Customs

[Meiapaul]

not really cause its abt the same. I worked out its abt 25% to import. And i got a 10% discount at lik sang and the games are cheap

You realise the games will have VAT added too?

[nvening]

25% takes care of that (VAT+7.5% it is)
Anyways, after eading old threads, gbax.com charges VAT ontop of those prices, so lik sang is indeed a decent amount cheaper.

[MD]

Basically with any import over £18 pounds you will be charged the UK VAT rate of 17.5% on top of the value of the goods, then there are custom clearance fees and then importer fees, custom fees represent around 3% and the importer fees usually are levied around 2%, giving and average import levy of 22.5% including all fees. The post office often levy much higher clearance fees than couriers, so sometimes on expensive items that have to be levied for duty its sometimes cheaper to use international courier firms weho run and utilise only trusted brokerage companies/depts.

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[Tifosi]

I was under the impression that the customs rate depends upon the type of commodity imported.

I imported a lens from Russia last week and it slipped through customs unnoticed an was well over £18.

[MD]

not at all, its all luck of the draw when it customs to pulling stuff, of course there are certain products they look for, specifically imported products that are not yet available in the UK, and you can be sure they have seen 1,000's of PSP's coming in, just look at the number of UK resellers around.

If you get stuff delivered by courier then DHL/UPS collect duties on delivery, if it comes in via FedEx then its invoiced after delivery.

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[Stoo]

I was under the impression that the customs rate depends upon the type of commodity imported.

I imported a lens from Russia last week and it slipped through customs unnoticed an was well over £18.

That's Customs Duty

Strictly speaking anything over £18 is due for VAT, although the personal import allowance going up to £1000 makes it easier to bring things in if you're physically importing stuff in yourself

[nvening]

Well i got it! Its perfect, no problems.
Reveiw on the way

[directhex]

correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't goods charged VAT/duty on their country of origin into the EU - i had £200 of stuff from lik sang which was checked by German customs (where it arrived via DHL) and waved through with no charges

[MD]

if it passed through german customs into the UK then it would have passed through under bond, its only the final destination customs that will levy the VAT, intermediatary customs inspections do not qualify, it will only apply to the final destination country.

If you package finally ended up in the UK then it would have been UK customs that would have levied the charges...

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