Customs charges on dresses from China

Queen_B_3

Hi guys, not really wedding related as such but I thought it might be more relevent in this section as I know other people have ordered wedding/BM dresses from China. I've just ordered a dress from ebay for my sisters prom (bridesmaid style) in a couple of months time and was wondering if anyone knew if we will be liable to customs charges for the dress when it comes in the UK?

custardy

yes you will be,VAT plus customs clearance fee at least

svjenni

can't remember how much my fee was - £30 max - its in the landy thread somewhere

Queen_B_3

Ah cool, thank you for your responses I'll have a look through the landy thread. Didn't really think about it until we'd ordered it, doh! but it's still going to be way cheaper than some of the shops we've looked in.

wiggychick

I ordered from Light In the Box and got a bill for around £15 around 2 weeks later. I knew it might happen, but didn't expect it to arrive separately.

WiggyChick xx

Woodyrocks

Took in a delivery of 11 dresses from Milly Bridal in China last week via EMS. No customs charge attached. Or should that be, not yet! (have never known it to arrive separately)

custardy

Woodyrocks wrote: »

Took in a delivery of 11 dresses from Milly Bridal in China last week via EMS. No customs charge attached. Or should that be, not yet! (have never known it to arrive separately)

who delivered them?

xtinkersx

when i ordered a fancy dress outift other yr it arrived with fed ex and about 1 1/2 weeks later i got a bill for custom charge was about £25!

rosiesmum16

i received my dress from Hong Kong through Royal Mail, said on the packet it was a dress and didnt need to pay anything