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- Hearsay.
ONLY smartshop operators were informed about the 2019 regulation. Ordinary mortals have no idea what the tax rate on truffles means.
- Confusion with mushrooms.
Every few months, one out of 10,000 truffle deliveries is snatched by customs. „YOU HAVE ORDERED MUSHROOMS!“ is then written in the letter to the consumer.
And mushrooms are illegal (even in the Netherlands, everywhere!). If you then pay the €50 fine even though you haven't ordered any mushrooms, the myth remains.
- Online lawyers
Who pays a lawyer to tell customs that a package was wrongly taken away? Nobody.
Lawyers live from the fact that people believe they are in the wrong or that they can only enforce their rights with enormous expertise.
- Smart stores like walk-in customers
For many Dutch stores, it is easier to serve customers at the counter than to send parcels. This works best when as many people as possible believe that they have to go to the Netherlands themselves to buy truffles.
