Vape mail arrives...tax man wants his cut?

[nottmlad]

I deliver parcels from outside the eu daily and a lot have import tax to pay as if we pay our 20% vat in the shops but I've seen nothing mentioned on here with deliveries from fasttech.
Just wondered if I'll get stung for a few more quid when it finally arrives?

[Karma]

That's always a posiblilty, but if you keep your orders low value, under £15 I think, it will be fine

china can be quite imaginative when filling out custom's forms

[Kaaru]

I think it went down to £9 - but need confirmation

[hesta]

There is always the risk of paying tax on the goods we purchase from FT or anywhere outside the EU - legally we should all be declaring them anyway although I have yet to hear of anyone getting hit by customs from FT, people have from other vendors I believe. As already said, the chinese vendors are very 'creative' when it comes to filling out the import form! To be honest with the prices of most of the stuff people order (myself included) even paying the tax amount would not be much, I have heard the handling charges can be quite steep though!

[fred]

Jul 1, 2013 20:13:00 GMT Kaaru said:

I think it went down to £9 - but need confirmation

No mate, under £15 you pay no VAT or Customs Duty (£36 if declared as a Gift). Customs Duty is payable over £135 (I think @ 2.5%).

If you  have to pay Customs Duty, it is waived if it is less than £9.

[Kaaru]

Thanks Fred, that`s where I must have got the £9 from.

[stewarty]

Never been hit with a Fastech order yet regardless of size of order but got a text this morning from DHL wanting £17 duty for my Health Cabin order.

Funny thing is it is for less than the last order I put in and that sailed through.

Take it customs must be having a wee purge on at the moment .... Still can't really complain 1 getting caught out of about 10 is still a bargain.

We pays our money and takes our chance

[Perpetua]

Jul 2, 2013 10:59:54 GMT stewarty said:

Never been hit with a Fastech order yet regardless of size of order but got a text this morning from DHL wanting £17 duty for my Health Cabin order.

Funny thing is it is for less than the last order I put in and that sailed through.

Take it customs must be having a wee purge on at the moment .... Still can't really complain 1 getting caught out of about 10 is still a bargain.

We pays our money and takes our chance

Did your other HC order come via Parcel Force stewarty?

DHL have their own customs clearing facility. So there's an increased likelihood, but not certainty, of attracting charges if using that shipping option.

[stewarty]

Jul 2, 2013 13:25:23 GMT Perpetua said:

Jul 2, 2013 10:59:54 GMT stewarty said:

Never been hit with a Fastech order yet regardless of size of order but got a text this morning from DHL wanting £17 duty for my Health Cabin order.

Funny thing is it is for less than the last order I put in and that sailed through.

Take it customs must be having a wee purge on at the moment .... Still can't really complain 1 getting caught out of about 10 is still a bargain.

We pays our money and takes our chance

Did your other HC order come via Parcel Force stewarty?

DHL have their own customs clearing facility. So there's an increased likelihood, but not certainty, of attracting charges if using that shipping option.

Both sent with DHL, first one came through no probs .. but got text this morning asking for £17 odds for this one.

Went on to the DHL site to pay it and when I put the ref number in it comes up with someone else name and nothing outstanding so not sure whether to phone them or wait and see what happens

[Perpetua]

Jul 2, 2013 13:33:38 GMT stewarty said:

Jul 2, 2013 13:25:23 GMT Perpetua said:

Did your other HC order come via Parcel Force stewarty?

DHL have their own customs clearing facility. So there's an increased likelihood, but not certainty, of attracting charges if using that shipping option.

Both sent with DHL, first one came through no probs .. but got text this morning asking for £17 odds for this one.

Went on to the DHL site to pay it and when I put the ref number in it comes up with someone else name and nothing outstanding so not sure whether to phone them or wait and see what happens

Ooooo . . . could just be a happy DHL error for you then Stewarty, hope so.


I'd give them a ring myself just to be sure.

[stewarty]

Jul 2, 2013 13:37:44 GMT Perpetua said:

Jul 2, 2013 13:33:38 GMT stewarty said:

Both sent with DHL, first one came through no probs .. but got text this morning asking for £17 odds for this one.

Went on to the DHL site to pay it and when I put the ref number in it comes up with someone else name and nothing outstanding so not sure whether to phone them or wait and see what happens

Ooooo . . . could just be a happy DHL error for you then Stewarty, hope so.


I'd give them a ring myself just to be sure.

All sorted now Perps .... Had to cough up the £17.87 before they will deliver  so will get my HC order tommorrow

Suppose I can't compain, out of all my 'imports' over the years this is only the second time I've been stung so still worth the gamble

[dragon]

I hate you all! Ordered from china to Denmark, and took them a month to decide to charge me over £20 to get my order, that cost (with postage) £20

[stewarty]

Jul 4, 2013 16:54:47 GMT dragon said:

I hate you all! Ordered from china to Denmark, and took them a month to decide to charge me over £20 to get my order, that cost (with postage) £20

Suppose we don't know how lucky we are in the UK ..... most imports come through no problem and we take it ill out when we have to pay duty.

[raid2506]

Last order I got from USA was $15, I had to pay another £1.50 ish tax and an £8 post office fee!

[Deleted]

10 orders in the last 12 months and only had to pay on the first one that was when the Olympics were on, just over £3 vat and £8 RM handling. Dave