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Old 12-02-2005, 08:00 AM   #1
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i think that if you go through the buying process, it will say how much it is. theres something that asks your location and it will calculate the amount.
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Old 12-17-2005, 08:00 AM   #2
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Whenever ordering directly from abroad, you should be prepared to pay upto 40% extra in VAT & import duty. Most of the time, you wont have to pay anything, but occasionally they will pick on your package and nail you the full amount.

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Old 03-13-2006, 08:00 AM   #3
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Email the guys and tell them you'll buy from them if they write 'GIFT' on the import label. Some will, some won't...

No import tax for pressies, see?
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Old 05-05-2006, 08:00 AM   #4
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I bought 4 sets of bogu from korea, which came in 2 boxes (2 sets in each box). I was charged £39 tax for each box.
I rang up customs to complain, and they said it doesn't matter what you write on the box, if it is over 18kg, there is a tax charge appropriate to its weight.
So i had to stump up £78 before parcel force could unload them off the lorry, which almost made it not worth buying outside of the UK.

Hope this info helps.
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Old 05-16-2006, 08:00 AM   #5
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the other thing you need to watch out for is "handling fee" Parcel force and the Royal Mail add an extra few bob for putting your parcel through customs, think i ended up paying £20 altogether 15 of which was Parcel force handling fee
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Old 05-27-2006, 08:00 AM   #6
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That's odd, 'cos every time I have been hit with import tax, it has always been value-based. That's why the sender has to write the approximate value of the parcel on the shipping advice label.

However, gifts or items of no value (paper-based files, documents etc that can be reprinted and were not sold to you) are not chargeable.

If Auntie Hilda in Oz sends you a birthday pressie, you don't pay an import duty for your own gift. However, if you buy an item from a source outside of the UK, there's about (from what HMC&E tell me) a one in three chance of it being hit for duty.

If you buy from inside the UK from a company that has imported the items, there is no duty 'cos the company has already paid it.

Small items are also excluded. Under (if I remember correctly) £20 value, there isn't a a requirement to pay import tax.
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Old 07-15-2006, 08:00 AM   #7
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That's odd, 'cos every time I have been hit with import tax, it has always been value-based. That's why the sender has to write the approximate value of the parcel on the shipping advice labe
Oooh, actually you're right Scott, sorry, my bad. I do, now remember saying that the value was LESS than it actually was, to reduce the import tax. The downside of this, is, if your goods get lost, you are only reimbursed for the amount you declared.
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Old 07-18-2006, 08:00 AM   #8
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Default british customs tax
Im not too sure but i heard you have to pay them a 4% "disgrenery" fee, i hate customs, they rip everyone off, like i buy collectables i got charged over £100 for one collectable! like come on lol.
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Old 08-15-2006, 08:00 AM   #9
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yer, thats for the postage and shipping fees. :P customs are so confusing.
im terribly sorry, i was confused at the moment. but i think that musashi was correct. i apologize for the mistake.
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