Customs and Excise

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deleted:tattmanThu 20/09/07 20:10

 

I'm a fairly regular customer of an online shopping service based in the states.

The last delievery took ages and I recieved a card from a post office and had to pay custom and excise charge.

This has now happened a second time, its £18 and what I have ordered can't be more than £50. Seems a tad high to me!

johntgThu 20/09/07 20:18

 

I've been told they're cracking down on imports from the US: I gather the PO has a special inspection section for imports.
I had cd from a US supplier delivered a couple of weeks ago with a stamp on the envelope to say it'd been inspected by the PO/Customs and Excise Unit. It might explain why another I ordered from the US was dispatched from Sweden.

But £18 does seem steep. Is there some sort of appeal mechanism, does anyone know? Or are they making up the rules as they go?

deleted:tattmanThu 20/09/07 20:20

 

well it pisses me off. PAy enough fecking tax as it is! Seems to me that they are taking advantage of people shopping online for stuff from the US as the dollar is so weak!

cookie.monsterThu 20/09/07 20:21

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The VAT will form a part of that, but there's usually a flat fee (around £7-8) that the delivery service (in this case the Post Office) charge for clearing your parcel through customs.

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