customs charges/VAT from US order

[silvera2006]

Right, i'm confused.

 

Ordered some trunks from Highspots a few eeks back, tltal value about

[Chaka Demus]

In the past if I'm ordering from the US I get them to send it as a "gift" and it escapes VAT charges.

 

If the parcel is actually there and waioting for you, you pretty much need to pay it or you won't get them.

[JNLister]

Actual legal situation:

 

Consumers are liable to pay both import duty and VAT on goods imported from outside the European Union. Goods worth

[Harvey Dent]

Usually its something like the VAT plus like a 8 quid clearance charge. You can query it, but you'll pretty much just have to pay or not get it.

[patiirc]

Right, i'm confused.

 

Ordered some trunks from Highspots a few eeks back, tltal value about

[Happ Hazzard]

Highspots are the only one of the major wrestling retailers in the US (RF, ROH, SMV etc) that will not lie about the value on the customs form if you request it.

[Harvey Dent]

So today I got an invoice from FedEx for

[SiMania]

There's a handling fee as well, did you apply that? For FedEx It should be an administration fee of 2.5% of the combined Duty & VAT charge or

[Harvey Dent]

Yeah the handling fee (clearance administration fee as its listed in the charges summery) is

[SiMania]

Here's the PDF that attempts to explain it - http://images.fedex.com/downloads/invoice/...ce_guide_UK.pdf

[fludder99]

I ordered 2 t shirts from shopWWE.com last month, they cost

[Harvey Dent]

Here's the PDF that attempts to explain it - http://images.fedex.com/downloads/invoice/...ce_guide_UK.pdf

 

 

Yeah that doesn't really help me much either. Thanks for trying to help anyway. I've accepted that I'll have to pay, just wanna make sure I'm paying the right amount so I'll have to call them to dispute it. Will leave it for another day, I've already wasted long enough on it this afternoon.

[JNLister]

I have already paid for postage to my home. I did not ask you to collect my parcel from customs. I would like it given back to customs where I will pay the duty and having already paid postage charges the item can continue on its journey.

 

Unless it would cost you less than

[fludder99]

I have already paid for postage to my home. I did not ask you to collect my parcel from customs. I would like it given back to customs where I will pay the duty and having already paid postage charges the item can continue on its journey.

 

Unless it would cost you less than

[JNLister]

You can't just pay the customs fee over the phone or by cheque. Somebody has to be physically present to pick up the parcel at the point of entry into the UK, fill out the paperwork and, if requested by customs officials, open up the package for inspection. If the Royal Mail didn't do this, you'd have to do it yourself.