FedEx

[GodzGift]

I ordered some nutritional products from the states which came to roughly £90 including business delivery through FedEx. My items got held in customs for a few days and then got released. I got the items eventually.Now a few weeks later today I get sent a letter asking me to pay 50 quid in tax charges. Whats all this about?

Anything I can do about this? Anyone work for HMC? Bit surprised really about these random charges?
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[Hetzer]

[Itchy]

The general rule is 33% , which includes VAT and the handling fee, the gift threashold went down to £18 for yourself and £36 for somebody else.

Also the postage cost is included inthe value of the goods.

Bend over a grit your teeth
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[GodzGift]

Cheers itchy, ill call up the HMC to see what can be done, fair is fair but im paying more 60% of the original cost, absolute madness.
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[Itchy]

the rule book is as thick as your leg, so I'm not going to look its just a general rule btw not a set in stone one
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[GodzGift]

You probably know more then me, I just went back to my receipt of the original purchase the total I paid for the items was in fact £80. even at 33% it comes no where near 50 quid I'm getting stung. I shall investigate,


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[Hetzer]

On the BBC news just now they did a comparison between goods bought in the UK vs goods bought in the US. The cost of the stuff in the US was £86, and they mentioned "this would fall within your tax-free allowance". As they were also including online purchases I'd imagine online orders are covered?

Tell them to go fvck themselves, which is effectively what I did when the Parcel-Force guy tried to charge me customs duty before I took the parcel and told him to tell his bosses to take me to court. I heard no more about it.
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[tatters]

Get who ever sends it from the usa to put the value below $14 and to mark it as a gift, works for bike bits l get from the states.
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[UrbanRacer]

[trevoriv]

Yeah you have to pay at least 17.5% VAT and then a percentage of import tax which depends on the type of goods. I currently pay 17.5% VAT and 12% Import Duty on items of clothing. Plus Parcel Force or DHL will normally tab on a handling fee of £8-15 ish per parcel.

For small sub-£100 orders it tends to get very expensive, the only way round it is the gift and vlaue trick but many sellers will not do that as they aren't insured for the full amount.

Personally on my large orders i have been very impressed with customs and parcel force as they turn stuff around quick and have been supportive when problems have cropped up and parcel force only charge £13.50 for delivering wardrobe sized parcels.

Basically you have to buy bulk to make it worth it
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[GodzGift]

Thank You for your responses
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[Hetzer]

What the fvck is this BS with Parcel-Force charging a 'handeling fee'?! The person paying the postage at the other end has paid that postage for delivery all the way to your door, same as holds with letters.

It's nothing more than common fraud, and we certainly don't pay any such fees for parcels from Japan. As mentioned above, they tried it with a parcel from the states but I fvcked the guy off and took the parcel regardless.

But that's this country all over, rotten to the core.
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[Hetzer]

[UrbanRacer]

[sickpup]

The handling fee is basically a fee for the use of a bonded warehouse and for the goods to be put through customs at speed. I magine if it was all left to the exise you would never ever see your goods.

The handling fee is the bit that tends to push the price through the roof as VAT is charged on top of it.

iirc Parcel force charge about £12 for handling whereas some of the courier companies charge upwards of £40 (+VAT)

[GodzGift]

Just got a letter from the bailiffs, but after a few more emails and calls to fedex they found that they had made a mistake on there side and amended the amount to 35 quid, which is reasonable so i made the payment.

If anyone has the same issue, send proof of initial purchase showing total amount.
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[trevoriv]

I got done on customs as my vendor put the RRP prices on my wholesale goods

Got done for customs on £50k worth of gear rather than the £10k that i paid.

The vendor held their hands up and gave me the difference
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