Horological Meandering

Hi all, So the UK actually manged to get a Brexit deal done and one of the first things to come to light is the change in import duty and VAT on good's brought in from Europe and none of it is good IMHO. It was nearly near impossible to find a deal from t...  

I’m not quite sure it’s as you portray. If you are buying a watch from EU after 31 Dec. 2020, then surely it should have the VAT of that country deducted at source when you buy it. The VAT in many EU countries is actually higher than the 20% in the U.K. s... 

...thats Canada. ME, Singapore and HK have no taxes so TMMV.

Now they might revise later but for now it’s there on all items

tax increase it will all take much longer for a few months. Not buying watches from the UK anymore as we are also charged the vat and customs fee now. Why was this done and who benefits ??

When you buy from EU it wont be so bad, assuming both EU and UK have 20% VAT on watches, you wont pay VAT in EU but on arrival to UK at least when it comes to buying from businesses. Private deals are screwed as I doubt any seller will lower price by 17.5... 

Do you feel blue on this day best friend? Do not cry, tomorrow is Speedy Tuesday. Not ruby Tuesday. Switzerland is outside the EU, so maybe your country have a trading solution, and import from Switzerland would be only some paperwork. The EU have special... 

If the EU was a direct democracy based on Switzerland’s system it would be something that people all across the continent would like.

Due to the added bureaucracy (custom declaration, and other paperwork), a lot of people in EU stopped shopping with the likes of Mr Porter, Matchesfashion or Net-a-porter.. Huge volumes of business are lost and gone to Mytheresa and Luisaviaroma. I am now...