Importing Goods?

[scooby222]

im thinking of ordering some bits and pieces from america and wondered 1) if anyone knows what sort of import tax il get hit with and any ways round it and 2) if anyone else was interested in getting stuff and maybe see if we could get it in a half container or similar to cut down on shipping costs which is the killer so far. at the moment im looking at getting stuff from gruppe s but any suggestions or interest is most welcome

[gus the bus]

im thinking of ordering some bits and pieces from america and wondered 1) if anyone knows what sort of import tax il get hit with and any ways round it and 2) if anyone else was interested in getting stuff and maybe see if we could get it in a half container or similar to cut down on shipping costs which is the killer so far. at the moment im looking at getting stuff from gruppe s but any suggestions or interest is most welcome

Get the supplier to send them as a "gift" or for bigger items as a "sample"

But I never told you that

[Carson]

Get the supplier to send them as a "gift" or for bigger items as a "sample"

But I never told you that

u ebay monster

[colin_ross]

Don't mark it as gift. Some make it through but if it attracts attention you may never get it.

Either play the value down, but be sensible, or mark it as a replacement part.

[fai17]

Either play the value down, but be sensible, or mark it as a replacement part.

The best bet...

[scooby222]

thanks, do you just ask the company thats sending it to mark it as that? its some fairly bulky stuff unfortunately so im pretty sure itl be noticed

[gus the bus]

thanks, do you just ask the company thats sending it to mark it as that? its some fairly bulky stuff unfortunately so im pretty sure itl be noticed

From the states they are sent with a lable on them which the sender marks up accordingly. Never had a problem with larger stuff that is marked up "SAMPLE" but, it depends what the company @ the other end are like and whether they are willing to do that for you

[col666]

A lot of the american companies can be tossers when it comes to import duty, I ordered a camera lens recently and they refused to reduce cost on package or mark as sample etc....cost me £164 in tax!!!

Had no problems getting bits from hong kong though!

[st3ph3n]

I find the same Col. American companies follow one of two attitudes - bend over backwards to help you out, or stick completely to the letter of their law.

The Hong Kong companies are always good for marking things down. I once got 20 mini remote control cars through the post as a sample

[jodie typeRA]

i see this every other day

dont put it as a gift (it might get through and might not) .cutoms have wised up to that +it dont mater iff its a gift at the end off the day its not yours untill you sing for it so thay can/ will put a charge on it ....

get the sender to leave the value off the paperwork and to tick the wee box for sample off merchandise. iff you can get the sender to email you a receipt insted off puting it in the box this should help you out aswell (customs can open your box iff thay see paper work for the goods and a value you will get stung )

dont let them know i told you ...

[st3ph3n]

I must admit to not really minding paying tax - as long as it's not taking the piss. What gets on my goat is the handling fee. I've had stuff shipped in that cost me like £20, had to pay tax on it of next to feck all but then been stung by Parcel Farce for £10 handling. That's theft in my book. I didn't ask for them to handle it, I'd quite happily have declared the tax myself.

[cullenmin]

its some fairly bulky stuff

So what you after then dave?

Turbo? Headers?

[jodie typeRA]

I must admit to not really minding paying tax - as long as it's not taking the piss. What gets on my goat is the handling fee. I've had stuff shipped in that cost me like £20, had to pay tax on it of next to feck all but then been stung by Parcel Farce for £10 handling. That's theft in my book. I didn't ask for them to handle it, I'd quite happily have declared the tax myself.

£10 handling fee..

this is what parcel force have to pay customs for them to release the parcel . you pay us the £10 = thats what we payed customs = parcel force are not making anything= shafted off cutoms again

hope that make you hate them more

[dan_jess]

I bought an Apexi power intake off ebay from Hong Kong. Price was £45. About a week after it arrived i got a letter from TNT saying they wanted £40 off me for some reason, said they had to pay the money and they were now charging me. TNT man that delivered to my old work told me to ignore the letter!

[Carson]

I bought an Apexi power intake off ebay from Hong Kong. Price was £45. About a week after it arrived i got a letter from TNT saying they wanted £40 off me for some reason, said they had to pay the money and they were now charging me. TNT man that delivered to my old work told me to ignore the letter!

ooo yooo very bad.

[dan_jess]

I did ignore it and they sent another

[fai17]

I did ignore it and they sent another

Tried that but didn't work

[dan_jess]

Well i ignored that one and that was the last i heard of it