Re: CHAT: Amazon and e-shopping

> Date:         Thu, 5 Aug 1999 07:59:23 +0200
> From: Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...>
> I've never had to pay any duties or customs, and I've ordered books,
> software and pipe tobacco (which was shipped under the guise of
> books) from the United States, [...]
Does the Netherlands have a sales tax exemption on books?

The Danish excisemen are rabid about sales tax on books from outside
the European Union. Which irks several book-collecting friends I have.
Not only do they open the packets even though the content is declared
on the outside, they hold them until the sales tax has been paid.

And it's no use ordering from Amazon UK if you want a US edition of
something ... they simply don't stock them.

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)