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Originally Posted by Taf
The days of bargains from the likes of AliExpress and Temu are apparently numbered.
The EU (and UK) have been under a lot of pressure by people like High St shops to "level the playing field" and apply excise duties (Tariffs for Trump) and VAT to imports from places like China via those sites.
Temu announced that a warehouse will open in the UK first, with all goods taxed at the local rate before they go on sale here, and dispatched direct from that warehouse after Customs approval.
That will, of course, mean an end to the magical free post and packing.
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They would have to levy a 100% tax on a lot of the stuff to level any playing field. 20% VAT will make pretty much no difference
For example I bought a bike seat from Ali express bought multiple items to get free delivery ( you have to reach thresholds for free even on ali) cost me £4 pretty much the exact same seat down to flash logo but with a brand name on it (not a big name or anything) £11.24 even with VAT they would have to charge what the seat costs again plus some to get to amazons price
My friend who fixes up bikes has started using them for parts and the quality is great and price a fraction and I mean a fraction of what it costs here
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Ultimately the Chinese aint stupid either they will just ship to another country and then repack which is what often happens anyway already and there is VAT and duties on items over a certain cost and always has been anyway