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Post by Benn on Sept 16, 2014 22:19:05 GMT
These numbers make me cry.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 17, 2014 5:53:51 GMT
It's being sent FedEx
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Dezzeh
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Post by Dezzeh on Sept 19, 2014 8:56:19 GMT
Duty
£11.40
Handling
£8.00
VAT
£50.80
Total
£70.20
Ouch.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 19, 2014 17:03:18 GMT
SWEET AZREAL'S BOLLOCKS!!!
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Post by Jaymz on Sept 22, 2014 22:18:38 GMT
Cloud Starscream VAT £14.09 Clearance £13.50 When did the clearance fee increase? Don't remember it being £13.50 before? At least that's actually less than the Import VAT, just. EMS is £13.50, normal airmail is £8. Doesn't mean they process it any faster when it hits the UK though. |
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Post by Jim on Sept 23, 2014 22:16:21 GMT
My MP Wheeljack is in Coventry awaiting sentencing customs clearance. Braced for the inevitable.
-Jim
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2014 13:43:39 GMT
Last part is in the PoL and the ship button has been hit: | Toys | $ | 447.03 | | Shipping | $ | 93.99 | | Total | $ | 541.02 |
So how much do you think I'll get CUTA'd? | Disbursements out of the scope of the EU VAT | £ | 53.77 | | Clearance Admin Charge | £ | 10.75 | | Total | £ | 64.52 |
Got off v lightly. Using Fed ex more often :-) |
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Oct 1, 2014 14:18:22 GMT
Wheeljack - £0.
Now I know how Starbucks and Jimmy Carr feel.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 4, 2014 20:40:13 GMT
£27.67 import VAT, plus £8 clearance = £35.67 ransom to pay today. Boo to Parcel Force.
By the way, I know we're talking about customs charges and import VAT here, but what does CUTA actually stand for?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 4, 2014 21:25:03 GMT
It's an acronym:
Customed
Up
The ....
I leave at as exercise to the reader to establish what the word starting with an A is !
Needless to say previous comments about bending over and it stinging will suddenly make much more sense!
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Dezzeh
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Post by Dezzeh on Nov 4, 2014 21:30:15 GMT
Prepare the lube, as parcel force certainly don't.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 4, 2014 21:46:59 GMT
Aaaaaaah. I see. Yes, that makes sense. It certainly does take the shine off import buying when you get landed with another bill after the inevitably heavy cost of the postage in the first place.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 5, 2014 20:55:34 GMT
When I originally asked the question what does CUTA stand for, I was told the 'C' stood for a different word than customed. A rude word. A VERY rude word indeed. Possibly the rudest ever word. Though it may have been Doc' who gave the answer. And he's a very rude boy.
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Post by shadowynne on Nov 21, 2014 23:57:11 GMT
Awesome.. just got billed for £19.53 on a £37.55 purchase...
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 22, 2014 17:58:08 GMT
Bastards.
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Post by shadowynne on Nov 22, 2014 20:18:18 GMT
Sweet, just got a love letter demanding a £19.73 fee on £38.64... wtf? How do they work that one out?
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 22, 2014 20:31:27 GMT
Good Lord,man! What, are you bringing gold boullion into country?! Or class A drugs?!?!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 22, 2014 20:38:53 GMT
Sweet, just got a love letter demanding a £19.73 fee on £38.64... wtf? How do they work that one out? Customs feel and Parcelfarce's handling fee. Done it to me before. Andy |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 22, 2014 21:35:58 GMT
This must be being charged at the higher £12 clearance fee rate, but how they can justify that on the value of the package is ludicrous. Makes no sense.
The import VAT is 20% of the package value including the postage. Then there's usually an £8 collection fee on top of that added by the post office, but that does sometimes go up to £12.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 22, 2014 22:19:25 GMT
If memory serves the fees have gone up www.parcelforce.com/parcelforce-worldwide-clearanceWe have two levels of clearance fee for import parcels. There is a charge of £13.50 for express parcels imported with GLS or through the EMS channel from other Posts networks and also for high value standard parcels (valued at over €1000). For all other import parcels, an £8 charge will apply. |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 22, 2014 23:00:27 GMT
Holy moley. Right. So don't ever ship express then. That's just stupid.
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Post by legios on Nov 23, 2014 1:22:24 GMT
Sadly one doesn't always have the option. With some items above a certain value HLJ for example will only use EMS shipping and there isn't an option to use Standard Air or Surface postage. Using EMS has bit me nastily before I will admit, once leading to me paying more for the fees than I did for the contents of the package.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 23, 2014 8:20:16 GMT
Look at my recent UPS experience: that was a higher initial charge but lower customs rate and lower overall bill
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 15, 2014 8:49:26 GMT
It's time for a seasonal round of "guess how hot the poker will be"! | ITEM | COST US$ | | Generations 2015 Voyager Wave 1 Set of 2 | 59.90 | | Generations 2015 Deluxe Wave 1 Set of 4 | 69.90 | | Generations 2015 Legends Wave 1 Set of 4 | 45.90 | | Subtotal | 175.70 | | Shipping & Handling | 84.29 | | Grand Total | 259.99 |
Which was £171.41 according to my Paypal receipt. So how much will my bottom hurt? |
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Dezzeh
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Post by Dezzeh on Dec 15, 2014 13:26:34 GMT
Around £40 worth of pain.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 15, 2014 19:00:47 GMT
Yep. £41 if the clearance is the £8 fee, or £45 if it's the £12 one.
Mind you, being Robot Kingdom you can of course look forward to armfuls of free Dark of the Moon trading cards with that. I think they send four packs for every $50 spent. Which would account for why I now have stack of 16 unopened packets from recent orders.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 15, 2014 19:42:34 GMT
That's the spare cash for Jan gone then
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Post by kayevcee on Dec 15, 2014 20:16:30 GMT
I'm expecting a similar bill for a similar quantity of stuff from TFsource. Godspeed, fellow sufferer  -Nick |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 15, 2014 20:18:12 GMT
And def got | 12/12/2014 | 19:35 | Delivery Agent - HONG KONG…+ | Collected from customer | | 12/12/2014 | 21:13 | Delivery Agent - HONG KONG - PTT…+ | Forwarded for export | | 14/12/2014 | 16:49 | International Hub | Received in destination country | | 14/12/2014 | 17:01 | International Hub | Awaiting Customs clearance | | 15/12/2014 | 11:48 | International Hub | Awaiting Customs Charging |
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 15, 2014 21:20:30 GMT
MP Wheeljack and Bee on the way. Really really hoping at least one slips through, but with my recent look.
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