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Royal Mail Unfair Custom Charge
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So import duty doesn't take account of shipping etc., but VAT does?
Is there a totting up process for gifts/personal imports? Or is it on a per-shipment basis? (OP says this was the 4th pin exchange this month).0 -
In which case (assuming the packing/shipping note was correct) it sounds like someone* in RM may have made a mistake, perhaps having seen several of the same type of thing to the same recipient in a short time and thought they were trying to work around the system.
* It's possible that the same person will handle packages for delivery to the same area, so possible that they'd see a pattern in a short time.0 -
In which case (assuming the packing/shipping note was correct) it sounds like someone* in RM may have made a mistake, perhaps having seen several of the same type of thing to the same recipient in a short time and thought they were trying to work around the system.
* It's possible that the same person will handle packages for delivery to the same area, so possible that they'd see a pattern in a short time.
Think you mean HMRC
Charges are levied at Mount pleasant (still?) not once items arrive for delivery.0
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