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MartyC:

--- Quote from: midschooljon on April 03, 2015, 09:51 PM ---I just received a Customs Notice of £130.00 for an item I paid only $42.00 for!!!  :knuppel2:  :idiot2:

Sorting this out should be a lot of fun.....

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How much was the postage and the insured value?

ED209:
over £36 then they charge you VAT on the price of the item AND the shipping.

eg. £50 item that cost £50 to post ... you'll have to pay VAT on £100 ... and pay the £8 handling fee.

That is SO wrong if you ask me

leehunt1:
If you can speak to the sender ask them to put on the customs note 'goods returned'
this will avoid any fees.. worked on 4 or 5 high value items sent to me from USA

once tho they tried to charge me so i rang parceforce and asked the lady to check the note on the box
she did and it said goods return.. fee was cancelled

midschooljon:

--- Quote from: MartyC on April 04, 2015, 03:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: midschooljon on April 03, 2015, 09:51 PM ---I just received a Customs Notice of £130.00 for an item I paid only $42.00 for!!!  :knuppel2:  :idiot2:

Sorting this out should be a lot of fun.....

--- End quote ---

How much was the postage and the insured value?

--- End quote ---

Postage was $50. Problem is the sender stated goods have zero value, so customs opened the box and came to the conclusion they are worth £500?????

I'm on my way there now to discuss with Parcelforce, however they have already said they can't do anything. Apparently I have to pay and then open up a query with HMRC via post....

MartyC:
I had something similar years ago and had tp pay then go through HMRC to get a refund once they had copies of my ebay and paypal receipts, etc.  Mine was for £200 odd ended up paying £36 and getting a refund for the rest.

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