vat/duty on blu ray from overseas

bwatt00

I am after a blu ray from overseas in australia and its only available there,with postage i think i can get it for approx £27.50 which includes shipping, if i got this would i pay customs vat and duty and if so what would they charge me on this?
I could ask them to send as gift,but if they did not do that and customs got hold of it was wondering what it was i would pay on fees.
I can maybe get this item from uk but its expensive and was wondering if its cheaper to get from oz,if i am hit by customs then it might not be worth my while getting it from there,please let me know what the charges would be

Coopdivi

Vat would be about £4.70 and the Post Office handling fee I believe is £8.

That seems an unfeasibly low figure for something coming from Australia. You sure it's not coming from China? What's the name of the website?

http://www.dutycalculator.com/

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

The tax is only applicable to the price of the product, not for postage. The site should also remove GST for overseas shipping.

There are Blu-rays under $20 AUD on sites I've used in the past, though newer ones are nearer $45AUD. Shipping for a single item (DVD or Blu-ray) is usually around $6 AUD. Just depends on what the OP is ordering.

Exchange rate rate used to be $2.70/£1 when I used them, not the $1.70/£1 it is nowadays.