if they want to sell to the UK from a site which lists stuff in pounds for UK customers
they now have to collect VAT at source and pay it to HMRC
which means they have to sign up with UK government gateway site
so to list anything in pounds on their site they have to do this
on top of that the shipping will be subjected to VAT if it is not listed as an idnependant line item on the invoice
so they have answered a question you didn't ask.....
this is why you can't get anything anymore
in theory they can box it up and send it, like the old days, BUT becasue its value is over a certain level £135 i'm not so sure customs will process it anymore.
what they can do is send it as a gift with their cost price as its value for insurance...... probably illegal to do, but it works
you make a contribution to their buisness that is just over the value they want for the part say 10p over
i.e you have made a gesture of good will.
later they send you a gift to thank you
if the cost and the gesture of good will are not the same ... well.... it was a gesture of good will to support their buiness you were not buying anything
if they want to thank you for it, with a gift, that is their buinesss
i was looking for some clips for my clutch
parts cost £5 about $8
places not registered to sell stuff with VAT on top won't ship to me
those that will are quoteing between £25 and £50 to ship..
ebay not much better
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-and-ove ... -in-the-uk
the only way round it is to get a UK buisness that is registred for VAT to ship it Buisness to Buisness. No VAT collected at the source
no VAT paid on landing
but you pay the VAT on the part when sold by the UK buisness
which is why i use Ron fenton at STS to get me stuff from the US
it a stupid brexit thing
that is unlikley to be sorted out as the UK Govenment has managed to reduce its wage bill for HMRC by getting the likes of summit racing and rockauto to do its VAT and Import duty collections.
leaving the EU now means that any foreign buiness that wanted to sell to you as a UK citizen can only do it if they can be bothered or can afford to collect UK VAT for the UK government.
i don't understand why we have not been rioting about this
if we were french we would
Dave