USA Posting, Help!

[_Will_]

Does anyone know roughly how much it would cost to post an exhaust from the usa to uk?
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[goatrider]

Its gotta be around the £60 to £80 region minimum for a complete exhaust to be shipped.

Depends how long the package is (complete exhaust system all in one / pipes detached from end can / end can only ....), how much it weighs and how quick you want it.

Then you have the 17.5% VAT import tax and UK carriage fee to pay when it turns up on your door step.

To give you an idea, I imported some suspension forks for a mountian bike from the states a while ago (roughly the same size and weight as an exhaust end can on its own would be packaged up).

I paid about £40 and they took 3 weeks ish to arrive - on arrival I got charged roughly £32 extra by parcel force for the VAT import tax and parcel forces fee for delivering in the UK (which i had to pay on my doorstep before they would hand over the package).

If you have a look on the USPS (United States Parcel Service) website you could probably get a fairly accurate quote - but dont forget the VAT import and delivery fees at this end have to be added on top of the USPS charge.

Hope that helps.

Goat.
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[_Will_]

Cheers, its just the end can and a friend will send it, just need to know the shipping costs to see if its worth it.
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Past -Honda qr50 | 2004 Peugeot Tkr s 50| | 1996 Yamaha XJ600s Diversion|

[goatrider]

Ahhh I see.

You shouldn't have any VAT import tax to pay then - make sure he marks it as a GIFT on the customs document (otherwise they will still charge you 17.5% of whatever estimated value of the item he puts on the docs - he will have to put an estimated item value for loss / damage in transit purposes).

It should be around about £40 ish then, mate. You might still get banged for a handling charge on this side of the pond though - but that will prob be about £9 or £10 at the most.

Get him to email you the weight and approx size of the package then check it out on the USPS website for a fairly accurate guide as to the actual shipping cost.

Cheers Fella.

Goat
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Honda NS125R 1987, Suzuki GS500EW 1998, Honda CB750F2N RC42 1992
"I dont give a shit who your dad is......quit walking on the water while I'm fishing......."

[_Will_]

Thanks, i'll make sure i tell them about the gift thing
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Past -Honda qr50 | 2004 Peugeot Tkr s 50| | 1996 Yamaha XJ600s Diversion|