what charges do you pay for customs,for getting items from the USA??.

[fox2fox]

hi guys,im after some advice.im watching a car model on ebay,its in the good old USA,the seller says,check charges for customs!!!!....does anyone know what this all means? what do you have to do?do you collect it from the post office and pay them the charges? what prices do you pay? i remember taff saying something about charges on here some time ago,he got some motor bike stuff from USA and had to pay a charge,any help would be great,cheers lads,foxy....

[Alan]

The seller needs to mark the package 'personal gift' this usually gets you away from any customs charges


However if the seller marks on the package a value ( for insurance purposes ) you will end up paying import duty on the item. This will obviously depend on how much the item is worth.

Hope this helps

[RS2000CUSTOM]

I got charged tax (£13.00) on goods from Oz

OH and Royal Fail charged me £18 for the privelidge of me paying them the charge and them forwarding the payment to the Tax man - if I didnt pay them the charge they said they would not let me have the package.

Also I was not able to pay the taxman direct so I was stitched up with the extra fees

BEWARE !

[taffr]

never been charged tax for small items from the states, bought an exhaust from america last year and got stung for £22 from customs, which was not too bad as it was around $450, so no need to worry me thinks foxy

do what a board member on here does, pay by cheque then cancel it

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Foxy - why not wait till the postman tries to deliver the parcel and bury him in the great big hole on your front garden if he asks for any money

[RUDDY]

It seems a bit hit n miss , had a bit of stuff from USA for the TR, some have had no charge, some nominal and some had a fee but as I wasnt in the postie just left it anyway !!

[Banishit]

there are differing rates for allsorts of items

i was getting charged £50 for £600 worth of electronics the other week

[jdrally]

Like most government organisations, they make it up as they feel. Most items have commodity codes to protect EU manufacturers.

[pushrod]

Even 'gifts' are now liable for import tax over a certain value of which I am now unsure?
If the final leg is undertaken by Parcel Force/ Post office then you will get nailed as per customs post.

The last item I had in had £9 import tax and £18 Parcel force handling charge!
Robbin Barstewards

[Andyc]

hi guys,im after some advice.im watching a car model on ebay,its in the good old USA,the seller says,check charges for customs!!!!....does anyone know what this all means? what do you have to do?do you collect it from the post office and pay them the charges? what prices do you pay? i remember taff saying something about charges on here some time ago,he got some motor bike stuff from USA and had to pay a charge,any help would be great,cheers lads,foxy....

i got charged £25 for a in car dvd player it was about the size of two shoe boxes

[fox2fox]

thanks lads!!! custom,hope the postman turns up next week with the parcel,as im having some concrete delivered .....

[topaz]

if it comes UPS pay by cheque then stop the cheque

[topaz]

thanks lads!!! custom,hope the postman turns up next week with the parcel,as im having some concrete delivered .....

I bet the post is dear on that