UK Customs Charge for the Boots ?

BlueLedbetter

Just got a card delivered saying I had an item to pick up but there was a Customs Charge or £12.59 WTF ?

Anybody else had this ? Not happy

surfanddestroy

BlueLedbetter wrote:

Just got a card delivered saying I had an item to pick up but there was a Customs Charge or £12.59 WTF ?

Anybody else had this ? Not happy

How many did you order, I think alot of people ordered individually so as not to get any customs charges.

BlueLedbetter

ordered 3, didn't realise that is there a value the charge kicks in at ?

Thierry Henry

BlueLedbetter wrote:

ordered 3, didn't realise that is there a value the charge kicks in at ?

Hey Colin, I bought 3 together to be delivered in Ireland. Didn't have to pay anything.
Don't know if your just unlucky or its a British thing.
BOOOO!!

pdalowsky

bastard, that means mine will get hammered too.....ordered 3 as presents.....

the annoying thing wityh that is that 3 quid is the VAT element, the other 8 quid belongs to the robbing c*nts at royal mail for their special 'handling fee'. stinks.

Have a thought for the chap here who bought the signed guitar in the auction....ouch

BlueLedbetter

ah well jat least I'll have them this afternoon they will be playing shortly

philthehip

As far as Im aware anything upto the value of £17 is not charged. There is no charge for gifts if it states it on the package. Secong hand goods are exemp in most cases, so maybe the fact that the guitar is secong hand and also is a charity item will mean that he gets away with any extra cost.

dimitrispearljam

its all up to the post office of your area,,if the notice the price in the envelope u are in trouble..thank God in my post office here they are lazy

pdalowsky

philthehip wrote:

As far as Im aware anything upto the value of £17 is not charged. There is no charge for gifts if it states it on the package. Secong hand goods are exemp in most cases, so maybe the fact that the guitar is secong hand and also is a charity item will mean that he gets away with any extra cost.

Oh no, he got hammered for charges that is for sure...

second hand items also attract the tax now, as do gifts - my local office told me they got very wise to that

Thierry Henry

pdalowsky wrote:

philthehip wrote:

As far as Im aware anything upto the value of £17 is not charged. There is no charge for gifts if it states it on the package. Secong hand goods are exemp in most cases, so maybe the fact that the guitar is secong hand and also is a charity item will mean that he gets away with any extra cost.

Oh no, he got hammered for charges that is for sure...

second hand items also attract the tax now, as do gifts - my local office told me they got very wise to that

Did you have to pay when you bought the autographed guitar??

Brisk.

Nothing wrong with mine, i just ordered one!

philthehip

Thierry Henry wrote:

pdalowsky wrote:

philthehip wrote:

As far as Im aware anything upto the value of £17 is not charged. There is no charge for gifts if it states it on the package. Secong hand goods are exemp in most cases, so maybe the fact that the guitar is secong hand and also is a charity item will mean that he gets away with any extra cost.

Oh no, he got hammered for charges that is for sure...

second hand items also attract the tax now, as do gifts - my local office told me they got very wise to that

Did you have to pay when you bought the autographed guitar??

Well you learn something new everyday. Thats just legalised robbery. Thanks for the heads up

pdalowsky

Thierry Henry wrote:

pdalowsky wrote:

philthehip wrote:

As far as Im aware anything upto the value of £17 is not charged. There is no charge for gifts if it states it on the package. Secong hand goods are exemp in most cases, so maybe the fact that the guitar is secong hand and also is a charity item will mean that he gets away with any extra cost.

Oh no, he got hammered for charges that is for sure...

second hand items also attract the tax now, as do gifts - my local office told me they got very wise to that

Did you have to pay when you bought the autographed guitar??

No Pat, a flexible seller and a forward thinking buyer is a good combination!!

dottles

My first package I didn't get any customs charges (ordered 3 CDs at one time), but it could well because the contents were stolen before it hit customs.
I think they must do a random selection, as I've not had to pay charges on anything (including a new ski jacket, and some really expensive stuff) but my friend got a charm for a charm bracelet and got hammered on the charges.
So if something is marked as a gift then I take it they are now opening them to see if there is any invoice or receipt. What if someone abroad buys you a gift and gets the company to send it to you (that is what my mate was planning to do for his Xmas pressies as he is in Oz).

daviecoop

pdalowsky wrote:

philthehip wrote:

As far as Im aware anything upto the value of £17 is not charged. There is no charge for gifts if it states it on the package. Secong hand goods are exemp in most cases, so maybe the fact that the guitar is secong hand and also is a charity item will mean that he gets away with any extra cost.

Oh no, he got hammered for charges that is for sure...

second hand items also attract the tax now, as do gifts - my local office told me they got very wise to that

£290 I got hit for, and that was the guitar declared at a value of $2500, a lot less than I paid for it.
And 10C had stated on it that it was a gift.

pdalowsky

dottles wrote:

My first package I didn't get any customs charges (ordered 3 CDs at one time), but it could well because the contents were stolen before it hit customs.
I think they must do a random selection, as I've not had to pay charges on anything (including a new ski jacket, and some really expensive stuff) but my friend got a charm for a charm bracelet and got hammered on the charges.
So if something is marked as a gift then I take it they are now opening them to see if there is any invoice or receipt. What if someone abroad buys you a gift and gets the company to send it to you (that is what my mate was planning to do for his Xmas pressies as he is in Oz).

really its a lottery, its best to get the company sending it to mark it very clearly as a gift from a family member, and state the value at something like 10 bucks.....although strictly not true, its true in there is no value as its a gift so i do not see there is anything wrong with doing that.

reubensfingers

I ordered two and had to pay £11.06 (England)

Chrisilein

I remember the amount i had to pay for the Ten SDL Edition! I think it was about € 40! Usually there are no customs fees in Austria up to an amount of € 150 but yesterday i received the Pearl Jam Bridges box which i won on ebay for $ 110 including shipping and i had to pay € 20 for import purchases tax!?! :evil:

dimitrispearljam

Chrisilein wrote:

I remember the amount i had to pay for the Ten SDL Edition! I think it was about € 40! Usually there are no customs fees in Austria up to an amount of € 150 but yesterday i received the Pearl Jam Bridges box which i won on ebay for $ 110 including shipping and i had to pay € 20 for import purchases tax!?! :evil:

dont remind me that..i pay 135 euros extra,,order 2,i pay 270 euros extra..and finnaly..10c refund me both i pay and ups (THIEVES) get all the money :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

BlueLedbetter

the bastards closed at 12.15 and i got there at 12.30 so no boots until tomorrow

Sian-of-the-dead

Oh god... we ordered two hoodies at the same time... :?

I also ordered two t-shirts in one order... :?

We're gonna get charges... it'd be just our luck :(

I guess it depends on whether they declare the sale value of the items or the original value :?:

dimitrispearljam

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

Oh god... we ordered two hoodies at the same time... :?

I also ordered two t-shirts in one order... :?

We're gonna get charges... it'd be just our luck :(

I guess it depends on whether they declare the sale value of the items or the original value :?:

10c knows,,they do the right thing

pdalowsky

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

Oh god... we ordered two hoodies at the same time... :?

I also ordered two t-shirts in one order... :?

We're gonna get charges... it'd be just our luck :(

I guess it depends on whether they declare the sale value of the items or the original value :?:

10c knows,,they do the right thing

that depends D, i have been caught a few times.

it depends on hoow they ship, a few times before they sent things via sweden so there were no charges, no things seem to come direct, theres only so much they can do.

the ten reissue was a different matter, they were insured so full value declared, that was a shame, cost me some coin did that

dimitrispearljam

pdalowsky wrote:

that depends D, i have been caught a few times.

it depends on hoow they ship, a few times before they sent things via sweden so there were no charges, no things seem to come direct, theres only so much they can do.

the ten reissue was a different matter, they were insured so full value declared, that was a shame, cost me some coin did that

pm