Price differences between doll studio DE and dollstudio EU
Price differences between doll studio DE and dollstudio EU
- poppy70
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Re: Price differences between doll studio DE and dollstudio
I think the prices on the de site include import taxes and vat. The eu site propably not. But it would be at Sandro to tell if I am right...
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Re: Price differences between doll studio DE and dollstudio
Nothing untrustworthy with the higher prices in the DE store.Luca19 wrote:Hey first of all, does dollstudio react to emails? I can't seem to contact them I've tried twice via email. Secondly the EU price is way cheaper than the German prices even though both are euro, I think this is not really trustworthy. Especially since the company is located in Germany.
1. Iirc the prices in the EU store are without VAT and maybe, could be wrong though, without the actual import taxes.
2. Every import from a none EU-country has to be customs cleared via a declaration for free circulation.
3. Actual calculation of the import fees including VAT:
Every article be it clothing, mobile phones, love dolls has its own HS-Codes (harmonized tarif system code) consisting of 6 - digits that are the same world wide. The German WTN (Warentarifnummer) consists of 5 more digits. Each Warentarifnummer has import taxes added to it, as well as the EUSt (Einfuhrumsatzsteuer) which is the same as the VAT of the same article if you would buy it in your local store right around the corner.
Okay, with that out of the way let's have a look how much these fees for a love doll made out of silicone are:
Let's check the VZTA (verbindliche Zolltarifauskunft) or BTI (binding tarif information) database first:
Okay we found a BTI for 1 love doll, which is a good indicator that love dolls of the same type belong to the WTN 39269097900.
We now know that a love doll made out of silicone belongs to the above mentioned WTN, time to check that WTN and the import taxes as well as the EUSt in the EZT (elektronischer Zolltarif).
As you can see, articles witht the aforementioned WTN have import taxes of 6,5 % of the value of the imported goods + the regular VAT of 19%.
That means that a doll that costs ~ 1800 € would cost the following amount if you wanted to import that article into the EU/DE = 6,5% * 1800 € = 117 € + 1800 € * 19% = 459 €.
Which is roughly 25% of the actual value of the shipment, granted I'm not going into to much detail, because there are other factors that could increase or decrease the import fees like the Incoterms (International commerical terms) in combination with the actual freight charges, the D.V.1 (e.g. transport insurance, provision costs or licensing fees), etc.
Re: Price differences between doll studio DE and dollstudio
Shipping takes longer and you do not pay any tax. Do not pay 400 more for nothing.
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Re: Price differences between doll studio DE and dollstudio
I am pretty sure the EU mandates that vendors selling to private customers must only list product prices including all taxes and applicable import fees.Zombieripper wrote:1. Iirc the prices in the EU store are without VAT and maybe, could be wrong though, without the actual import taxes.
The website also states:
http://eu.dollstudio.org/shipping-costsAlso, all prices include all import fees for all supported EU destinations.
A normal customer will understand this to mean that there is nothing more to be paid except what it says on the product page (including VAT).
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Correct.tido wrote:I am pretty sure the EU mandates that vendors selling to private customers must only list product prices including all taxes and applicable import fees.Zombieripper wrote:1. Iirc the prices in the EU store are without VAT and maybe, could be wrong though, without the actual import taxes.
The website also states:http://eu.dollstudio.org/shipping-costsAlso, all prices include all import fees for all supported EU destinations.
A normal customer will understand this to mean that there is nothing more to be paid except what it says on the product page (including VAT).