Whereas on international items from US, AU or other, there is advance warning and up-front collection of import duties, on this item purchased from Austria, there was none in the listing, but now the Item is being witheld pending 20% import VAT and a £12 'clearance fee'. This for a second hand item, originally made in UK, that has already had VAT paid on it originally. So a 20% VAT tax collected every time any item is re-sold. Is this correct? Are ebay not able to display this up front as per other international orders from US etc?
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