Anyone ordered/imported stuff from US? (customs and tax question)

MarkDavis · 18 May 2010 at 23:24

Cheers for all the info.

Couldn't really get all of the stuff in the UK so hence the US order. The significantly cheaper prices were a factor too ;-)

Looks like I'm going to be stung for import tax and VAT as well as handling fees. I think I might cancel the order :-(

BTW, courier is FedEx International Priority.

Lopéz · 19 May 2010 at 07:15

Energize said:
X-ray parcel, give to courier, 2 mins.

Hilarious

Beasty · 19 May 2010 at 07:22

Got lucky with my ipad and didn't get charged for some reason, but as a rule of thumb, yes expect a hefty charge.

memyselfandi · 19 May 2010 at 08:14

MarkDavis said:
Cheers for all the info.

Couldn't really get all of the stuff in the UK so hence the US order. The significantly cheaper prices were a factor too

Looks like I'm going to be stung for import tax and VAT as well as handling fees. I think I might cancel the order

BTW, courier is FedEx International Priority.

If it's Fedex International Priority then it's come via courier and they will send you a bill to the delivery address for any outstanding charges, and it is extremely likely you will be charged. I think, it's been a while since I've used them (the Rainforest's Japanese site uses them for international orders), that their admin charge is £6, then you'll have your duty and vat on top of that.

When you get the invoice check all the breakdowns are correct ... in particular that they haven't added a completely fictitious shipping charge on top of the actual item cost and shipping charge. They did that to me a couple of times and as that adds to the total which they work out the charges from it meant that the amount I was charge was very wrong ... phoned them and got them to sort it out (and wave the admin charge as they'd made a mistake

). You can phone them up and pay the charges over the phone (details on the invoice).