Royal Mail 'handling charge'

[trashpony]

import duty - £14.76
VAT - £24.12
Parcel Force handling fee - £8
Total cost - £46.88!
the cost of the actual item was £90!

That is completely fucked up

 

[mrs quoad]

You're having some hand-carved handles made for your coffee machine

They arrived today

AND the chap who sent them described them as a gift with a value of $26 SO no taxes to pay

 

[5t3IIa]

mrs q you are totally poncetastic.

Yes, in the most delicious way

 

[mrs quoad]

*fondles handles*

 

[rollinder]

Mrs Quoad - are you sure you're not really Stephen Fry?

 

[wiskey]

When I order T-shirts from Threadless, I order them in separate packages. I have to pay a lot more postage but it still beats the massive RM sting.

I've just done this - 3 orders rather than one because last time we got £1.11 vat and £8 handling charge

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channels...ntent&id=HMCE_CL_000014&propertyType=document

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

did you not see my thread on parcel force and expensive models from japan


parcelforce/VAT charge £83.63 *coughs blood*

 

[wiskey]

this thread was started before yours

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

why are mine never bumped

*shakes fist*

 

[geminisnake]

why are mine never bumped

*shakes fist*

Coz it wasn't in suburban. It's easier to find things in here coz it's not so cluttered