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strictly speaking by the letter of the law you need a CITES certificate to sell any guitar that contains Brazil rosewood even for a UK to UK sale, but most ignore it as the radar is not picking up such sales. Be it dealer based, FB, Gumtree or EBay etc.
there is no customs barriers between EU nations so no additional checks in place. As such just as easy to sell UK to UK or UK to EU, or should I say just as risky
i heard German authorities just carried out a few eBay checks to see what was been sold as such and responded accordingly. There is no checking at the point of customs as goods move through the EU. Other Geman instances relate to guitars listed for sale in Germany
am I catious and concerned about stock I have that is similar? Yes. But the only other option is to stay clear. Yet we are all doing it
Well, there's not meant to be, but there still is - again, mainly spot-checking for contraband etc. My wife ordered some stuff from Poland last Christmas (via eBay) and it never arrived, she opened an eBay claim, seller issued refund. Two months later parcel arrives with OPENED BY HMRC tape/stickers all over it. Had been re-sealed and released. Wife had to contact eBay seller to offer to pay again as they were out the money, they had considered it "lost." So they are checking, occasionally! There's just no taxation happening... it's all looking for illegal stuff, when it happens.