Duty on items bought from foreign ebay sellers

sniggings

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Yes! Never mind, I'm sure it won't be held against you.

Yeah right, I can see this coming back to haunt me.

14,000 different categories for customs duty rates :eek:

custardy

sniggings wrote: »

I did say think, and it seems I was near enough wright.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=55356427&postcount=13

what about this one,'wright' or wrong?

sniggings

custardy wrote: »

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=55356427&postcount=13

what about this one,'wright' or wrong?

Mate your going on ignore, I have not even bothered looking at your link. Bye

custardy

Facts are a terrible mistress

ulsterbeef

There is a way around it. If the item is marked as gift/ for family you get like 24 quid tax free imports. I don't remember the exact numbers. Its how I import goods from Chiba tax free. Look it up

Hermione_Granger

ulsterbeef wrote: »

There is a way around it. If the item is marked as gift/ for family you get like 24 quid tax free imports. I don't remember the exact numbers. Its how I import goods from Chiba tax free. Look it up

You are probably just lucky that your items haven't been chosen to be presented for customs charges as I'm sure that HMCE are fully aware that many shipments are marked as gifts when this isn't really the case.
All they need to do is open them to check for invoices, receipts or other paperwork which show that the item is not a gift and you may be royally screwed.

sniggings

ulsterbeef wrote: »

There is a way around it. If the item is marked as gift/ for family you get like 24 quid tax free imports. I don't remember the exact numbers. Its how I import goods from Chiba tax free. Look it up

yeah it's called breaking the law :eek:

The gift allowance is £135 I believe but as said the item still can be checked.

soolin

ulsterbeef wrote: »

There is a way around it. If the item is marked as gift/ for family you get like 24 quid tax free imports. I don't remember the exact numbers. Its how I import goods from Chiba tax free. Look it up

I know you are a fairly new poster, but can you please read the rules on mSE.

This is a money saving site, not a site with how to defraud HMRC and end up being fined or even with a criminal record.

ulsterbeef

I have had items opened and been charged vat/ duty many times. DHL pay your rates for you in advance and then hit you after which I dont agree with. At least RM let you know how much you owe.

The gift idea is not something that I asked for suppliers to do. They do it automatically. The "best" one I have had to my door is "plastic samples for tesco" :S why on earth they wrote that I dont know haha

QuackQuackOops

Rule of thumb.....always add an extra 25% on to the cost of anything to cover import taxes and duty.

If you have to pay it, then youve already taken it into account.
If you dont, then its great to get the item a bit cheaper.