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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 8180903, member: 90248&quot;]As a sideline and not related to DHL......</p><p>Just wanted to let people know what&#039;s happening over here in Spain with the standard postal service!</p><p>I started to notice that any declared package coming into Spain from outside of the EU was having an import tax imposed !.....This seems to have started around 3 months ago...When you pick up the package from the post office the import tax has to be paid in cash!....You cannot use your card and you have to give a gmail address to have the receipt sent to......</p><p>I bought a coin from the UK (LAC) a $35 coin, when it arrived I had to pay $13 IMPORT TAX!.....A couple of coins from Jazz auctions on CT, as John always declares I got stung $9 for each packet! (My fault as I decided to declare the contents)....Coins coming in from India $8 tax each!....There is only one person who I buy from now outside of the EU, who&#039;s in the U.S, as he sends them as a certified letter and there&#039;s no problem!.....I&#039;ve yet to see what happens when I buy from an auction house?....Quite frustrating really as it does limit the choice!...And now IF there&#039;s a coin that I really want from outside of the EU I have to take this import tax into account and hopefully have a good enough relationship with the seller where we can come to some sort of compromise ....Since the settling down of Brexit (NOT!)...I will not buy from the UK now......Trying to find out the percentage of import tax imposed on declared items is difficult to say in the least but it seems to be around 28-40%!.....Scary![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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