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Customs/postage charges
emma.b123
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Hi all,
Only slighty linked to ebay, but thought the postage experts would certainly be on here!!
I've bought 2 items from ebay from overseas sellers, and today i had a slip through the door from the post office saying that I had to pay 12.50 additional to collect the parcel. My only quandry here is that 1 item was a fairly expensive aftershave (although got at a good price and worth paying the 12.50) and the other a sew own patch worth a couple of quid!
Am I in my rights to ask the post office to show me the parcel before i agree to pay? If i see the package, i should be able to tell which of the 2 it is!! If its the patch i'll cut my losses forthe sake of £3 and ask them to Return to sender!
Thanks!
Only slighty linked to ebay, but thought the postage experts would certainly be on here!!
I've bought 2 items from ebay from overseas sellers, and today i had a slip through the door from the post office saying that I had to pay 12.50 additional to collect the parcel. My only quandry here is that 1 item was a fairly expensive aftershave (although got at a good price and worth paying the 12.50) and the other a sew own patch worth a couple of quid!
Am I in my rights to ask the post office to show me the parcel before i agree to pay? If i see the package, i should be able to tell which of the 2 it is!! If its the patch i'll cut my losses forthe sake of £3 and ask them to Return to sender!
Thanks!
...Money spending expert since 1983....
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Where were they being posted from?My TV is broken!
Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j0 -
One's from Asia, the other was from America....Money spending expert since 1983....0
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Its probably the aftershave.0
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yeah it will be the aftershave, most of the 12 quid is handling fees, (8 quid to royal mail and the rest will be made up of vat/import duty so say £3 tax/£1 import duty).
was the aftershave about 45 quid ?
also returning to sender when the import duty is paid is a nono, the royal mail has already paid this amount on your behalf and it would still be outstanding, im not saying i agree with that but that is how they work.0 -
im thinkin of buying something from america for £200 how much will the duty be on that?0
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sunnysea83 wrote: »im thinkin of buying something from america for £200 how much will the duty be on that?
depending what the item is about 50-60 quid with the handling fees added on, depends how much they charge for shipping as well i think.0 -
sunnysea83 wrote: »im thinkin of buying something from america for £200 how much will the duty be on that?
Work on +/- 20%.0 -
its cost me £160 including shipping so i would be lookin at about £30 which still makes it less than half price than in the UK so im sure the other half will still bemore than happy.0
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