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U.S. Small Biz Can't Ship to the EU Anymore

62 points · 79 comments · alsetmusic

  1. gammalost · · focus · HN ↗
    I get that it is a shame for you personally. Despite this I think high processing fees are good. First of all, it addresses the issue of people in the EU importing things we really do not need. Secondly, if it is something you really want then it can be imported at a noticible (but managable) premium. If the set of die are special, then paying 3 (or even 10) euro extra would, in my opinion, be fine
    1. xnx · · focus · HN ↗
      > it addresses the issue of people in the EU importing things we really do not need.

      How do you determine what someone does not really need?

      1. gammalost · · focus · HN ↗
        Well we (as private consumers) need things such as: food, clothes, entertainment, a place to live, energy.

        Things we do not need: kickstarter passion projects, temu trash, a very cool custom built split keyboard that broke after a few days. I'm not against the idea of small scale importing, I bought the super cool split keyboard afterall. But the unnecesary pleasures of life are a sometimes thing and deserves to be treated as such

        1. nozzlegear · · focus · HN ↗
          Is this an appeal to degrowth?
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