they called around 15 minutes around and were like "fuck you we take it"

I don't think cheques are still a legal thing here in nl lol

and dont ask me why i happened to have old cheque book

what do you mean dont have card payment option?

you cant pay with card there

only cash

where?

no visa no mastercard no nothing on customs office

only cash

oh for me it wasnt at the office, i had to pay online

dhl website

or do you mean pay for import

dhl <3 i wish they were in finland too instead of Posti

i dont even know how that works

do you call customs and say fam ive got something comming in here's the VAT

yeah in pre-declared it works like that

mhm

but yeah last time i have seen cheques here have been my own (or some competition prize things (you know those huge cardboard ones))

21% is not that bad, the place I live right now taxes 50% for imported electronics

wait what where

what the fuck fam

i take my words back we have thinks very good here

dear god thats some serious bullshit

plus we dont have to pay shit for eu purchases

EU is pretty good fam, I move around in SEA, importing shit is insanely expensive

I go to the black/grey market for my electronics.

mmm kazakhstan maybe ?

The fucking official price for the base Samsung S8 is equivalent to $1000

To give a perspective

here its 800 on local shops

so yeah i feel ya

Fucking third world governments

At least taxes in the EU are pretty transparent and shit

yeah turkey's the same. every year I go there to family i bring 1/2 phones i bought here.

do you guys have "gift tax" there

its like 1.5-2 times the price

no

if someone was to send you "free electronics"

when I ship from Ali I always mark it as gift and hope for the best customs officials don't snoop

If they do you're fucked

how many ali orders do you guys have