ALERT: Customers in the UK & EU
ATTENTION CUSTOMERS IN IRELAND AND THE EU
Please be aware that the recently introduced GPSR requirements will probably make it necessary to cancel your order and give you a refund.
This information pertains to all orders shipping to Ireland and the EU, regardless of value.
The GPSR requirements have to do with virtually all products that we sell. These impose a lot of new requirements relating to the safety and manufacturing of the items shipped, but this is virtually impossible for us to comply with because our items are old and/or the manufacturers are no longer in business, but not old enough to qualify as antiques.
Here’s more info: https://www.compliancegate.com/general-product-safety-regulation/#What_is_the_GPSR
ATTENTION CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
This information pertains to UK orders under £135.
Please be aware that the current VAT requirements may make it necessary to cancel your order and give you a refund.
The UK has put rules in place for orders under £135. These rules mean that the seller needs to charge VAT on the sale and pay it quarterly to the taxing authority in the country. Additionally, sellers need to have an “import intermediary” there to handle shipments when they arrive.
PSP has investigated what it would take to comply with these rules, and the cost was exorbitant. Between the one time set up fees and the quarterly fees, our costs would be about $5,000 per year, and we’d be required to submit data on a monthly basis in order to calculate and pay the taxes. This is just too great a burden on a small business such as ours.
The good news is that orders over £135 will be charged VAT via the old method, where you the customer pays when you collect the package.
If your order total (not counting shipping costs) is less than £135, you have some options:
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Place an additional order so that the total reaches the threshold….. we feel crummy even suggesting this, we don’t want to twist your arm to buy more!
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Cancel the order and get a full refund. PSP will “eat” the credit card fees the first time this happens, so you’ll get a full refund of what you paid. If more orders are placed at a later date, the credit card or PayPal fees will be deducted from the refunds for those orders.
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Buy the item via eBay, if it is something we also sell there. We mainly sell new items on eBay. (eBay is handling all the VAT for those sales.) Send us a message and we can let you know if the item you seek is being sold by us on eBay.
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This is a little weird, but may be worthwhile for some customers: increase the declared value so that it meets the no-VAT-prepayment level. This means you’ll pay VAT on the higher amount when you collect the package.
We recognize that these changes will be inconvenient for our customers, and we do apologize.