Clearly you simply need to get Japan added to the EU.
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This is the way
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From what I remember of my time in Yourp, there is VAT in all prices (except for exempt articles), you juat donât see it because they always give you the all in price.
That said, I once left my laptop at the airport in DC flying back to Poland. My buddy who lived there sent it to me, and the PL government charged me VAT on it. This was in 2011. VAT was charged on a 4 year old Macbook but by the customs authorityâs books same as on a new one. I paid something like $150 for a computer I bought used for the same amount.
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That be some serious bullshit there. That wasnât VAT, it was straight up extortion.
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Yeah. I thought it may have been a bribe, but they gave me a receipt, so it probably wasnât.
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It was state-sanctioned extortion.
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A well documented bribe is just a bribe with poor judgement.
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The worst kind. For a normal extortionist you can just hire a heavier Gino and a taller Bruno, with bigger baseball bats. SFA you can do about a government sanctioned extortionist, short of throwing tea in the bay.
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Funny you should say that. An American buddy of mine whom I met in Poland, who met his Polish wife in Korea (thatâs ROK, not JongUnland) told me a story from their days there, when he taught English and she worked as a Polish liaison for Daewoo.
Apparently his friend wanted to open an English school there and went to the govât office with the paperwork, and the customary envelope ($1000 USD in hundreds). All was well, the procedure was to take a month. A week later they called him in (worried AF, obviously, wondering what is wrong with the paperwork). Same official, same office, after some brief pleasantries the official hands him an envelope with $250 in it. Turns out the bribe at his level was $750, whereas $1000 was the bribe for his boss and he couldnât take it.
Honest corruption 
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How did you know my bandâs name?
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itâs made by a french custom shop called Guitare Garage : https://www.guitaregarage.com/produit/precision-bass-51-olive-drab-racing-relic/
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Wow. Yes please!
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Not off the top of my head, no. I did investigate what it would cost to import an Aerodyne bass from Japan at one point. With shipping, import fees and VAT, the answer was: too much 
Yes! And also move the entire country to a location off the coast of, say, France or Spain. For easy visiting.
Incidentally, I didnât go to McDonaldâs while I was in France, so unfortunately, I canât confirm or disprove the Royale with Cheese theory. Maybe on of our French residents can?
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That would be amazing. Just drop it mid-Atlantic, where Atlantis would be. Better weather for us, plus Japan loves Europe. Frankly I donât think your infrastructure would be ready for the waves of millions of caffiene and nicotine fueled 20-somethings on holiday.
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Nice Nolly.
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