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Posted by Dragon on 06/14/42 11:43
"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Thus spaketh Okilee Dokilee:
>> "Dragon" <davewhitnospam@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:44FVf.134091$zk4.14566@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>>
>>> "remo" <p.handy@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:1143370692.682115.224120@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>>>> whats the spending limit for buying dvds from the usa. before
>>>> customs grabs a hold of you?
>>>> many thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>
>>> some more advise, also check customs page for the exchange rate as
>>> it may differ from the online store, last year i bought 3 dvds at
>>> 17.93 but customs put them at 18.07 which meant i was over the 18
>>> and got charged for it, just check customs home page and work the
>>> calculate out with the site you are purchasing the dvds. Customs
>>> doint do there exchange rate daily more like weekly, where as the
>>> online stores probably do daily rates
>>>
>>> dave
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You were 0.07P over and you got charged for it? Is Gordon Brown that
>> hard up at the moment?
>>
>> BUT, what no one has mentioned here is that the 18 limit includes the
>> packaging charge - or does it. I'm sure someone said before that it
>> does.
>
>
> If the item itself is 18 or under it doesn't matter about the P&P, ie)
> DVD 17.50 + 4 P&P - the item itself is within the limit, so you get this
> without Duty and VAT.
>
> If the item itself is over 18 then you will get stung duty and VAT on
> both the item and the P&P, ie) DVD 18.50 + 4 P&P , you will then have to
> pay Duty and VAT on both the DVD and the P&P.
>
No according to customs when i spoke to them regarding my incident, they
only charge on the items as the companies only put the value of the dvds on
the packing not the postage and customs stated that my dvds had go over the
18 pound. the actual cost of the 3 i got last year was 20 quid with postage
dave
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