VAT charged separately as a private purchase | Buy

mar-904290 · 2025-12-28T19:11:48.551000Z

Hello,I won an item on eBay in an auction and won it as the highest bidder with a bid of 22.05 euros.During the checkout process, the 22.05 euros were shown to me as the purchase price, and below that an additional, separate, and on top of that another 4.19 euros in VAT was itemized and charged. The total amount payable was therefore 26.24 euros. Since the item was a digital code, we selected pickup as the shipping method and then the code was sent to me via chat.I don’t understand why VAT was charged additionally. I am a private buyer, and the seller is also listed as a private seller and is based in Germany. Based on my previous understanding and my past experience, in private auctions the amount with which you win the auction was always also the final amount payable.In the last few months, I’ve also won items in auctions several times (e.g. for €10, €15, or €16). In all of those cases, the auction price was the final price, without any additional or separate VAT being charged.So my question to the community:Why was VAT charged separately and additionally in the checkout process in this case?Is this a special case or possibly an error?The item number is: 187 87 96 90 567.Thank you very much for your support.

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