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> Ordering from the UK is the same as ordering from the US or China

is it hard to order from the US or China where you're from? i'm asking because i usually order from those places along with australia, and haven't noticed any issues.

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I suspect a lot of it is due to UK customs regulations. In the US importing items under $800 is tax free once person per day (of course this does harm US businesses) [0]. In the UK the foreign seller has to register for, collect, and remit VAT (similar to sales tax) as well as deal with duties above 135 GBP [1].

[0] https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/de-minim... [1] https://www.avalara.com/vatlive/en/vat-news/uk-post-brexit-v...

It depends on the business. If they deal with the import formalities it's trivial, if they don't it's not. My point was that prior to Brexit the UK was part of the EU which made this entirely irrelevant. Now it's something I have to think about.

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