kdf;240725 Wrote:
Customs brokerage and duties can be a killer. ... Canadians get stuck
with what can be up to 50% in surcharges for a package that comes from
as little as a 30 minutes away by truck. Don't expect much resolution
to this, as these fees are there for the exact purpose of
Still though, to get back on topic - it seems to be standard practice
for US companies to replace the dollar sign with a euro sign when
selling goods over here. Even with the VAT and duty this is still more
expensive can only be down to the companies greed, and our reluctance
to do anything
obrienk;241349 Wrote:
Still though, to get back on topic - it seems to be standard practice
for US companies to replace the dollar sign with a euro sign when
selling goods over here. Even with the VAT and duty this is still more
expensive can only be down to the companies greed, and our
To avoid any bill, just ask the sender to mark it 'Second Hand', and
open any relevant packaging.
I once paid 15 bucks for a CD, then £10 pounds for PP, £8.5 pounds for
customs and £1.75 VAT, so a £10 CD ended costing me 30!
I don't make that kind of mistake again.
BT
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BigTony;240849 Wrote:
To avoid any bill, just ask the sender to mark it 'Second Hand', and
open any relevant packaging.
Within the EU, import duty can and should still be charged, even on
second hand goods - but at the value they have second hand (as opposed
to new). See 'here'
BigTony;240849 Wrote:
I once paid 15 bucks for a CD, then £10 pounds for PP, £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
Unfortunately VAT is paid on shipping and handling as well as the base
cost of the item :-!
The £8.5 charge is the one from parcleforce for collecting the £1.75
VAT !
Seems the one that make the most money out of ebay are the shipping and
handling companies.
BT
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My mistake. You are correct, the VAT is charged on the purchase price
including shipping.
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SB3 US: $299
SB3 Europe (from Logitech): 299
Exchange rate = 1.45 makes $299 = 206.
That's just not right!
Or put another way, UK Logitech price is £219.
Exchange rate = 2.08 makes $299 = £144
It's just not right!!! Especially when you can't buy them from the US
anymore.
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That's just not right!
You forgot VAT and handling. In the summer I got a SB from US and had
to pay euro 75 extra.
There is still a difference but large orgs buy currencies ahead of time
so spot exchange rate aren't alid.
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Remember you don't have to buy from logitech - most of their existing
business comes from resellers. £180 here, which is £153 without VAT,
much closer to the US price of £144:
So? The Canadian dollar is now worth $1.07 US. But prices haven't
changed here, we still pay a $5 - $15 premium for books, cards and
magazines, a ~40% premium for audio equipment, and a car costs about
$10 000 more here.
It turns out that the exchange rate has very little to do with pricing.
Mark Lanctot;240591 Wrote:
It turns out that the exchange rate has very little to do with pricing.
Things are priced at what the manufacturer feels the market will bear.
That's how free market economics work. :)
Mark Wrote:
That doesn't make it right, but that's how it is. Europe is more
Mark Lanctot;240591 Wrote:
So? The Canadian dollar is now worth $1.07 US. But prices haven't
changed here, we still pay a $5 - $15 premium for books, cards and
magazines, a ~40% premium for audio equipment, and a car costs about
$10 000 more here.
It turns out that the exchange rate has
FWIW, I'm told that goods shipped to the UK by USMail are unlikely to be
assessed for import duty.
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majones;240613 Wrote:
FWIW, I'm told that goods shipped to the UK by USMail are unlikely to be
assessed for import duty.
That used to be the case but things are much more stringent now. US
Mail packages (as opposed to letters) are handled by ParcelForce who
charge a standard £8.50 customs
Excise have tightened up things because of the increase in volume of
personal imports driven by internet shopping and favourable exchange
rates.
The thief Brown will let no-one escape the tax'n'bungle policies of
NuLabour!
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The only way to avoid import duties is to ensure that the invoice is NOT
in the same parcel as the item (get it mailed or e-mailed seperately) as
the VAT etc is charged to the value of the invoice - no invoice no
charge!
BT
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amcluesent;240674 Wrote:
The thief Brown will let no-one escape the tax'n'bungle policies of
NuLabour!
I wasn't aware that VAT and duty had changed significantly since TBW's
tenure at Downing Street.
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Fifer
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gutted;240714 Wrote:
I recently bought some bits and pieces from US which cost me something
like $200 (which included a FedEx cost of something like $90). On
arrival to UK, I was charged an extra £40(ish) for clearing and
import duty. For goods which cost around $110, I ended up paying an
I hear that the Euro is now going for about $1.42 us. On its way to
$1.50 per Euro. That is gonna make a lot of US products look really
inexpensive, and push European products out of my budget.
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I thought you had to write the value of imported goods on a label which
is stuck on the outside of the package? If -not- then that's a very
cool trick which I'll employ next time I buy something from the US.
I recently bought some bits and pieces from US which cost me something
like $200 (which
Fifer;240727 Wrote:
Or is it the removal of evasion opportunities that's bemoaned?
It's that, and from what I read it's not even their fault. They used to
essentially give a free ride to personal packages but there was some
case in the european courts where that was deemed illegal and now they
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