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Buying from the US and charges

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laidback:
 I collected my Master frame set and a load of other bits and pieces from my local ParcelForce depot today. I tracked it online and it was held up by customs for about a week. It eventually said 'customs charges paid' and was despatched to my local depot. I phoned up today and paid about £30 in fees. It was sent as a gift, but I guess customs are quite used to people trying to pull the wool over their eyes ;D

rodriguez:

--- Quote from: That Swan Guy on December 17, 2013, 07:14 PM ---they can still tax you even if it is under the threshold value if they deem the sellers address is a business.
nobody tells you that one!

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And if it's sent from a business they charge VAT on the shipping as well whereas if it's sent as a gift they don't.

stidds:

--- Quote from: hobbsy on December 17, 2013, 09:11 PM ---I've given up buying from the US, Feebay have it so rigged these day's it's just a con,

Last thing I bought was a thomson post because it was a bastard size, $40, ended up costing me closer to £80,

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I agree Joe, I stopped using ebay for overseas stuff a while ago.  Now it is worse as ebay have this global shipping scam going where you pay import charges at source, even on stuff you wouldn't get charged on.

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