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I believe it is a EU directive/law - so not something the Dutch government decided on it's own.
At least AliExpress are on top of this and collect the tax when you order - so no extra fee and custom delays, just the tax which doesn't really matter for something so cheap that I am willing to buy it from China. 
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Correct. Everything from outside the EU, unless the vendor has already charged the TVA, will go through customs, which will cost an additional:
- TVA (based on destination country)
- custom charge if value+shipping exceeds 150€
- courier's handling costs (typ 15€) if the courier gets involved in advancing and handling these charges
Also the "no charge for anything below 22€" rule ended 01-JUL-2021.
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The Windows 11 "taskbar" is disgusting. It should be at the left of the screen, with real icons, with text, progress, etc. They downgraded my developer PC to a bloody iPhone.
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I hope you triple-checked the URL before giving them your payment details - this sounds like a typical "postage due" scam to me. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Nah, I really expected this package from that exact company.
The amount also more or less checks out with what I expected.
Also, I'd expect a scammer to have a more professional website as to not raise suspicion 
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Yeah, that sounds scammy.
There's no reason the delivery service would charge that -- on the behalf of customs? The delivery service is just a middle-man.
But a bad site is a bad site.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: The delivery service is just a middle-man.
The delivery service is the only one who knows my package is coming in, and from where, so they're charged with charging me.
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It is when the government tells you it is.
Just like my job isn't bookkeeping, yet the government wants me to have an administration.
Their job is to deliver packages and charge for any clearance costs and/or taxes.
And if I don't pay, they don't deliver and ultimately send it back.
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Sander Rossel wrote: The following UPS page is not at all optimized for mobile viewing. I have to put on my glasses, scroll left and right, zoom in and out, get a tiny finger transplant, you know the deal.
I never open web pages on my phone, but type the URL into my desktop PC browser.
This is of course a little cumbersome. Is there an app around that will take an SMS on my phone and forward it as an email to my ordinary (desktop PC) email address?
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trønderen wrote: Is there an app around that will take an SMS on my phone and forward it as an email to my ordinary (desktop PC) email address?
Copy/paste + e-mail app 
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Every SMS viewer I have had for the last 10+ years allows you to forward to multiple sources including emails.
You probably need an email client setup on your phone for that option to be available.
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flights from netherland to japan must be costly....................
Caveat Emptor.
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I am here and now! (14)
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Nowhere with this one 
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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It was the only "spare" I had ready - I posted the one I had for today, and realized that I needed one less "R" for the solution to work ... so I had to use this fairly unfair one.
Randor and / or Greg should find it fairly simple, though.
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You greatly overestimate my abilities at these.
The first thing that came to mind was contemporaneous, but that's 15 letters.
Rich's guess looked very good, so maybe it's just contemporaries? That fits slightly better.
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Oh, I'm sure you know the word! 
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I probably do know it, but that's not the same thing as knowing that it's the solution!
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Long shot - existentialism
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Nope.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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looks Good to me Richard 
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nice word! But not the one I was looking for ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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