fender62(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 27th May 2004, 23:24
i orderd a single dvd from a canadian company dvdsoon - lord of the rings - retun of the king that was $ 22.98 = £ 9.21 will i be hit by customs duties etc if so how much and how would i have to pay them ie where etc
RE: uk customs duties question hlp
xfg(Elite Donator) posted this on Thursday, 27th May 2004, 23:47
Mike G(Elite) posted this on Friday, 28th May 2004, 08:13
£18 is the Customs threshold - keep all your orders below that, and you won`t be stung for duty.
Mike
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phlogiston(Competent) posted this on Friday, 28th May 2004, 21:16
Does anyone know if ticking the £36 gift box still works?
RE: uk customs duties question hlp
dicanio(Elite) posted this on Friday, 28th May 2004, 22:56
Quote: Does anyone know if ticking the £36 gift box still works?
What do you mean? You can still get "gifts" through customs under the value of £36 but the number of retailers who actually mark the product as a gift is ever decreasing. I am beginning to suspect that they have made a crackdown on this method. AFAIK dddhouse still do this, dvdpacific are sort of safe to use under £36 as well. Sites like dvdsoon, cd-wow, play.com, amazon.com/ca are likely to get hit. With amazon, I think if you pay a bit extra, they can mark it as a gift.
Regards, :p:p:p D-I-C-A-N-I-O :p:p:p
RE: uk customs duties question hlp
GregWW(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 3rd June 2004, 15:34
The £36 "gift" threshold can only be used if the person sending the item is sending it for personal reasons (i.e. it can`t be a retailer). I remember you used to be able to mark "gift" on most websites but now only a few because it was a loophole that has probably been tightened up....Gordon Brown you W****R!
