Item in customs

fatherazhara

This is the down side of ordering from America, Most of Europe is ok to order from beacuse its in the European Union and you wont be charged customs but from America it happens often, if your going to buy from America ask the seller if they will mark as 'Gift' or below $10 as offten we have had things held up for up to 2 weeks and then charge you about £18 (£10) handleing fee, if they use Fedex then your items will get there quickly then you will receive a Bill afterwards :mad:

cyberbob

fatherazhara wrote: »

if your going to buy from America ask the seller if they will mark as 'Gift' or below $10 as offten we have had things

The fact that your asking the seller to do something illegal means most won't. You can order things £18 or less without paying VAT. I have bought items upwards of £50 without having to pay to import them. It just depends what the items are and how customs are. If you buy from the US just figure VAT into your purchase and if you have to pay it then its not a shock.

fatherazhara

cyberbob wrote: »

The fact that your asking the seller to do something illegal means most won't....

If you ask around you will be very surprised, we deal with a great deal of American Sellers and havent come accross a single seller on eBay that has said No to this request, at the end of the day business is business and most people are in it for the money rather than some kind of moral value.

cyberbob

fatherazhara wrote: »

If you ask around you will be very surprised, we deal with a great deal of American Sellers and havent come accross a single seller on eBay that has said No to this request, at the end of the day business is business and most people are in it for the money rather than some kind of moral value.

Maybe you should have read what I said. I didn't say its immoral I said its illegal. You take the risk as the seller and buyer if you do this as its tax evasion and we all know what the HMRC think of this and I assume the US equivalent have similar feelings.

fatherazhara

cyberbob wrote: »

The fact that your asking the seller to do something illegal means most won't..

cyberbob wrote: »

Maybe you should have read what I said. I didn't say its immoral I said its illegal. You take the risk as the seller and buyer if you do this as its tax evasion and we all know what the HMRC think of this and I assume the US equivalent have similar feelings.

you said sellers 'wouldnt' all im saying is they most definately will.

frivolous_fay

TinyPablo wrote: »

Tried this but RM wont accept the tracking number.

Yup, god help you, it's probably with parcelfarce now.

martindow

Apart from the morality/legality issues many senders will not under-declare as this figure would be used for an insurance claim. Declare it as 10 dollars and it goes missing it is the sender who would lose out.