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switchabl:

--- Quote from: pope on November 04, 2022, 09:04:00 pm ---They already have. It's called UKCA.

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Kind of. There is the UKCA mark now but the underlying rules are still essentially the same. If it has CE mark, it can probably carry a UKCA mark based on the existing testing and documentation. And CE is still accepted until the end of the year. But yes, if they started actually enforcing that next year, you maybe wouldn't be able buy stuff from overseas so easily anymore, unless the manufacturer or seller cares enough about the UK market to deal with that.

And apparently there is a government initiative to revoke or replace all (!) retained EU law by the end of 2023 (!). To be honest, that sounds like a lot of work and I can't imagine how they would even do that in a year. But if they are serious about it, then you might soon have to test (and maybe design) specifically for the UK market. And that's a very different story.
Fungus:

--- Quote from: Monkeh on November 04, 2022, 04:12:59 pm ---DHL will charge you the VAT and a fee for paying your own taxes. They'll get around to sending the threatening letter about it at some random point long after you've received the package.

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That's evil, too. You've already accepted the package and opened it before the bill arrives.

Now you have no choice but to pay an extra £20 or you'll be reported to the government.
Warhawk:

--- Quote from: unknownparticle on November 04, 2022, 06:52:02 pm ---I'm a Brexiteer and this has annoyed me intensely!! ...
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I'll take the pain now because eventually they will have to cooperate or they lose as much as we do.

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I just came here to say that I love British humour.
Hydron:
The way the UK decided to charge VAT on imports is totally nuts, there are a number of vendors who I'd like to buy from who will no longer sell the UK customers (at least private ones) directly because of the stupid VAT registration requirement. Sounds like the EU at least makes it optional (albeit with the need to then pony up the fees for collection from the postal/courier company), which means it's less likely the company will just put EU customers in the too-hard basket like they do with the UK. NZ/(I think Aus too) also do things with a bit more sanity - you only need to register and start collecting VAT (GST) when your annual sales top a certain value, at which point I assume it's actually worth the effort for the company making the sales.

Brexit has little to do with this particular issue (other than making this bullshit occur when buying from EU companies rather than just non-EU), though I haven't seen anything to disprove it being an insanely terrible idea overall.

As for the courier's extra fees, I've seen mention of people managing to pay just the VAT portion and telling the courier company to otherwise piss off (receiver has no contract with them saying they can charge the fee!), but it sounds like a lot of hassle.
Monkeh:

--- Quote from: Hydron on November 05, 2022, 09:52:09 pm ---Brexit has little to do with this particular issue (other than making this bullshit occur when buying from EU companies rather than just non-EU), though I haven't seen anything to disprove it being an insanely terrible idea overall.

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It has everything to do with this issue - we'd be following the EU implementation and using their common payment portal if we hadn't bailed out.
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