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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2013 12:34:22 GMT
£21.65 of which £13.50 was the Farce's clearance fee.
Pass the KY Jelly
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2013 21:12:21 GMT
Fuck them!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 19, 2013 16:11:59 GMT
This is novel: CUTA'd on two consecutive days.
£22.07: £14.07 VAT and £8 clearance fee.
Reaches for credit card and ky jelly....
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Post by kayevcee on Apr 19, 2013 17:32:27 GMT
Bad luck, uncle Phil. Hope it's not the start of a pattern.
-Nick
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 19, 2013 18:11:38 GMT
Won't be anything again for a while.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 19, 2013 21:15:17 GMT
Fuckers!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 20, 2013 7:46:37 GMT
I've paid the cash to release Cyberverse Hun-Grrr from captivity so he can join his mates sitting on my desk.
There are a few other goodies in the box too....
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Post by Stomski on Apr 22, 2013 8:43:36 GMT
Just to clarify, is the popular opinion that the import duty itself is justifiable, but the fee levied by Parcel Force and its peers the horrible bit?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2013 12:49:10 GMT
The popular feeling is that neither fee is justified as the bar for bringing things into the UK is astonishingly low. Also, folk are generally importing things which ARE NOT IN UK SHOPS. Hence the point of importing.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 22, 2013 15:19:53 GMT
The popular feeling is that neither fee is justified as the bar for bringing things into the UK is astonishingly low. Also, folk are generally importing things which ARE NOT IN UK SHOPS. Hence the point of importing. -Ralph The bar came down a year or so back from £18 to £15 having not gone up the entire time I've been importing toys. In real terms the bar has probably halved in that time. I don't mind paying the VAT generally but do object to the high clearance fee which is now £5.50 more is your parcel is tracked! |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2013 18:12:29 GMT
Hang on, they charge an extra fee for tracking? After you've already paid extra for tracked shipping?
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 22, 2013 18:30:26 GMT
I think its that most tracked packages get handled by Parcelforce who have the higher fees. If it goes via Royal Mail the fees are usually lower.
Edit: I could be wrong, I've tried to avoid importing for a while.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 22, 2013 19:01:00 GMT
Hang on, they charge an extra fee for tracking? After you've already paid extra for tracked shipping? -Ralph £8 per parcrel £13.50 if the parcel is tracked or in any other way not normal! |
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Post by legios on Apr 22, 2013 20:30:51 GMT
Yep, a tracked parcel attracts a higher rate of clearance fee than an untracked parcel - the clearance fee is not determined by the value of the item so far as I can tell, it is determined by the type of postage(and yes, I have had a situation where I paid more in clearance fee than I actually did in duty on an item). Somewhat perverse if you ask me - bearing in mind that the amount of administration involved in collecting the VAT is exactly the same regardless of which method of postage is used.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2013 22:09:57 GMT
Fuckers!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 24, 2013 20:28:21 GMT
I hate them.
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Post by Stomski on Apr 25, 2013 9:17:06 GMT
But then again, a tracked parcel will require more administration at the back end? {Edit}
edit: Considering most of the theme of this thread is to do with lubrication, I suspect that was a poor choice of words. Personally I think the duty should be included in international mail fees, but then there's the problem of HMRC retrieving the fees from the overseas companies. The admin in this would probably be more and push the fees up even further. |
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Post by legios on Apr 25, 2013 12:17:32 GMT
But then again, a tracked parcel will require more administration at the back end? Which is what the higher postage costs of sending something by a trackable method are supposed to be for... Karl |
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Post by Stomski on Apr 25, 2013 14:45:18 GMT
What is the fee? Is it for HMRC processing or is it for the delivery company? The original cost probably only covers the latter.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 25, 2013 15:00:41 GMT
What is the fee? Is it for HMRC processing or is it for the delivery company? The original cost probably only covers the latter. It's charged by the delivery company and varies from company to company! |
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Post by Stomski on Apr 25, 2013 15:14:37 GMT
Well then that is naughty.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 14, 2013 17:24:19 GMT
2 parcels en route
From HLJ: 4 TF Go Legends/Legions
From BBTS: 3 TF Go Legends/Legions, 12 arms microns, Op & BB 30th Generations Legends and a case of TFPBH Cyberverse Commanders Wave 3
The tension rises.....
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 15, 2013 12:55:27 GMT
Another day with no toys and no ransom note
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Post by Dezzeh on May 15, 2013 13:22:21 GMT
Got a box of 3 voyagers on the way from AmiAmi.. should be due about now.. The dreaded letter is inevitably on its way.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 16, 2013 12:06:29 GMT
And another no toys no ransom demand!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 18, 2013 8:42:39 GMT
Still nothing. There can be no joy from the Farce today, just the possibility of their ransom demand. Could go either wway for the HLJ box
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 21, 2013 9:46:39 GMT
*YES* The HLJ parcel has escaped attention!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2013 11:22:03 GMT
I can take it.....
I'm opening the envelope....
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2013 11:23:44 GMT
F*** the f*** off
VAT 23.97
Fee 8.00
Total 31.97
Time to bend over
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Post by Dezzeh on May 22, 2013 20:22:46 GMT
Just had a £20 bill for 3 voyagers from AmiAmi, could have been worse I guess..
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