July 1, 2021 brought significant changes in purchases from third countries, which affected us especially with purchases from China. Two sellers Banggood a Geekbuying however, they did not increase the prices at all and you have already included VAT and customs duties when ordering. So you don't pay 20% more than on AliExpress and in addition there are still advantageous coupon offers from EU warehouses.
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Banggood is still the most advantageous
Our biggest partner Banggood traditionally has the best offers for products such as Xiaomi and their entire ecosystem, or for its own brands such as BlitzWolf, Digoo or Douxlife. The important news is that Banggood will take care of VAT and customs duties and at the same time did not increase product prices at all.
Orders from EU warehouses will not be stopped at the customs, which will avoid the additional fee of the Slovak Post for the customs procedure and thus in this case everything is completely old. When delivering from China, you will only have to pay for an automated customs procedure, but even that may not be the rule of what we have tried ourselves.
Orders from EU warehouses will not be stopped at the customs, which will avoid the additional fee of the Slovak Post for the customs procedure and thus in this case everything is completely old.
As for orders from Chinese warehouses, here is the option to choose the old well-known duty-free transport EU Priority Line or a novelty Banggood Express. We informed about the transport in detail in this article. New transport Banggood Express we tested it ourselves and the package even came to us without stopping at customs and therefore without additional fees! We will tell you more in our forthcoming review about duty-free transport Banggoodu after July 1.
This seller traditionally has the most reliable shipping and very high quality customer service. They always try to comply with the claim, any necessary service and there is no need to send the products to China, because they can reimburse the repair costs. At Banggoodso there's no need to worry, you can happily continue ordering.
Summary of purchases at Banggoode after 1 July 2021:
- EU warehouses - without a change
- Chinese warehouses – the possibility of a possible fee 2 € in addition from Slovak Post for automated customs procedures, otherwise unchanged
- Duty free transport – EU Priority Line, Banggood Express, EU Railway Direct Mail
- The seller takes care of VAT and customs duties, they did not increase prices
Geekbuying it also works the same as before
Our next favorite store and partner, Geekbuying, also did not increase prices and will take care of VAT and customs duties for customers. It still has a number of products in European warehouses, including powerful electric scooters, electric bicycles, smart gadgets for the home or audio products. If you order something from the EU warehouse, just like with Banggoode, the price is final for you without any additional fees. The goods will arrive even without stopping at customs.
If you are already going to order something from a Chinese warehouse, it is necessary to choose shipping Priority Line, which Geek has, however, slightly more expensive. But they will also take care of customs and VAT for you, just as they were before.
Summary of purchases at Geekbuyingu after 1 July 2021:
- EU warehouses - without a change
- Chinese warehouses – the possibility of a possible fee 2 € in addition from Slovak Post for automated customs procedures, otherwise unchanged
- Duty free transport - Priority Line
- The seller takes care of VAT and customs duties, they did not increase prices
In the end, nothing has changed for these two sellers, the only negative is the fee from Slovenská pošta, which was added after July 1, 2021. You can find more about these fees in our detailed article.
The title of the article is a bit misleading. VAT is included in the price.
Except for the weakling, choose at least as far as electric scooters are concerned ..