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#376
Thanks for the responses everyone!

Yes, my question was also, why do I have to pay VAT? A buyer pays this normally and in Europe that is even included in the price (as Kittie said). I thought I was missing something here and really needed your feedback on this, glad to hear you all think this is as weird as it sounds.

I still have no response from him, so I'll just wait till this afternoon again and if nothing I'll send him another email with request for his clarification.
This is so the last time I'm gonna sell my stuff through him. Too bad he has two more items from me he has to list, but I'm really glad they are not of a huge value.... I hate it when you can't just rely on these sorts of things to be handled the right way.
 
#377
So I got a response which is the following:

" Hi xxxx, yes I’m afraid the VAT is still relevant even though you are not in the UK, the VAT is charged on the service and this is the case for all European transactions. However as you have not seen that I will remove it for this transaction. "

edit: Oh I guess he is willing to remove it for me based on his last sentence(which I didn't get at first). Well, that looks promising.
 
#378
well, he might have got caught with his pants down in a matter of speaking..

get your $'s and just be done with him.. he is not a very honest person and if you

didn't think to ask the vat question, he probably would have kept the extra for him

shameful,isn't it?????
 
#379
^Yes it is, I was just talking about the bf yesterday about how nowadays it seems like you get scr**ed over everything you do, wether you buy something you seem to run into a dishonost seller, when you sell something people are nagging and trying to rip you off and I guess selling through someone else isn't easier either... *sigh*
 
#382
I will be going to UK, Spain, & France for traveling and buying designer bags, I've google it and found UK is 17.5%, Spain is 16%, and France is 19.6% for tax refund. Anyone could confirm me these are true?? Thanks. ;)
 
#384
Hi, I am from Singapore and will be travelling to London and stay there for a couple of days, then i will take a eurostar train to Paris and will eventually depart from Paris airport. May i check with you guys if i can claim my VAT refund for items purchased in London before i leave on the eurostar train to Paris? where and how can i do the VAT refund? Your advices are deeply appreciated. Thank you very much...
 
#385
No, you cannot. VAT refund is claimed when you make your FINAL departure from a EU country, in this case you would do it at the Paris airport (I'm assuming that you're flying back to Singapore or another non-EU country from Paris). If you're staying in Paris, then there would be no refund.
 
#386
Does anyone know if there is so much trouble and custom tax with a foreign purchase from mytheresa.com?
I want to place an order with them, but I don't know if there will be a big custom tax for it when entering the US.
Does anyone have any experience about this?
 
#388
Hello there all,

Could anyone tell me how the customs charges work in the UK. I have unsuccessfully tried to purchase Chanel items in this country but have bought 2 counterfeit items (fortunately received money back). I am now looking towards ebay in the US but am unsure of how much the item would cost to receive in this country. Do customs charge for new items only or do they also charge for used items? Also, on a totally different tack, I have approximately 400 dollars to spend, what will this realistically buy me.....? Am I best to wait and save more or am I just hoping for a bargain of a lifetime which wont materialise. I really appreciate your opinions ladies. Many thanks in advance.
 
#389
This really isn't a Chanel-specific question. I am going to move this to the appropriate forum.

As for what to buy, you can open a new thread for that.
 
#390
Hi All,

I'm kinda in disbelief. Can anyone help confirm if this is true????

I've been reading some forums and a lady was posting that there is a NEW regulation for LV – tax refund is now only allowed for only 1 item. This is a worldwide regulation very recently enforced. This was confirmed by the SA who served the lady. The SA also advised the lady to go early in the day as most of the items would have sold out by the end of day.

This is my first trip to Europe and I will be in Barcelona, Rome, Florence, Milan and lastly Paris.

This is so upsetting...I'm not planning to buy 10 bags but I was hoping to buy some accessories and just 1~2 bags.

Can anyone help to confirm this?

If it is too hard to buy from Paris, maybe I will just buy from Barcelona.

I've always heard that Paris will be cheaper but it now doesn't matter if there is no stock!

Please help....:crybaby:
 
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