Cancellation of a purchase at an auction | Questions and answers among users

tybr_9551 · 2023-04-20T22:03:15.836000Z

Hi, at the last minute I won an auction for an item in the UK, completely ignoring the whole VAT and customs issue. I looked into it, and as soon as I calculated how much the price would go up, I sent the seller an email explaining point by point the reasons why I was asking to cancel the order, and so I went ahead with the cancellation request.I have a few questions, if anyone has dealt with purchases in the UK:are there thresholds below which you don't pay VAT and customs duties? In that case, would it be possible to agree with the seller to lower the purchase price, maybe splitting it into multiple purchases (it's a lot of several items), and have everything shipped together, or do customs check the value of the overall shipment?And (I'll try to put it this way) agree with the seller to buy at a price under the threshold, and pay them the rest via Paypal? In short, I really can't swallow a €70 increase on the item's value just to hand it over to the post office and the state...Thanks to anyone who can advise me

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