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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ben Chu

Why has Brexit disrupted online shopping so disastrously?

Photograph: PA

Some online shoppers have been hit with a nasty shock since the new year.

Items that they have ordered online have taken much longer to arrive than usual and, when they have arrived, the customers have sometimes been asked to pay large and unexpected bills in order to release the goods from the delivery company.

The difficulties of buyers have been more than matched by the difficulties of online sellers.

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