shipping from India

kossohead

I am looking to buy some cotton banqueting seat covers from a seller on ebay from India.Can anyone tell me if any custom taxes need to be paid.The items are priced at $1100 including shipping costs. Is it best to pay by paypal?

custardy

check HMRC's site.
it lists the breakdown of fees payable not including your carriers clearence fee's

Sarah-Jane_2

How much :eek:

Surely it'd be safer to fly to India and get them youself from one of the markets than send that much money to someone through paypal?

Through dealing with India all day every day at work I wouldn't risk it, especially by paypal...

And yes, import duty, handling fees etc will be payable.

Do they specify whether they will be sent by sea or sent by air cargo/courier??

kossohead

Sarah-Jane wrote: »

How much :eek:

Surely it'd be safer to fly to India and get them youself from one of the markets than send that much money to someone through paypal?

Through dealing with India all day every day at work I wouldn't risk it, especially by paypal...

And yes, import duty, handling fees etc will be payable.

Do they specify whether they will be sent by sea or sent by air cargo/courier??

The $1100 figure is for 150 covers and 750 sashes inc shipping, which works out around £560.

They don`t specify shipping details, we will need to ask.
Which is best sea or air?

Sarah-Jane_2

Sea will take ages, but air will be more expensive...

Sea you can pay half now and half when it gets to the port usually but i don't know how that will work with paypal & ebay

Where in India is it coming from?

Would probably be cheaper on fees etc to pay by western union or moneygram. But I don't know what paypal is like for international transactions so someone else may be able to help more

kossohead

Thanks for the info.

They are coming from Punjab?

Thanks

kapilvarshney

It should be safe in general, but don't trust blindly, see the seller rating. Best if you can get someone bak in india to buy for u and send.

the_tired_one

I wouldnt trust - India is becoming the new Nigeria - and the are a billion times more intelligent than the Nigerians!

soolin

The only way to get any protection is to use paypal, but back it by a credit card. Do not use any other payment method as you have no recourse if your goods do not arrive.

I personally would not risk that sort of money toIndia unless I knew exactly who I was dealing with rather than an anonymous company advertising on any website, ebay or otherwise.

kossohead

With your advice, I have decided not to purchase the items.

The seller sold 86 items and had a 99% feedback rating though!

thanks

Jimbobby_2

the_tired_one wrote: »

I wouldnt trust - India is becoming the new Nigeria - and the are a billion times more intelligent than the Nigerians!

Complete scaremongering BS :mad:

Shame on you for commenting on something you know nothing about and provide nothing to back your claim!