shipping to the uk
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Robert Wallace
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I just mailed 5 MVS Kits fully insured for nearly a 1,000.00 USD and it was almost $60.00 EMS Shipping.
Airmail should not cost very much but it will take around 10 days.
Airmail should not cost very much but it will take around 10 days.
buster_broon
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Tarma said:
and it did
check out rot's thread in gen discussion
£119 worth of hurt
Snooptalian
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Tarma said:
That's what I was thinking. How much are the customs charges in the UK, and what is that VAT? I see it all the time on UK websites, but don't know what it is, is it just the equivalent of sales tax in the US?
buster_broon
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Snooptalian said:
its actually a flat rate of 17.5 percent of which if you are incorrectly charge 14.75percent refundable
but........
with government fees and parcelforce release fees it pushes it up near the 22-25percent mark
i got simpsons season 3 - it cost me £25 of which i paid £4.17 in duty, but royal mail wanted £4 for releasing it so in total duty wise i paid £8.17 so that is around 33percent
parcelforce take a bigger slice of the pie
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Snooptalian said:
VAT = Value Added Tax
It's a tax the government apply to all non-essential items. 90% of the time the VAT is already calculated in the price you see, unlike in the US where you have the price stated+Tax.
VAT is payable on all videogame hardware and software whether domestic or imported.
As Buster says, the carrier usually levies an admin fee on top of this (which is + VAT).
You can't claim it back if you're a UK resident which is why we hate paying it.
Oh, there's also a small import charge fee imposed by the EU for any goods not originating from Europe.