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On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 09:36:00AM -0500, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: [...] This rule of thumb only applies to stuff imported from the USA to Europe, or Since the actual rate has been about ?0.845 for a few months now, I guess your bank charges 4% over the mid-market rate. That seems a bit high. However, as you surely know, the EU applies tarrifs on imports, and individual countries also charge consumers VAT. Tariffs tend to be fairly nominal or zero unless there's a trade war going on, whereas VAT varies between 15% and 25%. So if I import a $100 widget, even if it has a zero tariff, I still get to pay 21% Dutch VAT which brings it to $121, or ?102. Therefore $1 ? ?1. That same $100 widget imported into the UK becomes $120 due to the 20% VAT rate, which comes to ?90, but the UK has its own self-inflicted problems which cause importers loads of extra costs and ?100 is easily believable. If I take off my consumer hat and put on my businessman hat, I can import stuff without paying VAT and then it is just the $100, ?84.50, or ?75 suggested by the exchange rate.