Buying from Amazon UK
I have been using Amazon . co. uk to sent stuff to family in UK and .es or .de to buy things for delivery here.
I wonder if anyone has bought from .co.uk to be sent to Spain? I understand they remove the UK VAT and add Spanish IVA and customs charges onto the goods so you don't go through the rigmarole of doing all the paperwork yourself.
I have been trying to get a PC from them for delivery here and they see I need to identify myself with an NIF (same as our NIE) or a passport. I have tried to enter my NIE but it keeps coming up with not recognised character. I have tried just putting the numbers in without the X at the front and the letter at the back, or just the X at the front but still get the same message.
I was going to try to do it with my passport number but wondered if anyone had done the same thing? I wouldn't want it to be rejected for the wrong info being a resident here. The PC is a lot cheaper from UK and also comes with a UK keyboard (it's for my wife) unlike the ones available on .es.
Anyone bought anything from .co.uk and either used the passport number or knows what bit of the NIE I should use?
Thanks in advance.