Generic Chinese VFD, no CE and no earth connection to exposed metal heatsink

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I maybe wrong on this, but my understanding is that if it is in a bonded warehouse the vat and duty is not paid and is paid before its released.
so who pays the VAT? all the adverts are showing as no VAT or duty to add, so the VAT and Duty is paid in the EU and this means that they woudl be invoied in the EU?
Again, i may be wrong on this, becase i dont get involved with this form of importing.

You're correct about VAT/duty not being paid if it's in a bonded warehouse.

I'd guess the seller pays any duty when the item is released, and it's just built into the price.
I'd probably also hazard a guess that's there's some manipulation of prices to minimise duty/VAT costs.