As DevidedByZero already said, I don’t get the issue in this case. There are only Uk lots nowadays (ye it should change in the next auction again to EU and Uk lots, I know). So of course everyone outside of the Uk has to pay the local VAT upon importing.
In my case:
55£ hammer price bottle → 136€ final amount incl. buyer fee, shipping, insurance, German VAT, excise duty, DHL fee.
This is why: Goods re-imported into the European Union (Returned Goods Relief)
I assumed RA would do the decent thing and mark these as original EU exports - guess I was wrong. I’ll look into this and report back.
Never thought about that Re-Import stuff and RA didn’t do it before at the time they didn’t have a european hub after the brexit.
I guess this kills it anyway:
“The relief from VAT is only allowed if the person that re-imports the goods is the same person who originally exported them.”
Ah well, I guess I’ll still try because I’m motivated by all those numbers on the DHL invoice. 
Yes that is unusual, RA never charge me UK VAT, its only the Australian duties thay I need to pay.
import tax is the same as vat (Einfuhrumsatzsteuer = USt = VAT)
but the lots are net off vat, so it’s the same as if a uk buyer would buy (uk vat is 20%, thought)
it has been discussed in the thread already with the estimate of exactly 1.65 multiple.
cheers
I was NOT charged UK VAT…
Maybe in Germany but not in every country. Live and learn.
The rule is normally that when a company is shipping form the UK to a private person they have to add the UK VAT, then upon arrival the EU countrys VAT will be applied and you can basically apply for a refund on the UK VAT, which is a lot of hassle to say the least 
And I know some companies add a lot of charges to the custom clearance. The big shipping companies like TNT, UPS and so are accredited by customs because this allows them to move faster, without having to go through state services. But it’s often not free.
TNT once charged me a completely grotesque surcharge on a transfer from the USA! I’d checked with customs and they’d shown me on the invoice that there were even a few dishonest things…
Anyway, I don’t know about DHL, but I’d be surprised if they took care of customs clearance for free.
Next time just fly to GB thats cheaper
It is not (would not have been) cheaper for UK+VAT lots.
Dhl charges 14,88€ atm for the customs clearance. Fine for me anyway.
good morning, kinda hangover. RA‘s August auction closed yesterday. I just looked at the Guyana rums and it was quite interesting.
Overall statement is that prices are coming down or at least have reached their top for the time being.
Some greedy sellers didn’t get their reserve price so Diamond V 1981, Albion V 1986 and 1994 weren’t sold while the Albion V 1986 stopped at 6k (over 50% below previous auctions) with no bidding for the final hours!
I did some rough total purchase cost calculations and it seems that RA totals are cheaper then recent shop prices.
An interesting note is the variety of prices between UK and EU lots. Some UK lots have been so low that the total cost would have been below EU lots. Some EU were cheaper than the UK lots, overall not many bidders on EU lots. Have a great day all
Good times for buyers, if you ask me. Inflation went in waves in the past and that is what i would expect to happen again.
If the money goes bad people tend to like tangible goods, that could bring a whole new section of buyers to the market in the coming months…
New design (it’s ugly and slow 
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Hammer prices on completed listings now only when logged in (account costs 5GBP).
New “bottle profile” pages with stats (those feel very incomplete):
Completed listings all state “you were outbid”, even if one didn’t bid on the item.
Buyer’s fee increased to 12,5% + VAT
Welcome to the future 
P.S: Oh and it looks like past orders are gone. Well done, RumAuctioneer!
it’s massively buggy! Part of my profile data is lost (or not connected to database), navigation fails, login failed via starting page (works via menu)…
Wollte ja eigentlich noch sehen, ob ich da noch einen gran torino zu nem … verträglichem preis bekomme … aber iwann wird es mir auch zu doof, aber falls da wer noch was hat, gerne pn an mich :3
definitely feels like a beta version
Selten zu ein beschissenes Interface gesehen…Gefühlt ist alles deutlich schlechter geworden!
Jup. Gerade auch mal geschaut. Das muss Dominiks ehemaliger Praktikant von RA (Abkürzung passt ja auch) gewesen sein.
Mal ernsthaft, wer kommt auf die Idee sowas freizugeben und dann auch noch am Auktionsstart scharf zu schalten?! Das Gegenteil von intuitiv und buggy as hell.