Delivering stuff to Europe

[Dr. DI]

Hey guys

Hoping the community can help me out here. I delivered a gift, a PC case, to a family member for his bday in France. It was a spare case I had from a previous build worth about £200.

I figured if I paid UPS to deliver it for £50 its till cheaper than using amazon or something to deliver it for me after buying it brand new.

I filled out a customs form which UPS told me to do, I marked it as a gift and they (EU government) now want £100 import duty.

Is this accurate? I cant be the only person sending gifts to Europe, should I have used a different product code or something? I couldnt find a customs code for PC cases or accessories so I listed it under 'Electrical Housing' - I thought that was pretty smart haha

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Dr. DI]

There is no such thing as an Eu government,


Brexit means Brexit. If you don;t link being outside the world's largest Customs Union then make sure you vote accordingly.

Thanks for answering the question?

 

[Dr. DI]

Thanks. I managed to find some value out of some responses here. Why is this such a touchy subject? I dont care that im being charged to export an item, thats life. I just want to know if me choosing an incorrect export code may have exploded the amount taxed or if that is irrelevant and based on the value I stipulated of the Item which I said was £415 (thermal take 350P with distro plate). Personally I think its worth 200 after the wear and tear.

Think some people need to take a chill pill and answer the question or concern. Sad to see the most irrelevant information comes from someone with circa 30k posts. get a life dude.

 

[Dr. DI]

Having declared the value as £415 the French import VAT (20%) is £83. Add on the courier admin fee and you can see where £100 comes from.

Ok thats fine and answers my question! Considering this is the first Item i have ever shipped out of the UK I will just pay the fee but what is stopping people saying their gifts are worth £15 pounds when they could be hundreds more? Now before people get triggered and throw the law book around (or blame brexit for some unknown reason), I just want to know the answer to a simple question ... what stops people under stating the value? THE END.

 

[Dr. DI]

Why declare the value at twice what it's worth?

It retails above £500, I think its worth £200 which is opinion based and the general market would have probably paid £400 plus if i flogged it on ebay. So I went with £415 because i thought if anything did get lost at least I have a fair representation from an insurance perspective.

 

[Dr. DI]

This thread isn't your personal Quora/Yahoo Answers so you can drop the attitude a touch. But simply put, nothing. It doesn't take a genius to think it is a bit odd that a 5kg package that has cost a reasonable amount to send "only costing £15" is a bit odd though, so you could get caught and then questioned as it is tax evasion.

You'll also only ever be insured up to £15.

Thanks for contributing to my Quora/Yahoo database I can only apologise if you think i need to 'drop my attitude', but it seems, based on history spanning a sum total of 1.5 hours, that I need to be very explicit in what I am asking for or else there are many irrelevant posts. Perhaps OC forums is not a community to help people that is fostered on a trust system to help the greater community? If I misunderstood that please do explain it to me. Thanks

 

[Dr. DI]

We are human beings sitting at the other end of a computer, just like you. If you want a personal assistant to go and answer your personal errands with no discussion then go and employ one

Lol, no I use my PA for work purposes. Its what my company employs that person for. For here... i have dLockers! Much love my man! Enjoy the morning cuppa