Pet Peeves

[Kurt Cocaine]

I thought it was only taxed if the value of the goods are over €25..?

[locustfurnace]

I thought it was only taxed if the value of the goods are over €25..?

It includes postage also, so if I buy a record at 15 and pay 18 for p&p the total is 33 so wham bam...taxed.

[Carnage]

I thought it was only taxed if the value of the goods are over €25..?

I've had customs charges on CDs I've paid as little as €6 or €7 for.

Seems to be random, but only on things bought through Ebay - Amazon covers it in the quoted price and Discogs adds it at checkout. Not sure about other sites, distros, etc. but like I said, so far it's just Ebay for me.

[Kurt Cocaine]

Jaysus, the little pleasures of life are slowly but surely being squeezed out of all us mere mortals.
I cringe every time I stroll through the alcohol sections of the supermarkets. Over €2 for a shitty brand of beer. It's unforgivable...

[Thorn]

I hear ya. Lidl's booze aisle ain't the playground it used to be that's for sure. I like the oul Druids cider and I picked up four for 7e in Tesco today where they used to be 6, no bother I thought, till I realised when I got them home they're a smaller can. 'Sake.
Cross the border, yer only job. Got twelve bottles of Peroni, twelve bottles of Carlsberg and twelve bottles of Corona in Enniskillen the other week for 21 sterling. Way to go.

[Necro Red]

I thought it was only taxed if the value of the goods are over €25..?

I've had customs charges on CDs I've paid as little as €6 or €7 for. It was eBay I git the dvd and all. Perhaps Amazon is the way to go

Seems to be random, but only on things bought through Ebay - Amazon covers it in the quoted price and Discogs adds it at checkout. Not sure about other sites, distros, etc. but like I said, so far it's just Ebay for me.

[Kurt Cocaine]

I hear ya. Lidl's booze aisle ain't the playground it used to be that's for sure. I like the oul Druids cider and I picked up four for 7e in Tesco today where they used to be 6, no bother I thought, till I realised when I got them home they're a smaller can. 'Sake.
Cross the border, yer only job. Got twelve bottles of Peroni, twelve bottles of Carlsberg and twelve bottles of Corona in Enniskillen the other week for 21 sterling. Way to go.

Ayr man, living on the border sure has its benefits sometimes. Myself and two mates are going to do a booze run soon, to Banbridge and Newry...
I usually get serious good value on the whiskey in Tesco Banbridge. I got 2 bottles of Ardbeg 10yo there the last time I was up, amongst other things...

Edit: the Ardbeg 10yo were £25 each. Absolute bargain...

[Mower Liberation Front]

I thought it was only taxed if the value of the goods are over €25..?

Nope, that got scrapped last July. Everything is liable for VAT, and An Post's "handling charge" on top of it.
Assuming your parcel even gets that far, and whichever An Post cretin on duty doesn't decide to send it back to the country of origin because they can't be assed processing it.

[Necro Red]

Yea, the handling charge is bullshit.  Paying extra for them to do the job they are supposed to do. My mate was telling me a slip came through the letterbox to collect a package at the depo when he was home. The lazy postman didn't even knock on the door, just pushed the slip in and walked away. mate opened the door and ran after him to get the package. Says it all really!

[Carnage]

I can better that - years ago I got a knock on the door, nothing there. Opened the door and he was driving off having screwed up the form and thrown it on the lawn. Arsehole.

[Caomhaoin]

Robin DiAngelo. How can anyone be swayed by her? It's all hair splitting, self contradictory shit. How many copies of that rag has she sold? Her powers of reason are almost non-existent.

https://youtu.be/pO8qdwggIdI

Edit - Daryl Davis talking on Joe Rogan is the antidote to the above spoofer, what a character. Straight talking, common sense, insightful.

[Caomhaoin]

Clean out the cats sandbox, lovingly and thoroughly, hoover up all the sand that has come over the edges, and head back to the sofa. In hops yer man immediately and squeezes out a vile, odious shite that pollutes the air and ruins your mood.

Fuckin' knacker of an animal.

[Kurt Cocaine]

Clean out the cats sandbox, lovingly and thoroughly, hoover up all the sand that has come over the edges, and head back to the sofa. In hops yer man immediately and squeezes out a vile, odious shite that pollutes the air and ruins your mood.

Fuckin' knacker of an animal.

Calm down old bean...

[Ollkiller]

Double post.

[Ollkiller]

Clean out the cats sandbox, lovingly and thoroughly, hoover up all the sand that has come over the edges, and head back to the sofa. In hops yer man immediately and squeezes out a vile, odious shite that pollutes the air and ruins your mood.

Fuckin' knacker of an animal.

mine does the exact same. Will go outside for months on end but the day I clean it BOOM. Get that into ya.