Reply to "Warning, stung by USA postage"

tiggerstitchMember

almost steve,

If people ship from USA to the UK then we get stung with custom and vat charges (17.5%)
it seems worse if the package is shipped by Global, Fex-ex or DHL. Sometimes they add on an admin charge for sorting out how much you have to pay or paying it on your behalf and then claiming it back from you when you pick up the parcel.
If you are shipping a package from the UK to the USA unless you are willing to pay lots ($53! / £33) The value for compensation that you can ship is £30 if the package is worth more than £30 then you would need to pay the more expensive postage charges.
When you fill out the customs declaration and you fill in the value I think there is a limit of about $300 for parcel to count as a gift [thats for packages coming into the UK] everything else, might incur charges.

doesn't get any easier with practise

Toni

7/21/0312:02 PM

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