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#109506 - 06/08/2002 08:40 Shipping from US to UK
Simon K
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Registered: 07/02/2002
Posts: 9
Any tips on shipping a player into the UK?

Is it enough to have it labelled as a gift?

Has anyone here (in the UK) been clobbered with customs duty?

Cheers

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#109507 - 06/08/2002 09:12 Re: Shipping from US to UK [Re: Simon K]
sundayjumper
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Registered: 19/06/2002
Posts: 72
Loc: West Berkshire
When I ordered my Empeg from CarPlayer, they thoughtfully labelled it as "hard drive - $89", so import duty was (IIRC) only about fifteen quid. If it's being shipped from one private individual to another you might get away with the "gift" defence, but if it's from a company then that might not wash.

Steve.
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#109508 - 06/08/2002 11:54 Re: Shipping from US to UK [Re: sundayjumper]
robricc
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
I shipped something to Belgium a week or two ago from my company marked "Promotional Gift" and marked it's value as $1 on the invoice. It got there and it wasn't promotional or a gift.

I've done the same thing to Canada many times. It always gets there. Always using UPS or FedEx.
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#109509 - 07/08/2002 01:40 Re: Shipping from US to UK [Re: Simon K]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
My first player was bought from a guy in the US and was shipped over by his mother who, not only labeled it as a Car Stereo instead of a gift. She also put the wrong value in ($900 for a 10g when I only paid the guy $350) so I got stung for about £120 of import duty. However I managed to get it reduced by 50% after he wrote to customs explaining it was mis-labeled.

My Carplayer unit was opened by customs so I ended up paying £60 on that too.
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#109510 - 07/08/2002 15:39 Re: Shipping from US to UK [Re: Simon K]
FlibblE
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Registered: 16/02/2000
Posts: 94
Loc: UK - NE Wales
Yeah, I got clobbered by customs!

IIRC, even if it's a gift, if the value is over something insignificant they charge import duty and VAT anyway!

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