Um, because they are shipping an EU-product to EU, possibly from EU... dumbass. Thus, no VAT
Sorry, couldnt read further than that. Please get a clue.
Haha this is funny. Could not resist posting in a thread I don't really belong. I live in the EU and I can confirm we do have VAT here in the EU. Companies not collecting VAT from customers (customers not being a corporation) is committing tax evasion and they do have to state the VAT on the invoice and not just include it in the price. This whole AMT thing quite funny and I am looking forward to see what is going to happen. Will they ship or will they run or will they maybe be charged with tax evasion.
edit - And I could add, if this is not an EU-product shipped from EU but instead a product shipped from the US, VAT will be collected at customs. If you manage not to pay VAT, you are commiting tax evasion, there is no way around this. This specific statement from AMT is fraudulent.
Actually only fraudulent if they knew it to be untrue. People in the US tend to think of VAT as sales tax and they do not understand that when they ship from here people there still have to pay the tax. I think you should use the term ignorant as opposed to fraudulent. Too many inflammatory terms are being throw around here.