That’s a sacrifice I’m willing to accept if it slows down people buying stuff mindlessly. Your 20ct LEDs delivery is being subsidised by European post services. Now it won’t.
Absolutely! I also love access to small, cheap electronic bits for my projects, and at the same time I’m all for protecting our postal services. A 2€ per package surcharge doesn’t practically change anything on the economy side. Temu already expects a minimum purchase of something like 20€.
My small concern with this is how it will be applied/processed by the carriers. I hope it doesn’t end up like the customs/VAT on larger packages, where they charge 10-20€ for customs clearance. But now that I write it down, for me, even that isn’t a complete blocking factor. I’d probably spend more time comparing the value of ordering direct vs from a local reseller, which is exactly the goal.
How is „per package“ defined? Per shipper? Per order? Per seller? How about one shipment that includes items for multiple people that are split in a local warehouse and resend?
I’d assume it’s per physical package entering the EU. The chinese sellers have been sending many small packages to go below tax limits, so they’ll probably have to change strategy.
I guess that depends on the country. In Germany it is the opposite, because the limit is 0€, so they send them in big „packages“ (actually one container at a time) and distribute it in their own distribution center from inside the country.
Did you care to read the article? There’s a real cost involved in handling these packages that is not being paid by customers nor by companies, but by the post services. I’m all for moving these costs to the people actually doing the buying. Bulk purchases are jot affected by this so things in general are not getting more expensive with this, but only individual deliveries.
I did not, actually, because it’s behind a paywall. I’ve linked and read another one in the comments but it fails to mention about post offices and says the money is going to customs.
This is the best news all year.
Any low cost item, though?
What about my 20ct LEDs? Or the 2.50 ESP32?
That’s a sacrifice I’m willing to accept if it slows down people buying stuff mindlessly. Your 20ct LEDs delivery is being subsidised by European post services. Now it won’t.
Absolutely! I also love access to small, cheap electronic bits for my projects, and at the same time I’m all for protecting our postal services. A 2€ per package surcharge doesn’t practically change anything on the economy side. Temu already expects a minimum purchase of something like 20€.
My small concern with this is how it will be applied/processed by the carriers. I hope it doesn’t end up like the customs/VAT on larger packages, where they charge 10-20€ for customs clearance. But now that I write it down, for me, even that isn’t a complete blocking factor. I’d probably spend more time comparing the value of ordering direct vs from a local reseller, which is exactly the goal.
It’s per-package. As long as you order multiple at once, you’re good.
How is „per package“ defined? Per shipper? Per order? Per seller? How about one shipment that includes items for multiple people that are split in a local warehouse and resend?
I’d assume it’s per physical package entering the EU. The chinese sellers have been sending many small packages to go below tax limits, so they’ll probably have to change strategy.
I guess that depends on the country. In Germany it is the opposite, because the limit is 0€, so they send them in big „packages“ (actually one container at a time) and distribute it in their own distribution center from inside the country.
All of my recent Aliexpress purchases have come from the Netherlands, I assume there’s some big distribution center there
No it just mean more taxes, instead of increasing the EU production.
Hooray, things are going to be more expensive!
Did you care to read the article? There’s a real cost involved in handling these packages that is not being paid by customers nor by companies, but by the post services. I’m all for moving these costs to the people actually doing the buying. Bulk purchases are jot affected by this so things in general are not getting more expensive with this, but only individual deliveries.
I did not, actually, because it’s behind a paywall. I’ve linked and read another one in the comments but it fails to mention about post offices and says the money is going to customs.