I feel your pain. Brexit has been damaging the hobby quite a bit, as I see it. As a matter of fact my own work as a commission painter has been affected, since a large amount of my customers are in Uk and now I have to pay custom dues for any miniatures they send me to paint… and then they often have to pay custom dues to have them returned… insane, when you think that there is no actual sale going on, but such is the nature of the beast…

Well the VAT “should” be approximately be about the same (it was just more “hidden” before), as UK retailers selling to the EU shouldn’t be charging VAT anymore (unless they’ve signed up for one of those reciprocal VAT schemes). VAT should then be charged in the customers country at their local rate. Previously the VAT was charged by the seller (and UK prices are customarily shown as “inc VAT” vs other countries like the US who show their prices before sales tax (which is why your 99cent burger always costs a few cents more than the sign says above the counter)). There’s a lot of confusion with this whole BREXIT thing (I’m not to sure myself), and there has been some overcharging done stemming from this confusion more than anything. But as a rule………

“After Brexit, businesses based in Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) can no longer apply the reverse charge to EU sales. … If your business is based in Great Britain, and you sell goods to EU businesses, you will not apply VAT to your invoices.”

There was a “transitional” period, where if your sales to the EU came under £70K then the seller DID charge VAT (unless they registered for a VAT number in a EU country), but I think that’s stopped now. And ofc ordering from Northern Ireland at the moment is even more confusing (I wouldn’t want to be Warren in trying to sort that lot out).

Where things HAVE gone up post Brexit is that the shipping companies are now charging admin/handling fees to collect eh VAT (as well as the shipping rates going crazy, but that’s worldwide not just in Europe).

Ordering from Northern Ireland is a piece of piss, as long as the company has registered for VAT it’s the same as it always was. doesn’t matter if you’re in dudley or dusseldorf.

I’m replying to phaidknott’s comment that ordering from NI is more confusing, it’s literally the same as it always was with no extra hoops or weirdness

There’s a lot more going on than just Brexit, at this point it’s become the go to excuse for everything and anything. Wouldn’t a worldwide pandemic and a crippling shortage of shipping containers be higher on the list?

In that case my ire would be directed at the European Commission for making the divorce difficult out of spite, instead of making it sound like every English person who voted for it is to blame.

I haven’t noticed much pricewise myself, but haven’t been paying attention to that. (“You should, though!!” my wallet screams at me…)

My pain comes from the time it takes to ship things across the Channel these days. Brexit and the Pandemic have led to a perfect storm, leading to shipping taking two months from the UK to the Netherlands. TWO!! On Kickstarter I’ve seen people in Japan getting their minis earlier then me T_T