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Sins + EU tax = $90

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Sins + EU tax = $90

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So i got my copy today, and i ordered the "Download + Retail Box" back in beta 1.

For some reason the EU wants to tax me 225 danish kroner ($45) so the game have cost me atleast $90 lol

Just want to let others living in the EU know so they dont get as surprised as i was :(
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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top
Over here in germany, I got my box today as well. Payed 44.95$ initially (via Visa) and had to pay 19% Mehrwertsteuer (don´t know what this translates to in english) and 3.5% import tax. for a grand total of 7 €. Not too bad, I guess (actually benefited from the weak dollar LOL)

45$ as tax sounds ridiculous, that would be 100%. Whoa, talk about a rip off  ;) 


Ralph Hoenig, Germany
Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top
The 7 € i could live with. but a 100% tax is insane. Gotta call the post office and such on monday since this is just robbery
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Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top
So i got my copy today, and i ordered the "Download + Retail Box" back in beta 1.For some reason the EU wants to tax me 225 danish kroner ($45) so the game have cost me atleast $90 lolJust want to let others living in the EU know so they dont get as surprised as i was
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I preodred my copy. When I received I had to pay 0 euros in France for tax. You guys got ****ed up by your customs you should check with them.
Reply #29 from Sins Forums Top
UK customs tax is completely random, some stuff you get import/customs duty, yet some stuff exactly the same wouldn't.

So that does suck a bit :S, but maybe just poor luck.
Reply #30 from Sins Forums Top
I worried about that from the very beginning.

this is duty, the tax of importing stuff. it usually varies across product cateogories, some have low or no duties, others have very high ones, its really a matter of negotiation (thats what they do at those world trade summits). in theory, the EU is a customs union, so duties should be universal across all countries, but over here its never quite as it seems.

I should also add that its not some european thingy, but duties have been in existance ... well, I cant tell, but for a very long time. people apparently got so used to globalisation that the idea of paying extra fees just because the origin is another coutry sounds strange. it used to be - and still is - mainly a political issue, countries want to advocate low duties for goods they export a lot and high duties for goods they import a lot, for both cash and industry protectionist reasons. US steel duties or EU food policy would be examples of how they are employed. with TRIPS we might see a lowering of game and software duties, but alas, its not that far along yet.

with that I go back to waiting for my package to arrive and praying that my country made a good deal, so I dont have to pay so much.