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by lkijuhyghjm 5915 days ago
The distance selling act - which gives you the right to say no and return it within 7 days - was lobbied for by the online retailers.

They felt people wouldn't order online if there were too many scams. Now that people are comfortable ordering online they are presumably lobbying for it to be revoked.

One reason for the shipping refund is that importers use it as a way around VAT. They typically sell some item for 1e with 25e shipping and so it comes in under the VAT limit.