Yep, VAT 17.5% plus duty of 4 or 5%... what frequently adds insult to injury
is that the carrier will add another £25 or so for collecting the tax from
you.
Now, whether it is actually due or not is a different matter, they take
first.
Our revenue people will extract money from absolutely anybody (and its YOUR
responsibility to prove them wrong), a truly classless and non prejudicial
system, they screw EVERYBODY.
>From my experience tax is levied on the declared package value; a lot of
stuff gets shipped as 'Gift' or 'Promotional Material of no Commercial
Value' to (fraudulently) avoid duties but that doesn't always work and can
result in the goods being confiscated.
I've given up importing from the USA, duties, shipping and warrantee issues
tend to wipe out any real savings.
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ali Shah
Sent: 16 December 2006 13:56
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Shipment to the UK
I sold my E-500 to a guy in the UK. An older gentleman
I assume. Anyhow he paid me via Paypal - confirmed
shipping addres and everything. He paid one large
payment and sent the remaining amount in a smaller
payment.
The other day I recv'd an email from Paypal saying
that the smaller payment (around $70.00) may have come
from a fraudulent account and they have placed the
payment on hold.
In the meantime the buyer seems to have recv'd a
customs bill of $112.00. "Much to my delight I just
got a customs bill for $112!!!"
Then he writes and says this "I hate to say this, and
please it does not reflect my view, the parcel
may have attracted attention because of your name. The
world is increasingly paranoid and I hate it!"
This is not an Ebay transaction. Anyhow is $112 pretty
common for customs charge for a $500.00 item?
Thanks.
- Ali
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