Customs charges

custardy

anna42hmr wrote: »

tell me about it, i ordered a dvd box set from the us a couple months back, there was only a £4 customs charge, and i had to pay a further £11 to royal mail! (given that they did not even deliver it, and i had to collect it, would love to know what the charge covers!)

the fee is £8,anything over this is customs duty/vat so goes to the taxman
you could have paid the fee online via rm's fee2pay service and got it delivered,as it states on the card

custardy

Bamber19 wrote: »

They charge you a fee yes, last time it cost me £8.95 i think but as far as i know if you refuse tyo pay it there and then they aren't entitled to withold the item and need to persue their claim to the £8.95 afterwards.

good luck with that

golddustmedia

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

why buy from canada,

If the item you want to buy is not available in the UK so you have to buy from a region 1 area (north america) then buying from Canada is a better bet as far fewer parcels have VAT/customs charges applied from Canada.

A relative worked in Royal Mails importing warehouse in London and he said pretty much every container of post from the USA is put through the customs check but only about 1 container in 10 from Canada gets checked. Possibly due to our commonwealth ties with them?

custardy

golddustmedia wrote: »

If the item you want to buy is not available in the UK so you have to buy from a region 1 area (north america) then buying from Canada is a better bet as far fewer parcels have VAT/customs charges applied from Canada.

A relative worked in Royal Mails importing warehouse in London and he said pretty much every container of post from the USA is put through the customs check but only about 1 container in 10 from Canada gets checked. Possibly due to our commonwealth ties with them?

what if it doesnt come via rm?

Bamber19

custardy wrote: »

good luck with that

I have had, more through the ignorance of leaving my bank card at home and not having enough cash on me rather than a "I know my rights" rally though, was never chased up afterwards.

custardy

Bamber19 wrote: »

I have had, more through the ignorance of leaving my bank card at home and not having enough cash on me rather than a "I know my rights" rally though, was never chased up afterwards.

so the people at rm did you a favour? slighly different than your original post
for anyone else who doesnt read the card.
RM dont do card payments bar online

Bamber19

custardy wrote: »

so the people at rm did you a favour? slighly different than your original post

Well, no, not really. Yes, they done me a favour, but had they chosen not to their would be no recourse other than to chase the debt, they would not be entitled to hold onto my items, nothing has changed between my posts other than how you want to interpret them.

soolin

Also please be aware that falsely marking items as a gift or making a false declaration as to the contents of a package is fraud and if caught you will be subject to certain fines and penalties.

custardy

Bamber19 wrote: »

Well, no, not really. Yes, they done me a favour, but had they chosen not to their would be no recourse other than to chase the debt, they would not be entitled to hold onto my items, nothing has changed between my posts other than how you want to interpret them.

well by they ,you are referring to RM
if 'they' didnt hand the item over would you have physically taken it?
those working witin RM follow the guidelines laid down by RM
FYI RM are red hot on collecting customs charges now and a tracking system has been put in place for this very thing
you will now see a special delivery style bar code/tracking number on charge items

calleyw

I sell books so know that talking books are not VAT exempt.

Think yourself lucky we got charged £60 in custom charges for bringing own goods back in the country :eek: as a customer was returning them to us.

Yours


Calley