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Buying bits from the USA.......... - Customs Loop Holes

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ED209:

--- Quote from: Orange777 on April 09, 2012, 11:39 AM ---T H A N K      Y O U !!!

Does seem to be no real rules around this except luck!

Loving the idea of marking as a child's toy!! Think I would have the NSPCC on my case when they see how battered the item is!

All really helpful as usual!!

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your avatar picture is really wrong  :buck2:

FREESTYLE MASTER:

--- Quote from: Orange777 on April 08, 2012, 09:49 AM ---Anyone know of a good way round being robbed by customs? I bought a snowboard few years ago from the US and paid more than the cost of the boar :-[ :-[d in Import Tax

Found a bike in the US and the seller is suggesting he will mark it as "Vintage Bike Parts"

Any help is appreciated!!

 :Great_Britain:

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Hello, Orange

   I sell and ship to the U.K. and AU all the time.

What I do is if I sold something on ebay I change the value of what they payed for the item to $5.00 US dollars and mark as a commercial Sample.
 
  Unfortunately you can not change the price of the shipping cost it will not let you.

 And I always have my buyers come back with Thank you e-mails.

    Same applies for item bought on Forums thru a Pay-Pal Transaction.   :Great_Britain: :smitten:

Orange777:

--- Quote from: FREESTYLE MASTER on April 09, 2012, 02:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: Orange777 on April 08, 2012, 09:49 AM ---Anyone know of a good way round being robbed by customs? I bought a snowboard few years ago from the US and paid more than the cost of the boar :-[ :-[d in Import Tax

Found a bike in the US and the seller is suggesting he will mark it as "Vintage Bike Parts"

Any help is appreciated!!

 :Great_Britain:

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Hello, Orange

   I sell and ship to the U.K. and AU all the time.

What I do is if I sold something on ebay I change the value of what they payed for the item to $5.00 US dollars and mark as a commercial Sample.
 
  Unfortunately you can not change the price of the shipping cost it will not let you.

 And I always have my buyers come back with Thank you e-mails.

    Same applies for item bought on Forums thru a Pay-Pal Transaction.   :Great_Britain: :smitten:

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Thank you!! Hopefully should know if they guy will sell me the bike soon and will mail him with mark up instructions!!


Really helped me a lot!

T h a n k.  Y o u

Frosty:
As already mentioned the problem with undervaluing an item is if it gets lost in transit. The seller will only be able to claim back what was declared, so often they are reluctant to mark substantially less than what they sold for.

The real killer is the vat at 20% now. It is calculated on the total costs, including the shipping, using their fx rates too.

There are a couple of ways to avoid the duty charges, but to be honest at the moment VAT is the real issue., here's one, state this code number 9501009000 (this is the tariff code for bicycle wheels and parts) it should be clearly stated on the address cover letter on the package. This should legitimately reduce the import duty to a zero % rate.
 
I know from bitter experience at the moment what losing a valuable item is like, and that was on these shores!!

Orange777:
Cheers Frosty!! Just won my GT - totally excited, although will be needing a lot more help!!

That VAT code looks great - will ping onto the Americas!!

T H A N K   Y O U

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