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  • zoenmya
    zoenmya Posts: 696 Forumite
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    Have just spoken to my friend and she will pay it now for me and when they refund me i will give it back lol Thankyou for all your suggestions i think i may have an ebay selling spree anyway to build up an emergency money fund lol ...as for the promoter well if i ever hear back from them we will see haha

    ****Comping good luck to everyone for helping *****

    zoe xx
    2015: Laptop and Online tutoring for my daughter
  • zoenmya
    zoenmya Posts: 696 Forumite
    500 Posts
    And huge thankyou to bears blue for offering to help me .....Very much appreciated the gesture


    Lots of love and luckydust
    ********************
    2015: Laptop and Online tutoring for my daughter
  • Tulip
    Tulip Posts: 29,324 Forumite
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    So glad your friend is helping you :)
  • Ali1802
    Ali1802 Posts: 861 Forumite
    Are you still able to access the T&C's? Does that provide any ideas on where you/they stand? xxx
    Started comping again Sept 2013
    Best wins: Currys wishlist, 3 Laptop's, a PS4 and an Espresso machine • fridge freezer • £100 M&S vouchers
    46 wins totalling approx £3000 since September 2013
    .•* Thank you to everyone that posts competitions*•.
    :A
  • zoenmya
    zoenmya Posts: 696 Forumite
    500 Posts
    The terms said nothing about having to cover an import fee ...when i spoke to ups they said that the company had selected the wrong option when they posted it and that is why they werent charged the fees
    2015: Laptop and Online tutoring for my daughter
  • Fantastic prize to win when you are planning a wedding - glad your friend can pay it for you. Definitely need to get in touch with the competition promoters though, they may welll be quite surprised that this has happened.

    Hope things turn around for you soon. Don't look on this as bad luck - you won a wedding dress, it was an error on someone else's part that the import duty is charged, that is not bad luck. This is the start of a run of good luck for you, the more you think that the more likely you are to make it happen.
    What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare
  • glacier
    glacier Posts: 632 Forumite
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    £30 duty on a £500 dress? I think you have been lucky, think it should be more. Senders don't usually pay for duty unless stated. If you are concerned about duty on future wins then it's best to stick with comps in the UK and Europe. Anyway well done on your win.
  • what a fantastic prize, glad you have it sorted now! xx
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,341 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    :TCongratulations:T, glad you have sorted it out.
  • aceplay
    aceplay Posts: 253 Forumite
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    Well done on your win and glad that you have got it all sorted now.
    2012 Challenge win £2012 £75/2012
    20 in 2012 1/20
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    GOLD - Cash
    SILVER - Laptop
    BRONZE - Phone
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