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Last plastic set I bought from them was total rubbish.
Whilst the sales process is technically different, there is no material financial difference pre- and post- Brexit buying from the EU - see this post for more details.
That's fine when you are buying from a VAT registered company, but it certainly isn't true when you are buying from an individual as you are effectively taxed twice. There is no recognition of the fact that VAT has already been paid by an individual. Once again it's advantageous to be a company rather than a human being!
Yes, I queried this with them a while back and they said that it is hit and miss if we get charged tax again!
I'm not following that? If they (Ministry of Pinball, selling new parts/spares/a machine) create a Dutch export order, they should zero rate it for local Dutch VAT. When it arrives at a UK port, UK import VAT is due. If the item isn't declared at the port, then it might not get charged UK VAT, but I don't follow how the scenario of "we get charged tax again" can occur? What tax do you mean is charged for again?
Do you mean if you are buying a used machine, which the end-user owner purchased from their home EU country, which is still situated in the EU, so you are personally arranging an import, and they previously paid local VAT on it? If so, in that scenario yes, I can see how you'd effectively have ended up paying the local VAT and the UK VAT. Is that what you meant?
I have ordered from Ministry of Pinball and Pinball Center in Germany. PC tends to have a larger range of bits and they are reliable. Some prices are very good but some can be higher than elsewhere - still far less expensive than Marco.
Ahh, that makes more sense. I'd expect they have changed/corrected their process by now, but if anyone finds they are still attempting to charge Dutch VAT now, they could forward them this link from the Dutch Chamber of Commerce which explains the Dutch (EU-wide actually) legislation, and how the export order should be zero-rated for VAT.
Try Pinball Center based in Ulm Germany.
If you want truly crappy plastics then this is the place.
A bold statement. I have received poor plastics from several suppliers with Min of Pinball being bad enough to return plastics for exchange. Recently purchased Shadow and Firepower plastics from PC and truly no crap on them - colours matched original plastics. A space in the market for quality plastics.
