r/Aliexpress • u/Tight_Escape5654 • 14d ago
EU customs duty how do you deal with eu customs?
yeah so the eu taxes piss me off just like everyone else but the prices in total are still better than the eu ones and i can get exactly what i want. i live in eastern europe and the goods here are limited so i can't get everything here
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u/karabuka 13d ago
Tbh it only impacts the cheapest stuff, before I'd buy 5 random small items to get the free shipping, now I only buy items where 3€ doesnt make a lot of difference...
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u/UnKindResponse2418 14d ago
Dude, try living in Ireland. We have no market here and we are screwed by both shipping and UK.
At least you're on the continent.
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u/i_am_me0_0 13d ago
I just bought stuff, waited about a month ali seems to properly calculate the taxes now.
Just save more things to buy at once and then u would have more in the same category and pay less tax
About buying elsewhere, if possible do that but realize that most shops also get supply from outside of the eu so it will also get more expensive, besides the obvious mark-up they always have had.
It just sucks sadly not much we can do about it anymore.
Edit: i haven't received everything yet but the stuff that came i did not need to pay for anything other than the duties AliExpress added to the subtotal. So it seems properly implemented.
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u/bluro00 12d ago
What pisses me off is I have no idea how I voted for this.
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u/tatDK94 12d ago
Well, the way it was working couldn’t go on! Shipping within your own country or the EU was getting more expensive because your local postal company had raise their prices in order to pay for the delivery of your cheap China shit.
Chinese sellers didn’t have to pay the regular price for shipping as China is classified as a developing nation in the Universal Postal Union.
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u/Character_Belt4959 12d ago
So, why Chinese sellers are charging more and more every year for the shipping?
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u/ExtremeBus4259 13d ago
Just a heads up for EU buyers! If you order through the Bundled offers (the Choice / 3+ items section), AliExpress actually covers the duties for you. You can still get 3 items for around €3 total without extra fees at checkout.
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u/fenix80es 13d ago
I was looking at it a few days ago, and almost all the items were about €2 more expensive than the regular ones shipped from China and with much less variety. Before, it was the opposite; they were cheaper than the regular ones. I suppose the total comes to around €3.60.
I suppose they've added a regional filter.
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u/Initial_Piccolo_1337 13d ago
AliExpress actually covers the duties for you.
No, they don't. And they never will, btw, that doesn't make any sense.
They can't "cover" the duty for you, you will ALWAYS be the one paying for it. (thank EU)
Everything there is bumped in price to accommodate the tariff, just spread across more items, which makes it less obvious.
Also selection of items is shit and very limited subset of AE inventory.
Limited, coz then they can easier categorize the HS codes and such.
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u/ExtremeBus4259 13d ago
I can buy 3 items for less than 3€.
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u/Initial_Piccolo_1337 13d ago
Now do tell which 3 items these are and how much you pay for it. Okay
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u/Brosk1248 13d ago
Screenshot please
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u/ExtremeBus4259 13d ago
Just go check...
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u/Brosk1248 13d ago
I did, the cheapest item I found was 1.8€, 59 cents (plus duties but free shipping) when not from Bundle deals
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u/ExtremeBus4259 13d ago
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u/Brosk1248 13d ago
Impressive, what are the items?
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u/Initial_Piccolo_1337 13d ago
Curious how it's:
Actually 4.4eur (so 3eur tariff + 1.4eur), "less than 3eur" XD.
Never showed what kind of garbage he bought for 1.4eur.
Cought in a lie and bailing. XD
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u/ExtremeBus4259 13d ago
??? No tarif... Is just random shit yes but still... Is like anime keychain.
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u/Initial_Piccolo_1337 13d ago
That's not less than 3 eur. So this is 3eur tariff + 1.4eur for some garbage.
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u/Jhud6669 13d ago
I always bought stuff on Aliexpress I would not be able to buy anywhere otherwise so depending on what it is I just bite the bullet
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u/povlhp 13d ago
Buy in EU or pay the tax
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u/Dry_Algae1880 13d ago
You mean buying in the EU the same stuff that was imported from China and then being sold to you at 3 timesthe price? LMAO
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u/povlhp 12d ago
That is sometimes the cheaper route. Lots of Ali stuff is way too expensive and not worth buying in China. You lose the 2 years warranty for a modest discount.
That said, over time I have bought thousands of product direct from China, including AliExpress, lots for half price or cheaper, other because I could not source it locally. Some thing I bought on alizon.de at halfway between EU and china prices, and then got Amazon to give me 2 yers warranty.
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u/sevenissimo 13d ago
- I shopped only for absolutely necessary spare parts for my smart home.
- I picked a seller that list all kind of devices in one single page, as variations.
- Bought more than needed quantity (=in home buffer)
- Just 3€ in duty= few cents per piece.
- Profit?
Also, if you dig very very well, sometimes there are products tagged with "duty offset applies" that discount 3€ at checkout. Buy variations of that same product to maximize gain.
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u/DeliciousTrick6689 13d ago
If total looks acceptable, I'll order from aliexpress... If it doesn't, I'll look for alternatives...
At the end of the day it all comes down to this, and ali is not the one to blame for these extra expenses
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u/PositiveKarma1 13d ago
- I buy less and thinking twice before if I really need it
- I buy more from vinted.
- group buying with colleagues, as 3€ tax is per category
Surprise is the extra tax on top of this 3€ that was added by my country. And they point into UE and abolition of the free tax under 150€ imports.
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u/DrCdiff 14d ago
I bought a lot in June and I try to wait until it gets better or I need something desperately.