BigTony;240849 Wrote: 
> I once paid 15 bucks for a CD, then £10 pounds for P&P, £8.5 pounds for
> customs and £1.75 VAT, so a £10 CD ended costing me 30!

That seems bizarre. The duty rate on CDs is 3.5%, duty is not charged
where the value of the duty is less than £7 and VAT is not charged
where the value of the goods is less than £18. It sound like the £8.50
was not duty or 'customs', but a customs clearance charge levied by
your courier and that VAT charged was just wrong. I suspect the seller
added the shipping charge to the total value shown on the outside of
the package, taking the 'goods value' over the £18 limit.


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