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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 8171661, member: 31620"]From a UK perspective we are seeing similar issues buying from Europe and the USA. I tried to buy a Eur 50 book from France and was presented with a Eur 50 shipping cost with the import duties and handling fees to be managed by me on arrival which would result in Eur 10 in import duties plus a "handling fee" of £12 from the shipper. This all made me rethink my purchase completely taking a book with a face value of ~£42 to a total cost of ~£104.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have similar issues buying any books from the USA where shipping on a single book has a shipping cost of ~$100 and again with the associated import duties. Buying a $100 simply doesn't make sense any more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a similar position with coins. Shipping on coins is less but is still getting higher and higher. A single coin from Canada or USA is typically running at £15-20 with shipping of coins from Europe now catching up with those shipping costs. The UK is currently charging 20% import duty on ancients and shippers add their handling fees.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 8171661, member: 31620"]From a UK perspective we are seeing similar issues buying from Europe and the USA. I tried to buy a Eur 50 book from France and was presented with a Eur 50 shipping cost with the import duties and handling fees to be managed by me on arrival which would result in Eur 10 in import duties plus a "handling fee" of £12 from the shipper. This all made me rethink my purchase completely taking a book with a face value of ~£42 to a total cost of ~£104. I have similar issues buying any books from the USA where shipping on a single book has a shipping cost of ~$100 and again with the associated import duties. Buying a $100 simply doesn't make sense any more. I have a similar position with coins. Shipping on coins is less but is still getting higher and higher. A single coin from Canada or USA is typically running at £15-20 with shipping of coins from Europe now catching up with those shipping costs. The UK is currently charging 20% import duty on ancients and shippers add their handling fees.[/QUOTE]
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