[Grimmy]

Battosai, that sure sucks. Even having bad luck doesn't cover that much.

Our customs suck so much. They're slow and they use their own currency exchange rates which might differ alot from the actual rates at the moment. According to my numerous encounters with them over the years they often charge pretty random sums from you even if you'd estimated pretty well what the correct sum would be. This is basically why i hate our customs so much.

Here the value to avoid any customs duties shipping included is €22 (~£20/~$32.50).
1) When exceeding €22 yet remaining below €150, you get to pay the 22% VAT if the tax total exceeds €10. That again means the value can actually be way over €40 before you should get stung or even need to pick up the delivery at customs - depending on customs' rates and how they feel.
2) When exceeding €150, you get to pay also 12% duty so if your order of supes' value is slightly over €150 in total, you'd get to pay €50+ to get them. At least that but sometimes much much more.