customs charges.
customs charges.
i read on the action tv site that if you order from oz a dvd etc and your out and you collect it from the sorting office you are charged 10? customs charge is this right?
Re: customs charges.
You can be charged a custome fee and a handling charge for clearance by the post office but it's unlikely for a couple of reason.
Firstly due to the volume of mail coming in from overseas then customs/post office only have a certain level of manpower and I think it's something like less than 3 per cent that even get checked.
Secondly I understand (was told so by a postman) that as long as the goods being imported/delivered are under the value of ?20 then there is no customs fee/import duty to pay.
The latter would explain why alot of the US online stores send Dvd's individually and not together.
Firstly due to the volume of mail coming in from overseas then customs/post office only have a certain level of manpower and I think it's something like less than 3 per cent that even get checked.
Secondly I understand (was told so by a postman) that as long as the goods being imported/delivered are under the value of ?20 then there is no customs fee/import duty to pay.
The latter would explain why alot of the US online stores send Dvd's individually and not together.
Re: customs charges.
I brought something for my car from the usa and had to pay a customs charge of ?5 and a handling fee of ?4 on something worth $35 , at the time about ?22 , this was 18 month ago . In december i was looking at something else from the usa abut ?130 inc shipping but rang the royal mail to see if i would get charged here and how much ? A guy told me the ?4 odd handling fee is by the royal mail but the import charge is by customs , so i rang customs the woman gave me a reference number get dispatch to write it on so we'll already know what it is , so you won't get charged a fee . I rang the royal mail back to ask about their fee and the guy said the fee is set at ?4 odd but depends on if customs 'take it in' , if they 'take it in' we have to go and 'fetch it out' and that's what the royal mail charge for not actually a delivery fee as i thought . Sorry if this is long winded . JJ .