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Post by Shockprowl on May 23, 2013 19:31:01 GMT
Bastards.
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Post by kayevcee on Jul 8, 2013 20:30:19 GMT
Customs have their Sauron-like eye upon me. Every package from Japan gets intercepted. My sea-faring Brave Maximus (available from Toy-fu only at Auto Assembly blabbidy bloo) finally arrived last week and cost me an extra £21.67. I have another demand for £23 for another box sent via air mail from SMJ (my proxy service) that arrived on Saturday. Going to get it tomorrow. £100 postage on this sucker. I just hope the contents are worth it.
-Nick
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 8, 2013 20:41:05 GMT
£100 in postage?
Have you had a solid block of lead shipped?
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Post by kayevcee on Jul 8, 2013 21:13:36 GMT
Remember those three big mixed lots you spotted a couple of months back? Remember how I won two of them? They're in the box, along with... a few other items.
-Nick
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 8, 2013 21:15:03 GMT
Oh yeah!
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Post by kayevcee on Jul 8, 2013 21:19:15 GMT
The other box was £90 postage. It contains a frankly ridiculous amount of extremely cheap Machine Robo Rescue toys that I hope to hell somebody wants. It should be here in a week or so.
I decided to split everything into two boxes so I could get them in the front door.
-Nick
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2013 21:43:44 GMT
What MRR toys?
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Post by kayevcee on Jul 9, 2013 8:52:56 GMT
All of them, as far as I can tell. The auction pictures don't show up any more, but I'll take some pics when they get here.
-Nick
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 16, 2013 11:49:27 GMT
£29.81 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 16, 2013 18:54:59 GMT
I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FROM HELL'S HEART, I STAB AT THEE!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 18, 2013 17:51:43 GMT
FOR HATE'S SAKE, I SPIT MY LAST BREATH AT THEE!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 20, 2013 17:22:24 GMT
A war against them!
CRY HAVOK!!!!
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 11, 2013 21:25:06 GMT
I finally got around to sorting my Fed Ex customs charge for Fort Max, because it was missing a part and I got 25% off I contacted Fed Ex to see if the bill could be adjusted and to my surprise it was eventually lowered by 25%, well the VAT bit not the fee, but still it saved me about £10.
For some reason I can't imagine Parcelforce being willing to do the same.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 15, 2013 20:35:51 GMT
£24.52 today
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 16, 2013 12:11:19 GMT
Swines.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 19, 2013 12:06:54 GMT
Scumbags.
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Post by kayevcee on Nov 21, 2013 20:11:36 GMT
Customs duty: £11.48
Excise duty: £0.00
Import VAT: £51.17
Other: £0.00
Clearance fee (zero rated for VAT purposes) £8.00
TOTAL: £70.65
If this isn't the greatest goddamn chunk of plastic in the entire history of reconfigurable robot toys, it's going straight on eBay!
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 21, 2013 20:30:31 GMT
Chuffing heck! 70 quid?  ?!!!!!!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 21, 2013 23:02:24 GMT
What's in the box?
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 22, 2013 7:44:55 GMT
That's scummy even for their standards! Bastards!!!
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Post by kayevcee on Nov 22, 2013 8:17:10 GMT
Don't forget you pay VAT on the cost of shipping and duty as well as the cost of the item. It's apparently very heavy. I will be revealing all to the Brum crew at Memorabilia tomorrow  Let's hope it lives up to the hype. -Nick |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 22, 2013 9:12:25 GMT
Brum crew?
-Ralph
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Post by Marc Graham on Nov 22, 2013 9:13:49 GMT
I think its absurd, hurts that VAT went 17.5% down to assist recession hurt folk at 15% for a bit - then up to 17.5% and again to 20% (which appears not to be a temporary measure).
CUTA really annoys me as it applies to postage as well, I find it somewhat absurd that you are charged tax on postage, but you don't actually get it delivered unless you pay more. What are going being taxed for if they aren't even delivering it? Bloody scam.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 22, 2013 16:50:37 GMT
It's yet another thumb screw on the Working and Lower-Middle classes. Just keep kicking us while we're down, why don't you?!?!!!
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Post by kayevcee on Nov 22, 2013 19:22:42 GMT
Indeed. A few AA-related folks are going to Memorabilia this weekend. We are gathering for lunch and later abusing the hospitality of the head of the University of Birmingham's sci-fi & fantasy club who has invited as many people as will fit in his house over to watch the 50th anniversary Doctor Who -Nick |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 6, 2014 13:03:40 GMT
aaaaaand Phil wins the "Who'll get CUTA'd first in 2014 competition"!
£11.09
£8.00 GPO fee!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 7, 2014 19:35:24 GMT
One of our esteemed colleagues has managed to run up a sizeable Pile of Loot at BBTS.
Sizeable as in $6200
BBTS are saying they want to ship it now.
Shall we have a little game and play "guess the CUTAing"?
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 7, 2014 19:53:26 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2014 19:56:48 GMT
How did someone mange to rack up a bill that high on toys???
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 7, 2014 20:35:32 GMT
By a buying lots regularly and not shipping their PoL for a year!
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?!!!!!!!!
Let's hope it lives up to the hype.
