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uk customs duties question hlp

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

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xfg (Elite Donator) posted this on Thursday, 27th May 2004, 23:47

No.

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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?

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dicanio (Elite) posted this on Friday, 28th May 2004, 22:56

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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.

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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!



Erm...




....says it all really :/

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