Yea i know there's something wrong with shipping on the island, with
parcel farce and all..
But customs is a PITA here too. Took ages and i'm sure much of it was them
sitting on it, only to decide they can't really find a way to charge me
anything since it was below the minimum amount or something....
So much easier within the EU. But then, you guys don't really count,
strange money and all, and insane shipping cost. Still not much fun doing
business with you guys from the island...
ST
On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:49:09 +0200, Lez <lez.briddon@...> wrote:
> <mispro ink to uk, buying abroad, getting over it>
> I'l get it over it when 'parcel force' stop charging flat rates for
> 'handling fee's' on items that need vat paying.(ie everything)
> If I order it, and they decide it needs vat adding, its £15 / $30
> extra + the actual vat(pennies)
> Last time was a car alarm from canada, 15ukp handling + 12ukp
> duty&vat, 27ukp on a 70ukp alarm, 30% price increase to me.
> And all the duty/vat is added to the total shipping price, not just
> item purchase price.
> Thats why I dont order anything from over the water unless its coming
> in a padded envelope, they seem to be ignored, as they are letters not
> parcels, little boxes seem to get opened, and once they have charged
> you once, your address is flagged for future checking.
> And they often delay things for extended periods, like when a friend
> living here with me got some videos sent, they where delayed weeks
> while they watched them, on the grounds that they may be porn!