il padrone wrote:Just email them to confirm that the VAT will not be charged. First time I ordered gear from Germany (Tubus Tara from Unterwegs.biz) I did this and they readily confirmed this would be done. I think it should be pretty standard practice as they do not want to needlessly inflate their prices to international customers.
The amount being charged to PayPal was the total including the VAT ...
Oh I have emailed them in the past ... no response.
It is not rocket science to have a shopping software that at least get the VAT removed at checkout before the final button to confirm payment. Heck I was at
http://www.dutchbikebits.com website yesterday and even David little operation's software removes VAT at the product page once you register yourself as having an Australian delivery address. So does
http://bike24.net.
All to dodgy for
me to bother with them for a few dollars saving now and then.
Andrew