If you live in europe & import prepare to rejoyce

Looks like from dec 1st 2008 the import limit is going to go up from €22 to a massive €150

No more having to pay retarded import tax on a handful of games, obviously your going to get stung if you go over but now theres a sensible limit.

http://www.britishgaming.co.uk/?p=363

 

Wow, that's excellent news! If you think about it, that really is a saving. A £100 item is liable for 17.5% VAT, plus any extra customs fees, plus Royal Mail's charge for paying that charge for you... you're looking at around £25-30 easily.

 

Rarely does a single order go over £100 for me so it will be nice not getting busted, not that it happens that often anyway but still

 

Wow. So the Prime Minister is finally getting his cock out of your ass. That is indeed exciting.

 

So that means; for other country's in the EU.... we need a buffer in the UK

 

Not bad at all... sensible really!

 

Bit of a long wait untill it comes into effect though.

 

at long last, meaningful insurance for imported gaming items. Great news!

 

*off to buy some nifty items*

 

Very good news indeed

 

Great news! Not to say AWESOME.
I will hopefully never see those customs guys again

 

Prime Minister... Of Europe?

 

I didn't feel like writing the King of England.

 

It's been a while since we had one of those GP! :110:

 

Not acording to Homer Simpson in the NRA episode :lol:

HOMER "If you don't have a gun the King of England could just come in here and start pushing you around. Do you want that?!, Do you!?"

LISA "no......"

Yakumo

 

that is good news, I'm happy for fellow importers from Europe :icon_bigg

 

You'll also steal our piles of sugar for your tea.

 

Friggin' awesome news!! If it only weren't another 8 months... oh well time to put some money aside (yeeaahh right).

 

I think you mean the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but point made.

 

It's all good, although anyone reading the whole text rather then the one line change, will see that the local government can still charge tax if the item is not VAT exempt or if they think the declared amount is lower then the price paid (although neither is likely).

The bit of good news is that rather then pretending that your 3 games costs less then 20 euros, they can put the full amount so you'll get better insurance.