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Anyone Thinking Of Buying A Repop Kashimax Aero....?
Gnarlyscoots:
--- Quote from: bigfatolly on July 04, 2015, 09:09 PM ---I have had a fair few things from the US including Motomags,tuff ones and bars and never been charged import duty once :daumenhoch:
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Same here buddy. I have had untold parcels and packages, even weighing in at 24Lbs. Still no charges if it is labelled correctly.
I got charged once because the seller marked the declaration as 'merchandise'. To add to that, he doubled up on the shipping label, so my $70 callipers turned into $140 plus the shipping cost. They tried to extract another £50 from me for it. Luckily it got sorted in the end :daumenhoch:
MartyC:
Well it's not Mark's fault at OldschoolBMX.com more a fault of Customs and Revenue who are clearly raising revenue targets on Parcelforce who provide this service to them. Check the customs label to see that they have identified it as because the Parcelforce people are not the most accurate at translating what the sender puts into what Customs and Revenue want to charge for.
Funkyworm:
If your parcel is declared as being £15 or over by a seller who lives outside of the EU your parcel will get pulled & held up in customs.
you'll pay VAT at 20% on :
1: the value of the item.
2: the postage cost.
3: the £8 Parcelforce service charge. Combined...
Which means an item that you bought for e.g. £15 plus £10 postage could end up actually costing you £33 plus Vat = £39.60
It's a fooking joke but unlike most countries such as Australia where i think import tax comes in at items that cost $1000 thus country fooks us all from a poultry £15.00
I try as hard as possible when buying anything to get the sellers to de-value the cost of the goods when they post , usually it means they also cant insure it for the full value either as customs will look at this & see you're pulling a fast one. So theres risks if anything goes missing or gets damaged .. but thats the gamble...
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