Crocomire
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£13.8summit, i asked liksang to mark it down
Has Anyoone Had To Pay Custom Charges?
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Alpha2
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Lik-Sang to US = no extra charge.
Thats the way it seems so far atleast.
Thats the way it seems so far atleast.
Captainbucky
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Got mine off ebay so no charge 
TeDaDeS
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why shouldn't you pay extra if you got it from e-bay ?Got mine off ebay so no charge
(I also got mine from e-bay, but that was in the E.U.)
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Captainbucky
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because u ask the seller to send it as a 'family gift' and stick a low value on itwhy shouldn't you pay extra if you got it from e-bay ?Got mine off ebay so no charge
(I also got mine from e-bay, but that was in the E.U.)
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Axeman
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Yep - works out about 25% here in the UK if they apply the charges. Not nice.
sam fisher
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blu= £156 divided by 4 = 39 SO in the UK you would pay about £39. Bit it may be a bit less as that is the gbax price which is slightly more than lik-sang if they keep the price of the blu cheaper than gbax just like with the flu.
MegatronUK
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Limit before being charged import duty and VAT for normal/commercial items is £18.
Limit before being charged import duty and VAT for 'gifts/demos/samples' is around £30 (unsure of the exact figure, go look it up on the GB Customs and Excise website).
Of course, when the item is marked as over that price, its completely at random as to whether you get stuck with a fee or not - the customs officials cannot process every single package. Some couriers are also worse than others (Parcel Force, UPS and DHL seem to stick large 'payment' fees on, even if the duty was only a small amount - they 'paid' the duty on 'your' behalf.. nice racket they've got going on.)
Just gotta think whether you're saving enough for it to be worthwhile, even if you get stuck with a fee (I regulary use HLJ.com for models and stuff, and its always far cheaper, even if I get import duty to pay).
Limit before being charged import duty and VAT for 'gifts/demos/samples' is around £30 (unsure of the exact figure, go look it up on the GB Customs and Excise website).
Of course, when the item is marked as over that price, its completely at random as to whether you get stuck with a fee or not - the customs officials cannot process every single package. Some couriers are also worse than others (Parcel Force, UPS and DHL seem to stick large 'payment' fees on, even if the duty was only a small amount - they 'paid' the duty on 'your' behalf.. nice racket they've got going on.)
Just gotta think whether you're saving enough for it to be worthwhile, even if you get stuck with a fee (I regulary use HLJ.com for models and stuff, and its always far cheaper, even if I get import duty to pay).
MegatronUK
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Oh, forgot to say.. the UK government will even charge VAT on items that are marked as second hand (ie.. Ebay goods). I still don't understand how they justify that one.
Twimfy
OMG 3 years here!
Lik-sang ordering caused me to cough up £30 on my doorstep upon my GP32's arrival, I was not impressed, little did I know that I was living about 2 miles away from gbax.com at the time!
I had to pay £7.53 to customs for my FLU. A lot lower than I was expecting, for some reason Lik-Sang put a value of only $35ish on the box.
Just out of interest, has anyone else noticed that packages are getting caught by Customs more often? I never used to get caught out, but the last two things I've imported that have a fairly high value have been charged...
Just out of interest, has anyone else noticed that packages are getting caught by Customs more often? I never used to get caught out, but the last two things I've imported that have a fairly high value have been charged...
Sons of Angels
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Ordered from lik-sang, then read about getting charged extra from here. Decided to cancel, ordered from gbax.com and recieved my GP32 the next day. Fantastic =p
finty
what is this
If you live in N.Ireland and order from GBAX do you get charged?
I live in germany and i had to pay 21 Euro Taxes.
They opend my package with a knife and looked inside :/
They opend my package with a knife and looked inside :/
mattmagoo
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
It would appear that u can order a GP32 from Lik-Sang Europe for £100 + £1.50 p&p, no tax either probably
It would appear that u can order a GP32 from Lik-Sang Europe for £100 + £1.50 p&p, no tax either probably
