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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 2, 2012 12:16:15 GMT
ouch.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 2, 2012 12:48:55 GMT
Was expecting worse
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 4, 2012 10:35:56 GMT
Do you need some lotion rubbing in, Big Phil? I am medically trained, don't forget.
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Post by Nigel on Mar 15, 2012 9:05:04 GMT
My Twincast and Soundblaster are currently with Parcelforce in Coventry, "Awaiting presentation to customs commissioner." I haven't bought from HLJ in ages. Do they still do that annoying thing of filling in the customs label in dollars? I always got caught for customs more often when they used dollars rather than yen.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 15, 2012 16:25:08 GMT
Yesterday's box was yen.
I had a missive from Mr Jon Slater last night who's just been charged £146 by the 'farce for a $94 parcel!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 15, 2012 18:59:22 GMT
Good grief. That's absurd even by their standards.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 15, 2012 19:11:59 GMT
gotta be reading yen as £/$
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Post by blueshift on Mar 15, 2012 19:17:52 GMT
Yesterday's box was yen. I had a missive from Mr Jon Slater last night who's just been charged £146 by the 'farce for a $94 parcel! Jeez. I hope he's going to dispute that. Are customs idiots or something? |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 15, 2012 19:26:36 GMT
Yes.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 15, 2012 20:44:37 GMT
Yesterday's box was yen. I had a missive from Mr Jon Slater last night who's just been charged £146 by the 'farce for a $94 parcel! Bloody scum bags. |
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Post by Jaymz on Mar 15, 2012 20:51:26 GMT
gotta be reading yen as £/$ One time me and Alan got a parcel which was 12,000 Yen and they'd charged VAT/etc on 120,000 Yen instead. Took about 2 months of harrassing them to get money back. |
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Post by Nigel on Mar 16, 2012 10:16:53 GMT
Don't tell such horror stories when my box is waiting to clear customs.  |
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Post by Nigel on Mar 20, 2012 9:56:33 GMT
Tracking tells me there's a charge to be paid, as expected, but I don't yet know how much....
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 20, 2012 18:07:17 GMT
Lube well, my friend, lube well. All my hopes are with you.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 20, 2012 18:15:54 GMT
May the lube be with you.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Mar 20, 2012 20:43:28 GMT
My digits shall remain crossed for you.
Karl
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Post by Nigel on Mar 22, 2012 10:50:53 GMT
Ah, that's okay, it wasn't much more than I'd estimated. Delivery tomorrow; I'd better clear some display space.  |
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Post by glaug on May 3, 2012 11:16:40 GMT
Buggeration. £30.92 on an order of Generations (plus a cheap Sonicron) from BBTS... at least it's split between myself and the mate I'm sharing it with. Also slightly upset to discover that the £13.50 Parcelforce fee is now no longer something you can legally challenge due to an act that came into being in October last year. >_<
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Post by Hero on May 3, 2012 14:29:11 GMT
£23 for 4 loose TMNT figs I paid £16 for. Cant help but sob.
Cross that I did not get a reference number on the card, so I couldn't pay online.
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Post by The Doctor on May 3, 2012 20:28:19 GMT
What? A law protects Parcelfarce?
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on May 3, 2012 21:05:28 GMT
Sod's law, in my experience.
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Post by Shockprowl on May 3, 2012 21:16:28 GMT
Bastards.
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Post by glaug on May 3, 2012 21:34:58 GMT
Ralph - Someone linked to it a while back in this thread, but until Oct '11 it was possible to challenge them over the "handling" fee. Sadly, this is no longer the case. |
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2012 21:09:30 GMT
Fuckers!
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on May 15, 2012 15:52:09 GMT
So I have a package coming from the US, and according to the tracking information on the USPS web-site it is in the UK and:
I have not used this service before. Is this a good thing or can I expect a CUTA?
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Post by Bogatan on May 15, 2012 16:22:41 GMT
Thats means a letter will arrive shortly with whatever figure Parcelforce feel like making up that day plus their protected by law extortion fee. Good luck.
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Post by Jim on May 15, 2012 16:32:16 GMT
Argh! Thanks! I suppose I had been a bit lucky lately.
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2012 18:51:34 GMT
The risk of CUTA has worked on me in that I rarely import items anymore (since around 2008). It hasn't contributed to me spending more within the UK economy more, however, as I only ever imported toys I could not get here!
-Ralph
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Post by kayevcee on May 15, 2012 22:48:25 GMT
I have £1000 worth of Beast Wars toys on the way from South Korea. The Korean boxes are gigantic and there are dozens of figures coming. There's no way customs can ignore them. I will bet good money that both packages will be stopped. My winnings will help me pay the fees.
-Nick
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 15, 2012 23:29:14 GMT
Prepare the lubricant!
Andy
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