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 Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 12:34 Post subject: Custom fee's |
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Right my mum bought something from ebay for £70 and paid £15 in shipping fee's from america. Anyway it's been 4 weeks (after he said it'll take 7-10days) and I finally got a letter in the post saying it's being held up in a depot in stoke (about 40mins drive from my house). Anyway the letter says I need to pay £23 to get it from customs , and can pay an additional £12 for them to deliver it to my door. I'll go pick it up but I refuse to pay the £23.
Is there a way I can bully the ebay seller to pay the £23? Afterall after 21 days it will be sent back to america and he will then have to pay the £23 and whatever additional charges, right?
It's his fault for not declaring it in the first place and £15 (well it was $30) is way over the shipping cost for the item in the first place, so him tryiing to save a few pence has ended up costing £23.
Also with all the fee's added up it comes to £110 whereas I can buy it new it shops here for less and I wouldn't have had to wait 4 weeks. I didn't mind waiting 10 days as long as it saved me a bit of money but surely he's taking the piss now right?
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 12:57 Post subject: |
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Its not him thats charging you for the customs fees its the government, and there is very little you can do about it. Its inherent that when you import something of value from another country you have to pay import tax on that item, generally it will state on the package the approximate cost of the item inside and that is used to figure out how much import tax you pay. Generally ebay users (and shops who import for that matter) declare a low amount on the package or state that it is a gift.. this means there will be no import tax. However, if the item is expensive and you state it is of low cost then it gets lost, you wont be able to claim back money on any postage insurance you have on the package..
So the tax is your responsibility to know about and prepare for not the guy who sold it to you, im pretty sure this is how ebay will see it also.
HM Revenue & Customs
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 15:08 Post subject: |
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I would say to him I am gonna give you negative reaction + report him to ebay and paypal and shit 
I got my money often with that 
just keep him scared... works great
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arw
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 15:28 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 17:50 Post subject: |
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I know I need to pay the import duties but the seller should because that was included in the shpping price. It was only charged £15 because he wrote whatever value (probably £90) on the parcel when it was insured anyway. I said i'll pay the £8 holding fee from parcel force but i'm not paying the £15 because it's his fault and if he had asked for the export vat or whatever, clearing money I would have paid him. It certainly wouldn't have been £15, it probably wouldn't have been more than a few at most and like i said, it was paid for in the shipping in the first place.
Also I paid for it to come to my door not for it to come to the UK. I still need to get it from the depot which is another £12 (unless I pick it up). which he deffo needs to pay.
Now I can't be arsed with this seller anymore, after several emails he's just turned gay so if I report the item to ebay I know i'll get my auction fee (about £80) back but what about the $30 I paid in shipping?
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arw
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werdercanuck
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 19:51 Post subject: |
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before he shipped it you shouldve told him to label the package contents as a gift, that way you wouldnt have to pay custom fees. thats what i always do when buying something off ebay. mostly it comes fromt he states too and i always ask the seller to label it as a gift, so i dont have to pay those stupid fees. never paid a dime
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 20:23 Post subject: |
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It was labelled as a gift.
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werdercanuck
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 20:24 Post subject: |
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different laws in the uk then i suppose. i never have to pay custom fees if its labelled as a gift
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 20:31 Post subject: |
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We sorta have this communical post office box in the states just across the border. Anything bought from the states through ebay is shipped there. Then we drive down pick it up and drive it back ourselves. No duty or customs.
Too bad you can’t do something like that.
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Bigperm
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 21:15 Post subject: |
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You are responsible for all the brokerage fees. Depending on the carrier the brokerage fees could vary. UPS or FEDEX charge outragous fees, were as canada post doesnt, even if the item originated in the USA. The seller is not responsible for these fees, i think its even outlined in ebays policies.
To avoid these fees i only purchase ebay items from Canadian addresses.
gifting items doesnt always avoid brokerages fees, it really depends on the carrier used.
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Jul 2006 21:20 Post subject: |
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I wonder if fedex/Ups delieve items without a return address?
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arw
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Bigperm
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arw
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Cohen
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| Posted: Fri, 28th Jul 2006 11:50 Post subject: |
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23 aint so bad, it costs alot more if you buy clothes and shit like that.
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...You'll have to pay the import dutys if you want your item end of story...Not what you wanted to here but thats the way it is..
