i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 12 days once
#eu 2025-11-25
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- factory_direct_fi — ok so any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today 18:26
- lyophile_liv — as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it that is the thing people get wrong… 20:20
- panel_before_after — is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere 20:22
- nausea_window — is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself 21:42
spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
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translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not, n of 1 obviously
ok so i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not, not advice obviously
ok so any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
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my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did, ill dig out the number
sorry to jump in the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
does a prescription from one eu country work in another
10 days inside the eu
poland was cheapest
statutory insurance in germany did not cover it for weight when i last read about it. for the diabetes indication it was a different conversation
anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
in germany the split is privat versus kasse. a private prescription means you pay the pharmacy price yourself and when i checked last year that was a lot
diabetes yes weight no
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factory_direct_fii order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 12…
a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy, thats just me
coming back to this poland pricing, has anyone compared it against germany
ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other
anyone compared the price for the same dose in two eu countries properly
pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more
netherlands was reported in here at around 200 euros a month out of pocket a year or so ago, with conditions attached to any reimbursement
you can carry a personal quantity between eu countries in practice. the rules on quantity and prescription vary and i would not rely on my reading of them
no local insurance means the pharmacy price, full stop, in every country a member has reported from
ok so the price for the same dose in two eu countries differed by about forty percent in the one careful comparison i have seen in here
cross border in theory
nordics are brutal
as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere
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i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
varies by pharmacy
prices moved since
is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself
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vat on imports from outside the eu applied from a very low threshold when i last imported, and the carrier handling fee was bigger than the vat, not advice obviously
has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it
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is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem