>>9382833I assume it has to do with the VAT-situation for all EU countries.
Up until July you could import small parcels for free, now you have to pay full VAT even for the smallest 10 cent items. (in theory, i heard its a grey area up to 5€ but anyway).
That gives a seller two options:
Ship as before, and the buyer will be faced with a bill from customs (and in case of Germany, from DHL who does customs for the client, but charges a flat 6€ fee for it).
Obviously an ebay seller would facing a lot of negative feedback if a 1,80€ minifigure would result always in an extra 6-7€ fee at the buyers doorstep.
The sellers can register at some EU-wide plattform which tracks everything, so they can sell with VAT included already.
Aliexpress does that for the countless of small sellers and stores, so i assume thats why they all left ebay and sell through Ali these days.
Simply to avoid the hassle of dealing with EU taxes by themselves.
