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Drunkstar

The invoice says:


Order No: *****99
Order Date: 2011-03-11/01:54:48

Ship to:
*********
************
***********

Seller: gamerscentral
The Sims 3 [PC/Mac Game]: 1 x œ10.76 = œ10.76
Sales Tax: œ0.00
Shipping: œ0.00 (Regular United Kingdom)
Total: œ10.76
Payment via: Paypal

cloverfield_2

Equaliser123 wrote: »

Yeah, but that isn't exactly legal...

I ordered some LED light strips off ebay that were 99p so i guess this was the correct thing to do if its anything under £18. Sorry i didnt realise there was a limit . Im learning loads from this forum!;)

custardy

Drunkstar wrote: »

The invoice says:


Order No: *****99
Order Date: 2011-03-11/01:54:48

Ship to:
*********
************
***********

Seller: gamerscentral
The Sims 3 [PC/Mac Game]: 1 x œ10.76 = œ10.76
Sales Tax: œ0.00
Shipping: œ0.00 (Regular United Kingdom)
Total: œ10.76
Payment via: Paypal

what matters is the declared value on the package
ythis is what customs base the levy on(or decide to ignore if they feel its under valued)

Drunkstar

I've not seen the invoice on the package and the seller is... less use than a chocolate tea pot.

DD265

I had a similar situation a couple of years ago.

I paid 50 cents (plus postage) for an item. The seller didn't write it on brilliantly .50 and not clear at all - they must have interpreted this as $50.

Subsequent import tax of about £4 plus £8 in Royal Mail handling fees. It was a royal PITA trying to sort it and it cost me a fortune in calls so I don't think I ever got round to claiming the money back.

Essentially I had to pay to get the parcel, then I would have to dispute the charges with Customs and Royal Mail separately.

custardy

DD265 wrote: »

I had a similar situation a couple of years ago.

I paid 50 cents (plus postage) for an item. The seller didn't write it on brilliantly .50 and not clear at all - they must have interpreted this as $50.

Subsequent import tax of about £4 plus £8 in Royal Mail handling fees. It was a royal PITA trying to sort it and it cost me a fortune in calls so I don't think I ever got round to claiming the money back.

Essentially I had to pay to get the parcel, then I would have to dispute the charges with Customs and Royal Mail separately.

because its customs who decide if duty is due
if customs make an error then RM has still done the admin on the item
its been posted on the forum how to do your own clearance for free
though it involves time and delay in getting your package