customs charges

mike230652

keithboy40 wrote: »

i'm gutted and feel ripped off now. there's no mention of this on any of feedback given by previous buyers.

I'm guessing that at £119 from HK you've bought a ds lite with 8 / 17/ 18 games depending on the supplier??

if so, then consider it a form of indirect tax since you've managed to obtain a number of nintendo games without Nintendo financing from it...if you get my drift:rolleyes:


Why didn't you just buy a £95 ds lite from the UK and get an R4?

mike

ormus

http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds/cgi-bin/tarchap?Lang=EN

this euro site will help you with imported duty rates/tariffs.
not sure about the nintendo, but a digital camera is 4.2% duty, plus the dreaded vat.
generally you can reckon on paying approx 20% total import charges.
(beware some items/goods are zero rated and others are very high rated).

keithboy40

aeuerby wrote: »

In your first post you said parcel force have said you have to pay a fee. Now you say it's still at customs. Which is it?

If parcel force have told you how much to pay you wont get it until you have paid.
If it's still in customs then how would parcel force know how much you owe?
You should have got a letter if parcel force have it with a number you can call and pay by card over the phone.

as i stated it is still at customs. i have tried to contact parcel force and customs without success. i want to pay the fees due, however i have not had any correspondence. also why are being so abrupt in your response. i am only after advice.

custardy

its not at customs.if it was at customs then why would parcelforce be involved?
parcelforce will have paid the customs levy and transported it to your nearest depot.

steviebabes

I think it is £36 if the item is a gift (or marked as a gift).

aeuerby

keithboy40 wrote: »

as i stated it is still at customs. i have tried to contact parcel force and customs without success. i want to pay the fees due, however i have not had any correspondence. also why are being so abrupt in your response. i am only after advice.

I wasn't being abrupt.
As custardy has said if parcel force have got involved then your item is not at customs but at your depot.
Last time I imported something I received a letter from parcel force stating how much was owed and a phone number to call that I could put my credit card details in and the parcel was delivered a couple of days later.
Have you received this letter or any other letter?

piglet29

i too had this happen to me a couple of years ago, again , like you, first time i had bought from abroad and didnt understand about customs etc., i bought a psp for £189 and paid the seller £30 delivery, from hong kong,i even emailed the seller and asked if there would be any additional charges and he replyed no!!! so thought that was all i had to pay!!!!! until the item was delivered and five days later i had an invoice for £25 from fedex!!!!! once bitten as they say.:mad:

billy_1

i too have a letter from parcelforce asking for £35.16 for a sat nav !! the sellers ebay ad said he was in London, He is in Hong kong, i eventually after no reply from him, gave negative feedback, ebay have emailed me requesting i remove the feedback after he offered me £15 pounds. i am wondering my way forward ??? Any advice welcome

custardy

hold on,ebay wont email you asking to withdraw feedback.
are they offering to mutually withdraw?
thats up to you but you paid £35.16 over the price so its up to you

Hintza

billy_1 wrote: »

i too have a letter from parcelforce asking for £35.16 for a sat nav !! the sellers ebay ad said he was in London, He is in Hong kong, i eventually after no reply from him, gave negative feedback, ebay have emailed me requesting i remove the feedback after he offered me £15 pounds. i am wondering my way forward ??? Any advice welcome

If they said it was coming from London the that is misrepresentation (not really much you can do about it though) and I think he should push for the full amount.

Got the item number?