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Not sure why you're downvoted. It's explicitly a part of American law. It wasn't an accident. It might not be in the US's best interest now (not saying one way
by tyre 2y ago
Not sure why you're downvoted. It's explicitly a part of American law. It wasn't an accident. It might not be in the US's best interest now (not saying one way or the other) but it's definitely by design! And not in a bad way either; this lowers costs for US consumers.
- _delirium 2y agoYes, this has historically been a nice aspect of living in the U.S. compared to Europe, for those of us who like obscure stuff. Want to order some book only available from an eBay seller in another country? If you're shipping to the U.S., it's easy. If you're shipping to Germany, it's going to get held up in a customs warehouse somewhere. Seems we're going to start getting more of the European experience now.
- consp 2y agoWe had that but online retailers can opt to join a one stop shop scheme and eBay does this via its global shipping program. Which eliminated the vat customs problems but people of course complained since now they never get lucky anymore by dodging taxes
- immibis 2y agoThe intention was presumably for people sending one-off things or bringing things with them. The loophole is companies shipping 1000 small packages under the limit instead of one big package over the limit.