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No more cheapies from China! Imports from outside EU pay full VAT from 1 Jan 2021.

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    #62
    lsjmhar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭lsjmhar


    Holy **** batman!!


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    #63
    Heraldoffreeent
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    Asus X540L wrote: »
    buttplugs for 60 cent delivered on ALi Express

    Pain in the Ars.e


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    #64
    bobbyy gee
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭bobbyy gee


    Many companies distribute from Europe so you don't pay taxes
    Amazon UK charges uk tax it about 21%


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    #65
    Asus X540L
    Registered Users Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭Asus X540L


    bobbyy gee wrote: »
    Many companies distribute from Europe so you don't pay taxes
    Amazon UK charges uk tax it about 21%

    No if you buy from Ireland you pay Amazon Irish vat


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    #66
    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,545 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Once the seller sells over the Irish VAT registration limit to Ireland. Most big retailers will but I've dealt with small time specialists that don't. They charge their domestic VAT


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    #67
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,648 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    There are so many products that we could, and should, be producing here ourselves.

    That's the "Guaranteed Irish" approach of 40+ years ago.

    It was a failure, and we were still a low-wage economy then. You can forget about low-value manufacturing in Ireland.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #68
    Hotblack Desiato
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    CollyFlower wrote: »
    The supplier was Gearbest.
    It said on the receipt and on the package that it was shipped from The Netherlands.

    They broke their contract with you to supply a VAT/duty-paid item to you. You should have rejected the package and got a refund. Did you get any satisfaction from them - two chances I reckon once you accepted delivery.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #69
    whiterebel
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    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    That's the "Guaranteed Irish" approach of 40+ years ago.

    It was a failure, and we were still a low-wage economy then. You can forget about low-value manufacturing in Ireland.

    It failed because companies decided to go for cheaper options like China and Poland. There was a huge amount of manufacturing done here paying fairly good money. Well spread out too, Shannon, Galway, Wexford, West Cork, the Midlands. Then "we" decided that service industries i.e. call centres were the way forward, despite countries like India starting on them. Good old Mary Harney sold us that nugget, i believe. No way we could ever match the low cost base of China and others.


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    #70
    colm_mcm
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    Asus X540L wrote: »
    I actually found a guy selling buttplugs for 60 cent delivered on ALi Express a few years (less than an Irish stamp)

    Plenty of people I know got a lovely surprise in their front door lol

    Back door surely?


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    #71
    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,545 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Can we drop the sex toy talk now


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    #72
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,483 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    MrMusician18 wrote: »
    Most of Vat and customs duties get handed over to the EU to fund it, so it's not as if the Irish exchequer will see much benefit to me

    Yeah...its not like the EU has benefitted Ireland at all and we get nothing back
    :rolleyes:

    This move is the right move, it'll help reduce the country and the EU being filled with cheap tat much of which is of very questionable quality and safety.


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    #73
    beachhead
    Registered Users Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭beachhead


    ALDI and LIDL are the biggest landfill generators in this country.


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    #74
    bobbyy gee
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    I hope they don't tax drugs they hide in containers . Importers will not pay vat until it gets sold to a customer


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    #75
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,483 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    beachhead wrote: »
    ALDI and LIDL are the biggest landfill generators in this country.

    Last I saw Dunnes, Supervalue and Tesco had top spots in Ireland above Aldi and Lidi so I think your comments is fairly inaccurate.

    Clearly the supermarkets that sell the most result in the most packaging etc going into bins.


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    #76
    L1011
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    beachhead wrote: »
    ALDI and LIDL are the biggest landfill generators in this country.

    The middle aisle items in Lidl/Aldi are of decent quality and often come with lengthy warranties - the exact opposite the built to be binned dreck that makes up the majority of Wish/Aliexpress/Gearbest etc etc.

    Impulse purchasers are at their own fault.


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    #77
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,648 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    and a lot of that privately imported stuff doesn't meet European safety standards for chemicals, electrical safety, toy safety. Fake CE marks.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50800369
    Beware of buying Christmas tree lights from online marketplaces - you could be purchasing a fire hazard, says consumer group Which?

    Six out of 13 sets of lights bought by Which? from online marketplace sellers failed a safety test.

    Two of them got so hot during testing that they began to melt, while others could potentially cause electric shocks, Which? said.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #78
    Asus X540L
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    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    and a lot of that privately imported stuff doesn't meet European safety standards for chemicals, electrical safety, toy safety. Fake CE marks.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50800369

    I got a plug with multiple USB ports on Ali express and it went straight into the thrash. Bloody thing nearly melted it was so hot.


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