Parcelforce Customs Charges

neil_g said:
i dont know if they have agreements in place. that is what im asking.

(albeit maybe badly)
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Oh right, okay. Yeah they have agreements in place to handle incoming international parcels from various companies. If you send a parcel internationally at the post office, part of the cost you pay there includes the payment of the local post office of wherever you're sending it to perform the last portion of the process.

If you send something by sea freight, for example. Your payment covers the post office processing it, royal mail collecting, and forwarding it to the shipping port, the space on the ship during its journey, being collected from the port and forwarded to the local delivery/postal company, and them delivering it. Every company involved gets paid for their part in the process.
 
spoffle said:
Oh right, okay. Yeah they have agreements in place to handle incoming international parcels from various companies. If you send a parcel internationally at the post office, part of the cost you pay there includes the payment of the local post office of wherever you're sending it to perform the last portion of the process.

If you send something by sea freight, for example. Your payment covers the post office processing it, royal mail collecting, and forwarding it to the shipping port, the space on the ship during its journey, being collected from the port and forwarded to the local delivery/postal company, and them delivering it. Every company involved gets paid for their part in the process.
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i see, i stand corrected
 
spoffle said:
If you send something by sea freight, for example. Your payment covers the post office processing it, royal mail collecting, and forwarding it to the shipping port, the space on the ship during its journey, being collected from the port and forwarded to the local delivery/postal company, and them delivering it. Every company involved gets paid for their part in the process.
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That depends on a great number of things actually, some of which is driven by the Incoterms. Most couriers for example will assume DAP unless stated otherwise by the sender.
 
It will be sent back to the sender however it will be returned on an economy service so could take a while to get there.
 
Stuff said:
What would happen if I simply didn't pay and collect the parcel and they returned it to sender? I don't wanna lump the poor guy with a load of charges the other end either. Cheers!
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You would lose ebay buyer protection, and the seller would only have to refund you for the cost of the item minus shipping costs both ways.
 
Funny I was stung by this for the first time just lately. Was a fairly small order so the 'handling fee' was twice the import duty. I'm not used to ordering from outside the EU outside of China were they put 'gift' and fake low values on items to by pass this.
 
Crowort said:
Funny I was stung by this for the first time just lately. Was a fairly small order so the 'handling fee' was twice the import duty. I'm not used to ordering from outside the EU outside of China were they put 'gift' and fake low values on items to by pass this.
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i read a while ago that they are scrutinising "gift" parcels more closely and if found to be incorrectly labels they apply the maximum amount of duty as penalty?
 
neil_g said:
i read a while ago that they are scrutinising "gift" parcels more closely and if found to be incorrectly labels they apply the maximum amount of duty as penalty?
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They might be, I just know that a lot of companies in China do this and it is much more work than a legit parcel with value on it. The parcel was from Australia and clearly had a value marked on the outside like it was meant to. I don't mind paying the important duties, I was a little miffed at the £8 handling fee since I hadn't read about that when I worked out if I'd be better off or not.
 
Whenever I've imported from abroad with a large retailer they've calculated the likely tax and included it in the final bill I pay before dispatch, I then get a refund if the actual import duty is lower than expected, which it usually is by a small amount.

From eBay though - I'd be expecting to calculate that myself tbh but I completely see why the OP has missed this when pricing it up, not as if he/she has intentionally done it.
 
spoffle said:
Oh right, okay. Yeah they have agreements in place to handle incoming international parcels from various companies. If you send a parcel internationally at the post office, part of the cost you pay there includes the payment of the local post office of wherever you're sending it to perform the last portion of the process.

If you send something by sea freight, for example. Your payment covers the post office processing it, royal mail collecting, and forwarding it to the shipping port, the space on the ship during its journey, being collected from the port and forwarded to the local delivery/postal company, and them delivering it. Every company involved gets paid for their part in the process.
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That is why the people are so annoyed with these added customs charges. The courier has already been paid to do their bit but then go and ask for additional money from the receiver.

If they haven't covered their costs the courier ought to be renegotiating its contracts.
 
englishpremier said:
That is why the people are so annoyed with these added customs charges. The courier has already been paid to do their bit but then go and ask for additional money from the receiver.

If they haven't covered their costs the courier ought to be renegotiating its contracts.
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That's only applicable to handling fees that they add on to customs fees.
 
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