and safety. But when we do this, what are we giving to the majority left behind in those countries?

Actually thinking about it..... is there some sort of term for this very thing, like maybe "reverse colonization"?.....or something? And isn't this just western society stealing the human resources of foreign countries instead of stealing their natural resources? But then again, if you take the smart and educated from those countries, who will be left there to know what kind of a trade deal they are getting? So I guess western society will be in an even better position to steal their natural resources too. So to me, this sounds worse than colonialism.

So you only eat locally produced food, only use computers locally produced with local resources? Don't get me wrong, I understand the idea if we brain drain a country it isn't good for the those countries. One doesn't need to neglect nurturing those talents at home (as the tories have done with their cuts) in favour solely of stealing another countries most talented (as the tories have suggested we do to keep the nhs running). This isn't a zero sum game. And introducing borders and visa schemes doesn't stop that regardless as they'll simply wave those requirements for "needed professions". There is no doubt the west has exported a lot of our working class jobs to countries with less protections, plundered natural resources of developing countries and many other wrongs. But the solution isn't to say "close our borders to only the white native populations". That doesn't stop any of those actions.

My argument was simply that focussing on a small minority of immigrant criminals at the cost of a vast majority of law abiding immigrants serves no one. I'm pretty sure criminals who ignore the law in one regard wouldn't hesitate to ignore your imaginary lines in the ground that make up your nation states.

Anyways, back on the topic at hand, has anyone had to pay VAT / Customs on switch kites ordered to the EU since warehouse was moved to HK?

[touffegong]

NO politics please !!!

[Jan:)]

Anyways, back on the topic at hand, has anyone had to pay VAT / Customs on switch kites ordered to the EU since warehouse was moved to HK?

When I got my last kites from HK, VAT/customs was already prepaid.
But since then the prices on the EU site have had an massive adjustment and are about 20% lower than before.

So I am pretty sure VAT/customs are not included anymore and you will have to pay when receiving the kites.
But with the adjustment you should come out at the same price as before.

[Grejo]

Hi Guys, I ordered a kite and bar from Switch website for 800 Euro and had to pay 200 Euro custom charges when they arrived in Ireland. They were shipped from HK. So customs charged 25% of the package value. A bit disappointing.

[foilholio]

Heil comrade. Socialism is just great ain't it?

[grigorib]

Heil comrade. Socialism is just great ain't it?

Socialism is a political system when means of production are owned by government.
None of us live in a socialist political system.

The higher social benefits and protections usually warrant higher taxes.

[RideLow]