ParcelForce the w**kers

UrbanRacer · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Karma :

some of you may remember i ordered some front disc's from the states the other week well now they have arrived....... at the ParcelForce depot. i received a letter today from them telling me this and they outlined some extra charges.

Import Duty: £9.16
VAT: £44.95
ParcelForce Clearance Fee £13.50 but what the f**k!!! the ba5tards have already been paid for delivery so why are they charging me again?
has anyone ever had this before and can you argue your way out of paying it?
I'm not at all happy about these cun7s charging me yet again for delivery. £13.50 is a full tank of optimax fuel for me and they want more money for delivery and they haven't even attempted delivery Evil or Very Mad

i'll argue with them tonight when i go to collect them but ultimately they can just tell me they will send it back.

LustyLew · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Karma :

You need to thank the Inland Revenue mate, not Parcel Farce. You'll probably find that they stopped it when it entered the country, so now you have to pay duty on it.
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tatters · Exxon Valdez Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Karma :

You should of asked the company that you got them off to send them as a gift of under $14 thats what l do when getting stuff from the USA Laughing

up yours goverment
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UrbanRacer · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Karma :

its not the Duty or VAT i have a problem with, its the ParcelForce Clearance Fee. £13.50 for f**k all as far as i can see

LustyLew · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Karma :

It's a bit like cash machines that charge you £1.50 to take anything out.

Sadly as your parcel is taking up shelf space, they seem to think they have a right to charge you extra... Also, they have to pay for the headed paper that your letter was printed on, the cost of posting and the time taken for someone to process said letter.

Get Wave to liberate it for you! Wink

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Misc · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Karma :

It's with most things you buy from the states, i got charged £10 for a DVD & £40 for a ipod which i got the seller to refund me it, the dvd however stated that it wouldn't cover handling fees, usually in small print.

There was a number you can phone if you have any probloms, should be on the box when you get it.

map · Mr Calendar Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

Taken from another site...

carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

Is that another innocent party who's got caught up in your schnanigans Siggi?

Parcel force have already paid the VAT and whatever other tax to the inland revenue, so they're out of pocket until you pay them back. You're not 'saying a big fuck off to government', because they've already got their money.

Unless of course, you paid the VAT and just refused to pay the Parcel force charge, which I doubt.
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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

The parcelforce fee is very hard to get around, but I think it is possible.

A couple of years I bought something from america. I forget what it is now, but they tried to charge me VAT on it as if it cost £110, when in fact it had cost me £70. It was an ebay purchase of course, so I sent customs and email explaining this and a link to the auction, and they refunded me the correct amount. They were no trouble at all to deal with, the whole process was straightforward and professional.

Parcelforce are not straightforward or professional. However, if you can persuade customs that there is no VAT/duty/ whatever its called on the item you bought and get the VAT annulled, you should be able to show that to parcelforce and get them to cancel the extra charge.

UrbanRacer · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Karma :

Collected the disc's yesterday after work and went down for a good ol rant but when i asked the bloke he said its not our charge and that i'd need to take it up with customs. so feck it i'll need to phone em now.

fitted the discs last night and i cant believe the difference

Barry_M2 · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Karma :

If you ever get anything sent to you from overseas, make sure it is marked on the shipping form that it is a gift, or present to you, then you will not have to pay the customs or VAT on it.

I've had things arrive from Japan, the states etc.. and always ask them to put down that its a gift. One place even wrapped it up in birthday wrapping paper! Laughing

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NSR Mick · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Karma :

I dont think you pay tax if they are used bike parts either.
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syl · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Karma :

Couple of problems with some of the tax dodges. If marked as a gift, the value is important (no customs duty or VAT below £36, flat rate of 3.5% customs duty below £290 which is waived if less than £7 - plus full VAT above £36). Doesn't matter if it is marked as new or used. If you declare the value artifically low, and it gets lost or broken, the postal insurance will only pay up the declared value.

Here are the rules.
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cc123 · Geez a joab? Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Karma :

Lets see the new discs then Liam!
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UrbanRacer · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Karma :

here they are

colezxr · Traffic Copper Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Karma :

they are very sexy Thumbs Up

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UrbanRacer · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Karma :

yea, i used to hate wavey disc's till i got them and seen em on the bike Cool

took 1 hour after fiting them before someone commented on them

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

well if its the employees fucking you about parcel force yourself 5lb of pigs liver and offal , make it so big they have to take it back to the depot and don't pick it up , with the heat and moisture in the air it WILL rot and it will stink.
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