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nuclearbass 
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 Posted: 29 September 2018 at 9:49pm |
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probably right if I want apart shipping from Antaeus office it’s $76 and that’s just a 15a breaker for a smoke machine
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Earplug
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Posted: 30 September 2018 at 10:08am |
Yes - that´s what I love most - VAT on the shipping and handling charge. WTF is that??  |
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markie
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Posted: 30 September 2018 at 11:13am |
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I recently bought a 10" driver from the States (Celestion NTR10 2520E). TOTAL cost was £85.00 on the Global Shipping programme, which included shipping and import duty, and of course the purchase price.
The driver alone in the UK is £139.00.
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If it's got wheels or tits it's gonna cost a fortune
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Dub Specialist Sound
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Posted: 17 October 2018 at 9:46pm |
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Feel like I have been stung Charge me 82£ on import tax dam man o well never again tbh :-) |
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JonB67
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Posted: 17 October 2018 at 9:54pm |
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£82 tax on a driver that was less than £85
Surely that can't be right? What product attracts tax at in excess of 100%?(assuming they'd not taxing the shipping)
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Dub Specialist Sound
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Posted: 18 October 2018 at 12:50am |
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bro it was shipping of a 4U mixer not a driver
just thought it was steep tbh |
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I-shen Soundboy
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Posted: 18 October 2018 at 12:59am |
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Well, 82 quid duty and some import company's hefty markup on top. Hell, even Parcelforce charge £8.
Shipping shit from the states isn't expensive if the seller is savvy, but too many vendors opt for using 'specialist' companies to effectively fill out a customs import form. In the UK you owe VAT (20%) on anything over £18 and duty (whatever they feel like%) on anything over £120, so it adds up if the declared value is high... Even if the value is low (under the £18 limit, so literally the cost of the stamp and nothing else) some companies take the piss: Koss sell replacement earpads cheaply, $5 a set (including sales tax) and nominal US domestic postage. They fit my '69 esp9 & '73 pro4aa's, so bless their cotton socks for keeping equipment that old useable... ...but... Try ordering from outside the USA or Canada and they hand over delivery to a third party, who whack on outrageous FedEx delivery, duty and clearance fees, like I was shipping Bengal tigers or something, not an envelope with some foam and pvc. Those $4.57 (I'm getting them tax free remember, no US sales tax and under the £18 VAT limit) earpads now cost over £23, by the cheapest economy delivery. Bloodsuckers.
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Earplug
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Posted: 18 October 2018 at 8:59am |
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Just heard this one: No wonder packets from China cost so little! Edited by Earplug - 18 October 2018 at 9:01am |
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JonB67
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Posted: 18 October 2018 at 10:24am |
My point was that driver / mixer / car bonnet / golf clubs / whatever the tax should be 20% or so? Ive done it a couple of times, never cost the value of the goods again. Somebody has either filled in the paperwork wrong or charged you a £60 odd fee for the privilege. Both of which suck. Frustrating getting stung like that. Feels wrong.
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KDW32
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Posted: 18 October 2018 at 12:05pm |
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I had to go to the sorting office to pay extra import duty on sort parts from USA and Japan the other week. extra £50 something. The post man looked and me and said 'you think that's bad, wait for Brexit'
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