Message from @Cole
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I found one company on the border that just receives packages for you
and then I could pick it up
but it sucks because if I ship to Germany, I have to pay 19 % VAT + import taxes
while based Switzerland has an FTA with China so I would have to pay nothing
410 $ for the scooter
19 % VAT from China to Germany
8 % VAT from Germany to Switzerland
I bet the jews did this
the FTA?
pick someone who you deem responsible and hate on them
you'll feel better
wait
you have to pay extra VAT from Germany to Switzerland?
yes if the value of what I'm bringing is more than 300 CHF
I would think Switzerland would have some agreements with european countries even though it's not in EU
yes, up to 300 CHF (260 €)
do you know anyone in germany who could send it to you as a """gift"""
gifts are not excluded from the VAT; doesn't work
my parents live in Germany, we tried that with some stuff from Amazon
Because Amazon refuses to ship to Switzerland in general
wait, even if the sender adress is personal (as in your parents name and address)?
yes
doesn't seem to work everywhere, then
you're fucked I'm sorry
only up to some certain amount
claim the scooter is 40 euro? <:alismirk:230784726615588865>
you're not going tax free on a 400 $ scooter only because someone says it's a gift
I tried that with some hardware from Germany
I bought a ThinkPad t470p from the Lenovo Germany shop, shipped it to my parents, then my parents said it was a used thinkpad from ebay for 50$ and sent it to me
then I had to pay 137 $ of import tax
which is okay because the same thinkpad would have been about 400 $ more in Switzerland
But still, TL;DR
- EU sucks
- customs suck
- DHL sucks
I like customs in my country
they're so overwhelmed by incoming packages they often don't even make you pay
they just scan it to see if it's dangerous or not and let it go
had a package from the states arrive some years ago
literal roll of the dice
sometimes shit gets through
sometimes it doesn't
price on the box was 80 dollars and they let it slide
but before that they stopped a 70 dollar package and made me pay