Shipping to Austria?

[ct-v]

I just received a message from someone in Austria who wants to buy one of my items. With the Germany packaging act that was implemented last year, I searched online to see if Austria was also affected by this and I saw that they implemented their own version of the packaging act this year.

https://verpackungslizenz24.de/en/austrian-packaging-ordinance-2023/

It seems to be as restrictive as the one in Germany. I'm wondering if someone has had any sales to Austria recently? I would like to know if this packaging act is really being enforced.

[byto253]

Basically not worth messing with, and it is easy to enforce with the customs info.   In my experience those potential buyers melt away when the get a shipping quote.   

[reallynicestamps]

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/tools/find-a-rate.page

Do  a little experimenting.

Here's the address of the Vienna City Hall to help since you don't have the customer's one.

Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

And you want tracked Air mail.

Surface is too slow and untracked is probably not secure enough.

Will your DVDs/BluRays work in Austrian machines? Ask the customer.

[darak10]

I wouldnt mess with this, just cancel as "buyer address" if they buy.  Germany were enforcing this pretty hard core when theirs came out and we were given a choice to opt in or out.  I like many others opted out.  Its not my responsibility as a Canadian to pay for domestic programs in a foreign country.  I think their "polluter pays principle" is EU horse hockey, just another disingenuous and self serving political attempt to offload responsibility for a domestic issue onto someone else.  I have a two word response for the Austrian state on this one and I wont share exactly what it is.  

That and nobody but the giant guys sell enough in Austria to warrant paying 130 euros a year as a user fee to access their market.  

This is just further to my point on another thread about how due to stuff like this, intl ecommerce is literally backing customers into a corner of looking for what they want domestically.  increasing bureaucracy + internet = ever snowballing nightmare

[snoopwiz]

Not suggesting you do ship. Not suggesting you don't ship.

I am somewhat sure that Germany put that whole thing on the back burner for now. I did not register, I did not send any "fees" and I continue shipping to Germany, a few times a month and thus far, its been a "nothing-burger"