Just what you DONT want to see....

[Kevin]

Just waiting for my parts to come from Japan, logged on this morning to the website to track it and saw this:



23-05-2007  17:38  International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
23-05-2007  17:38  International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
23-05-2007  17:30  International Hub Arrived in destination country
21-05-2007  15:32  HAKATA Left origin country
19-05-2007  21:06  Delivery Agent - JAPAN Collected from customer


I cant describe how much i hate this country. :spank

[sadgoth]

the duty charges aren\'t the killer it\'s VAT at the "handling charge" that the courier firms stick on for the priviledge of them paying the customs charges on your behalf! Parcel farce charged me £13 for that, on an item which only cost £60! so in total the item cost £60 (inc shipping) + £1.50 in duty + £10.76 VAT +£13 for the helpful parcel force guys paying the the duty/VAT NICE

[chrno]

In sweden we have 3%duty and 25% tax, and the taxes apply to the value+shipping+duty.

Hope everything goes well.

[Kevin]

the duty charges aren\'t the killer it\'s VAT at the "handling charge" that the courier firms stick on for the priviledge of them paying the customs charges on your behalf! Parcel farce charged me £13 for that, on an item which only cost £60! so in total the item cost £60 (inc shipping) + £1.50 in duty + £10.76 VAT +£13 for the helpful parcel force guys paying the the duty/VAT NICE

Yeah, thats nice of them, the other problem is the stuff is totalling over £2,500.

Funny thing is i paid extra for the company to "gift wrap" it.  Guess i\'ve got away with it too many times.

Just hope the declared value is significantly less.

[Gatesy]

Woohoo mine made it through customs and is currently on a parcel force van somewhere

Date     Status     Details     Post
office    Prefecture
ZIP code
May 21
19:14    Posting/Collection         
SETAGAYA
   Tokyo metropolis
154-8799
May 22
7:37    Arrival at outward office of exchange         
TOKYO INT
   Tokyo metropolis
138-8799
May 22
10:15    Dispatch from outward office of exchange         
TOKYO INT
   Tokyo metropolis
138-8799
May 23
18:45    Arrival at inward office of exchange         COVENTRY PARCELFORCE    UNITED KINGDOM
 
May 23
21:16    Departure from inward office of exchange         PARCELFORCE COVENTRY TRANSIT    UNITED KINGDOM

[Kevin]

[Gatesy]

Just goes to show how much our country SUCKS!
I hate the UK!
Anyone fancy starting a rebellion, executing all the government and putting some decent people in charge.  Oh and getting rid of speed cameras and 02 limits.

[Matt_K]

If i remember rightly the last parcel i had into the UK was a few bits off my car thats being imported at the moment.. (bits that could get easily nicked) a HKS EVC, HKS Boost Gauge and a gear knob.. all marked as a gift.

They got stopped.. and i had to pay £9.50 something V.A.T & then £13 Parcelforce Handling fee!!! i was furious!

[Ricco_04]

Anyone fancy starting a rebellion, executing all the government and putting some decent people in charge.  Oh and getting rid of speed cameras and 02 limits.

Deffinately! :Grrr  :Giggle

[TracNGaz]

when u mark stuff as a gift its better that they come giftwrapped and NOT from a company address

If they are coming from a company the best thing to put on the package is:-
COMMERCIAL SAMPLE NO MONETARY VALUE

well thats how we used to import RC plane stuff from the states

[Kevin]

when u mark stuff as a gift its better that they come giftwrapped and NOT from a company address

If they are coming from a company the best thing to put on the package is:-
COMMERCIAL SAMPLE NO MONETARY VALUE

well thats how we used to import RC plane stuff from the states

The stuff I get from this company always wraps the products in wrapping paper, all the stuff i\'ve had in the past has come wrapped and never any customs problems.  So unless someones been investigating?

I rang parcel force yesterday to see how long it would be and they said they\'d not even recieved it from customs yet and they had the power to hold it for as long as they see fit!!!.......

So they still have it now, so by the looks of it im not going to recieve anything till after bank holiday, plus im going to have a lovely customs charge to go with it.

If any of my packages are tampered with im going to take action against them. :reallymad

[pigme1000000]

think thats bad i payed 170 pounds import tax,on a games console i brought from japan,when ups said i almost died,anything in this country to get more money out of ya,thats y we are the highest taxed country in the world ******s

[20B_boy]

If any of my packages are tampered with im going to take action against them. :reallymad

Revenue & Customs have the right to do whatever they like with it, I imagine Parcel Force can pretty much do as they please with it too :Giggle

[20B_boy]

thats y we are the highest taxed country in the world ******s

Hmm, if u buy some thing here the tax has been paid - if u import it its taxed on arrival - lifes a bitch

Highest taxed country in the world? dont think so, there are loads of european countries with higher rates of income tax than the UK for e.g.

Dont get me wrong, I dont for a minute think that we get a fair deal - just that its may be a bit short sighted to think we are the only ones who get ****ed! :rollin

[chrno]

pigme: As I wrote earlier, we have 25% salestax. and our incometaxes are REALLY high.. Don\'t we just love it....