UK is NOT the 2nd largest gaming market

[fmc83]

SamuelRSmith said:

fmc83 said:

Slimebeast said:

 

So it seems when the games get a few months old, thats the perfect window of opportunity to buy your games from the UK and get half price.

Dont the German custom catch you though? That they open the packages and add VAT lol.

They haven't yet. But it's just if it is over 22 Euro. But doesn't a game look like a dvd anyway^^

Even if they would catch me, even 19% more would still in most cases be a bargain. If they would ship from the UK, it would just make a VAT-difference of 4 %.

Ah yeah: play.com just sends one game per package, so this reduces the risk

I thought that imports went untaxed because UK and Germany are both EU members.

Generally speaking yes, but the UK has some free trade areas like the channel islands and this very company is located there. Also sometimes you have to pay the 4% VAT difference, because a company like amazon sends there amazon.co.uk ordered games from Germany but with UK prices.