Question about an online store

[Viper²]

http://www.find-cd.co.uk ?

 

[Lopéz]

Seems like a hassle for something that's only £9.

No it doesn't. Just order it off the US site, I have come across a few discrepancies like this in the past both on Amazon and Ebay.

 

[Buchanan0204]

1). From the figures he has given it is likely that even with normal shipping it'll come under the £18 normal threshold
2). Marking the item as a gift only raises the above threshold to £36
3). Fraudulently claiming an item is a gift when is not can get the vendor in a lot of trouble.

Add to this the fact that if he is purchasing it through Amazon US but it is shipping from a marketplace seller in the UK then it will ship from the UK ... to the UK ... so no Customs involved anyway ...

That's me told

 

[Brian8bit]

Just watch Customs don't get a hold of it and hammer you with taxes. I ordered a £180 judo suit from america years ago and had to shell out £70 for it to be released from customs.

When buying things abroad from people I always ask them to tick the box claiming it's a gift, this way you can bypass customs and tax can't be added. I've been using this loophole for years ever since my first incident with the judo suit.

I had the same happen when I bought an English Bull Terrier muzzle from Leerburg. I think the muzzle cost me around $60 and they hit me with another $60 or something in taxes (I can't remember exactly, it was many years ago).