amazon.com books taxable if shipped to europe? - Page 2

choccypie · #11 08-28-2007, 11:48 AM

Hmm you could be right; I thought anything over £18 would be taxed, however I've never actually bought books from the US, only clothes and skincare products etc [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] although if the value of the package was marked lower than it actually is, you won't have to pay much if anything at all on top.

MadMat · #12 08-29-2007, 03:05 AM

Theres no import duty into the UK on books, not sure about he rest of the EU.

Mat

glimmertwin · #13 08-29-2007, 09:49 AM

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good...ty...but then why buy from the uk site as you can get them about 30% cheaper from the us?..shouldn't amazon have figured that?

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The cost of the shipping per book evens it out. You can get free shipping on books from Amazon.co.uk. You'll pay about £4 a book on stuff you buy from Amazon.com -- even if it is shipped from Germany.