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ridiculous customs charges

search · 2008-04-08 12:18:42

hi folks can anyone shed any light on this. i bought some vitamin supplements for my parrots from the usa which cost me £60.16 for the products and then £21.36 for the shipping. i have just had to fork out £16.99 for excise duty £26.20 for vat parcelforce fee £8.00 total £51.19 whilst i understand the parcelforce fee…

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mute_posting Posts: 810 Forumite

8 April 2008 at 8:46PM

custardy wrote: »

its £8,as i replied to your post yesterday

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/content1?catId=19100180&mediaId=19100260

I did say "I think" based on the fact that the person I responded to yesterday claimed they had been charged £11 admin fee. No need for the condescending tone! "Royal Mail fee is £8" and the link would have been sufficient.

I was only trying to help the OP

MP

I have a poll / discussion on Economy 7 / 10 off-peak usage (as a % or total) and ways to improve it but I'm not allowed to link to it so have a look on the gas/elec forum if you would like to vote or discuss.:cool:
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