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Considered smuggling?

[Deleted User] · 2021-01-19 17:16:16

If I buy something on eBay UK from a NI seller and use my Auntie's home in NI as the shipping address who then forwards it on to me is that considered smuggling? (sorry for the very long sentence).

19-01-2021 5:16pm

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If I buy something on eBay UK from a NI seller and use my Auntie's home in NI as the shipping address who then forwards it on to me is that considered smuggling? (sorry for the very long sentence).

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No, NI is still part of the EU customs union so if you purchase from an NI business it's treated as a purchase from the EU.

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#3 19-01-2021 5:44pm

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That's interesting and something that had escaped me. I can still buy stuff on eBay UK without being robbed by their global shipping thing as long as the seller is in NI.
Thanks for that.

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