Customs charges

[Stevros]

Hi guys, i ordered some monitor components from usa and have just had this email, what happens now?

I have never had this before.

 

[Ronnie Dent]

Should get a card through your door when it arrives at your sorting office telling you how much they are going to rob from you!

Ronnie

 

[bonehead]

Hi, where did you order from and what was the order value?

I only ask as you can then roughly work out the charges and also so we know from what company we are likley to get caught by customs from.

Steve

 

[Stevros]

ordered from arcadeshop, price around £120 iirc courier USPS.

 

[bonehead]

That's a bummer as I was going to order from them.
I guess charges are usually 20% plus £8 Royal Mail so around £30.

How long from ordering to getting the email?

Steve

 

[Bods]

You'll find it happens nearly all the time now, never get anything past them anymore

Really gonna kill buying from usa

 

[seanr28]

I had the same thing happen to on £400 order nearly, got £70 of import tax!! No card through door either, don't think delivery was attempted they just hold it knowing will collect and pay!

 

[Dazzzzz]

i think its approximately £17 per £100 spent but it also changes depending on what you buy

 

[Stevros]

That's a bummer as I was going to order from them.
I guess charges are usually 20% plus £8 Royal Mail so around £30.

How long from ordering to getting the email?

Steve

21st october i ordered the bits, the guys said around 3 weeks depending on customs so not too bad, i don't mind paying upto £50 but anymore and i will be cheesed off.

USPS have been emailing me along the way regularly.

Rip off gits customs.

Thanks guys,
Will keep you updated.
Stevros2014-10-31 14:27:02

 

[Muppz]

Just hope they haven't put a postage figure on. I paid $300 all in for some starwars artwork on the declaration they put $300 for the artwork plus $50 for shipping so I paid tax on the non-exisitent shipping costs.

 

[Stevros]

Total Charge:
£24.56

Very cheesed they have caused the inconieniance of me not being able to repair my monitors this weekend though.

 

[bonehead]

Glad it wasn't too high.
Sounds like %20

I think you might also get a £8 Royal Mail handling charge ontop.

Can you keep us updated?
Maybe I will get my order into arcadeshop now.

Steve

 

[Stevros]

Grrr still not recieved and i have a day off work for once today

 

[Stevros]

Glad it wasn't too high.
Sounds like %20

I think you might also get a £8 Royal Mail handling charge ontop.

Can you keep us updated?
Maybe I will get my order into arcadeshop now.

Steve

Hi Steve parcel arrived today, well packaged and there were no other charges.
The parts were pretty quick, it was parcelforce who caused a delay.

Let us know how you get on with your order Steve

 

[cosine]

Yeah, parcelforce are a bit slow with customs handling, bloody cheek when you consider they charge £13.50 for the priviledge. Fedex are better in this respect, they get the stuff to you quicker, then hit you with the customs charge later on.

 

[david_orton_2000]

Indeed, this sucks.
I paid out over £45 for a small circuit board, as they put a high value on it...sigh :-(
If it is over £15 on the value, you will get customs charges.

There is however a new scheme (well seems new to me), whereby taxes are pre-paid (so they should be fixed and a lot less!). Still waiting (only order less than a week ago), and will reply back to this thread when it arrives....

 

[grobda]

in my experience pre-pay is cheaper but everything disappears into a US customs black hole for about 10 days before being shipped over here.