buying an exhaust from the US to the UK

[jimmyRS]

found a nice exhaust for my bike on ebay, comes out around £450 for the full system, but it says 'they're not responsible for the taxes and charges that may apply when shipped internationally'

What does this mean? I've had a look online for some information and found out about import vat, excise and import duty or w/e, but no concrete costs, just things like 'if the value is more than £125 you MAY be charged'

Anyone got any ideas what fees i could face? Anyone bought from the US before?

Thanks

[pits]

I guess this is right but using your values and rough shipping cost values
Total customs value: £564.14
- Duty: £20.87
- VAT: £117.00
Total import duty & taxes due: £137.87
Total landed cost: £702.01
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[jimmyRS]

thats £450 including shipping, the actual exhaust comes out at £295.20 ($465.00) with £53.96 shipping fee ($85.00)

why is the customs value so high?

sorry for the newbie questions, never done this before

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Total customs value: £348.75
- Duty: £15.69
- VAT: £72.89

Total import duty & taxes due: £88.58

Total landed cost: £437.33 at USD/GBP exchange rate of 0.6341

Exhaust system has an import duty rate of 4.5% and VAT rate of 20%.

https://www.dutycalculator.com

[jimmyRS]

nice one, thanks buddy

[GrantT]

Plus Parcel Force will want an extra £8 or £13.50 depending if its 'International Express' mail or not for the pleasure of paying the duty on your behalf and then sending you a letter to tell you as much.

[james1988]

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