I've been a user of e-bay now for about 7 years and have bought stuff from all over the world and never had any problems with import duty.

Well I bought a second hand bellhousing a couple of weeks ago from the States and it got impounded and there is £12.00 VAT to pay on it.

I bought some release bearings from Australia the week before and they got trapped, again for around £12.00 VAT


Now the shit thing is... Parcel Farce also want to charge £8 for paying the fee to Customs for you.


Now I dont know if its me getting paranoid or its some deliberate ploy to discourage people buying from places like the US where the pound is so strong at the moment.


I also think what the fook are the government doing chasing £12 of VAT from an individual, surely it will cost more to process the paperwork and therefore as a tax payer its costing me money.


Has anyone else had stuff caught up recently ?

 

Your lucky our courier charges £10 per consignment for paying the customs duty

Its you getting paranoid. The charges have always been there you have just been lucky so far.

Looks like your name is now on "the list"

 

i got stung 270quid the other day, unexpectedly

and about 1500quid when my engine came in

other times in the past id been fine...

 

mark the package up as "gift" and it doesn't get charged

or tell them that you are sending it over as a resto job if it's an engine or other big bits of mechanicals

 

i think they have sussed that loop hole now and will still open it , check it and charge it i think youll find

 

gift wont work

its random stops by customs.just like the sony psps getting sent from china moons ago when they first came out

1 you get a lucky walkover

2 you get busted

shit happens

 

Warrenty replacement or Sample seems to work well.