Vehicle & Technical > Not Anything Listed Above....
Buying from the USA
Smego:
Get them to put the value as $50.99
Guardian.:
just being nosey, but how much is the carriage on that from there?
africanpete:
Will let you know as soon as a carrier is finalised.
Range Rover Blues:
Don't use the Useless Postal Service. My air springs were sent carriage and duty paid (yes you will pay less if they are samples and lower valued, but then you don't get as much insurance) but UPS still charged me £60 fees when they arrived.
SteveGoodz:
--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---Don't use the Useless Postal Service. My air springs were sent carriage and duty paid (yes you will pay less if they are samples and lower valued, but then you don't get as much insurance) but UPS still charged me £60 fees when they arrived.
--- End quote ---
That's most likely duty applied by HMCE, which UPS have already paid in advance on your behalf and they are simply recovering it from you. All international carriers do it the same way. The alternative is to send you a letter asking for payment before HMCE will release the goods from quarantine ~ takes much longer.
Paying duty up front is a mugs game as HMCE don't allow you any credit for what you've already paid when deciding what you have to pay. Indeed, whatever you pay for shipping (including any pre-paid duty) is added to the value of the goods and duty calculated on the gross amount.
On the point of getting the value reduced on the import documents to reduce the duty. If HMCE feel that the value shown is too small they will check the normal retail value of the goods and use that to calculate the duty.
The bad news for the OP is that goods from the USA are scrutinised closer than from any other country :shock:
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