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xGoose:
The price I paid was $230 for a set of pedals and a spare set of cages but for some reason the cost they put on the box was higher $298 +$30 p+p? Weird, so I got a nasty 40quid custom charge!

I dont understand these charges and sometimes I recckon that customs just sit there with a fishing rod pulling random packages out of the bags and then pick a number out of the air!

Ive had a lot of stuff delivered from the states more expensive than these pedals that just comes straight through to me but then Ive had some cheap bits and pieces that Ive had to pay random amounts on just to get them released. Dunno where they get the figures from. At first I thought it was anything tracked but it aint that, doesnt necessarily seem to be insured stuff either. Just plain weird and random!  :-\

Still isnt this a luvvery box of tricks!  :smitten:

mark 2:
I was reading up about it last night - Customs duty free allowance is £105, but VAT is a separate matter. Your allowance for that is £18 for commercial items, £36 for a gift. The are some things that are duty free, it said stuff like wii's and laptops. Different items have different tax brackets. Bikes were 14% so I guess parts would be the same. Then if parcel force pay the fee's upfront it was £8. Other couriers can be about £14. And it was pot luck if you get nabbed, saying too much passes through to stay on top of it all.  I had some hits and misses over the years. Xmas might be a good time to shop if it is pot luck with the extra volume of parcels coming in overwhelming them.

xGoose:
I agree with you Mark, I think its pot luck.

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