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magpie1892
magpie1892 Posts: 38 Forumite
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i have saved up for months to go on a booze cruise to save on tobacco alcohol and cigarettes.i went this weekend and spent a total of £700 including travel.i brought back the recommended amount set out by customs only to have it confiscated .there argument was it was not for my own personal use.if i appeal and lose it would cost me £1500 or more .can any one help ,iam very angry as this was for me and my partners own use and parents
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  • soolin
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    You say it was for your own use and then you say it was also for your partner's own use and your parents. I think own use means just that..

    However, I'm sure someone else will be along shortly who will understand the terms better than I.
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  • magpie1892
    magpie1892 Posts: 38 Forumite
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    in their guidelines it states personal use as "your own consuption or as gifts
  • ifonlyitwaseasier
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    look here

    http://www.yourrights.org.uk/faqs/policing/customs-confiscations.shtml
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  • dmg24
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    Can you elaborate on what you bought?

    IMO a gift is a 200 pack of cigarettes, and if on a budget, that would be between two.
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  • magpie1892
    magpie1892 Posts: 38 Forumite
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    3,200 ciggys and 3kg of tobacco and 13 cases of fosters,they let me have the beer (nice of them) probably so i could drown my sorrows.i do this trip every 6 months.as we save hard to save cash .we save roughly £750 every 6 months on purchases doing it this way.in this country it would cost in the region of £1315.this is within their guidelines.
  • pulliptears
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    magpie1892 wrote: »
    3,200 ciggys and 3kg of tobacco and 13 cases of fosters,they let me have the beer (nice of them) probably so i could drown my sorrows.i do this trip every 6 months.as we save hard to save cash .we save roughly £750 every 6 months on purchases doing it this way.in this country it would cost in the region of £1315.this is within their guidelines.

    :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

    Thats personal use?
  • Twopints
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    3200 in 6 months is less than 20 a day
    Not even wrong
  • taxiphil
    taxiphil Posts: 1,980 Forumite
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    pulliptears wrote: »
    :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

    Thats personal use?

    Cigs and tobacco can be stored for years, so even if the OP was a very light smoker, it seems perfectly reasonable to me that it's for personal use.
  • G-G_4
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    magpie1892 wrote: »
    .we save roughly £750 every 6 months on purchases doing it this way.

    Not this time you didn't! :laugh:

    I hope you get it sorted, but I doubt they would have confiscated it if they wern't allowed to. :confused:
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  • pulliptears
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    taxiphil wrote: »
    Cigs and tobacco can be stored for years, so even if the OP was a very light smoker, it seems perfectly reasonable to me that it's for personal use.

    Seemed a lot to me, but, it seems that 3,200 is the limit along with 3kg of baccy for personal use.
    Apologies.
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