Threadless ordering

Dinomania · 22 Mar 2010 at 15:01

Anyone have and idea whether the shipping cost from Threadless.com is included in the taxable worth of the package?

For example, if I got 3 T shirts at $9 each, that would just come under the £18 limit on not having to pay VAT at customs... UNLESS they count amount paid for shipping too (which I think is another $9).

Anyone been stung?

Dinomania · 22 Mar 2010 at 15:39

Ah ha:

All other goods

If you order or send purchased goods other than alcohol, tobacco, perfume and toilet water from a country outside the EU then you:

* don't have to pay Excise Duty
* may have to pay Customs Duty on goods with a value that exceeds £120
* will have to pay Import VAT on goods with a value that exceeds £18

Note that on all goods from outside the EU, Customs Duty is waived if the amount of duty calculated is £7 or under.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/post/buying.htm#3

Cheers Rotty - have you been charged incl. the shipping cost, then?

Dinomania · 22 Mar 2010 at 15:43

Seems a bit luck-of-the-draw - wonder if the waived £7 includes the handling fee, eh!

Dinomania · 14 Apr 2010 at 15:19

krooton said:
Yanks tend to be fatter, so always buy a size down from what you'd buy in the UK.

Oddly enough the girl sizes are the other way around - either that or they're designed to be skin-tight! I'm happily a Threadless XL or 2XL - but I'm only a 12-14 (which I'd call M/L-L at worst)in this country... Silly!