has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it
[edited]#eu 2026-01-19
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- rezept_rolf — handling fee is worse than vat 15:28
- rezept_rolf — i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork 15:32
- area_percent — crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it, ask me again in a month vat on imports from… 16:41
- rezept_rolf — that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu, take that with a pinch of salt 16:53
handling fee is worse than vat
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send both languages
i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
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three working days
check the date on that
write simple english
crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it, ask me again in a month
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
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu, take that with a pinch of salt
translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not
a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy
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
a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that