[CapBritain]

Marauder are no longer shipping to the UK. Changes to the law regarding VAT are to blame. Open orders are being cancelled and refunds issued.

[46 Zone]

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Originally Posted by CapBritain

Marauder are no longer shipping to the UK. Changes to the law regarding VAT are to blame. Open orders are being cancelled and refunds issued.

Holy crap!!! That sucks!!!. Is that an English law or US law? Maybe they can find a vendor to ship to over there. Kind of like how Haslab has a vendor there that orders product for you all.

[AF80sFAN]

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Originally Posted by CapBritain

Marauder are no longer shipping to the UK. Changes to the law regarding VAT are to blame. Open orders are being cancelled and refunds issued.

I have read that on their website. Looking into it (quickly on Google, I am no international tax expert) it is interesting that the UK has gone ahead with the new VAT e-commerce rules change from the first of January, whereas the EU scheme (which we presumably had to mirror as part of the "level playing field") has been pushed back to first of July due to "practical difficulties created by the measures taken to contain the coronavirus pandemic".

I know a lot of other countries have these e-commerce laws (or are introducing them). If Marauder keep banning countries they will soon have no international sales at all.

If I can no longer buy their product direct I may have to stop making MTF customs.

[AF80sFAN]

Thinking about it further, If Marauder are no longer going to ship to the UK, and EU in a few months time, presumably they will have to stop them participating in their Kickstarters as the same tax rules will apply. Without any European investment I wonder how that is going to affect how may stretch goals they are able to reach on their Vietnam kickstarter?

[shishi]

Really disappointed about this. MGR have kept me going with easy to access supplies for years. Wish I'd put an order in before Christmas, but held out to this last weekend. Just waiting for confirmation that it's now cancelled.

Will be interesting to see if it impacts Kickstarters. I'm still waiting on the Eagle Force (and Hell Screamerz) and will there be problems shipping them to the UK because of the law change?

Wishing Marauder all the best in the future, but not sure what do with all those figures I had planned.

[shishi]

Double post.

I wonder how many other suppliers chose a similar decision now.

[whalemuseum]

Holy shit, that's bad news! Hopefully they find a solution for this. Marauders is what kept the hobby going for me the past few years...

[samsson37]

sounds like the UK brothers are going to have to get a sponsor here in the states. send us the order. we do it and then send a care package